Peacock launches in the United States on Wednesday. Angela Lang / CNET If you’re tired of the parade of new streaming services that launch every two months, you’re not alone. But the last to arrive, Comcast-owned NBCUniversal Peacock wants to snap you out of your stupor with something the others …
Read More »New materials for extra thin computer chips
Calcium fluoride is a crystalline insulator with a well defined surface. Therefore, it is ideal for making extremely small transistors. Credit: Vienna University of Technology. Increasingly smaller and more compact – this is the direction in which computer chips are developing, powered by the industry. This is the reason why …
Read More »Variations on some topics: investors flock to the ETFs you’ve heard so much about
Investor interest in the exchange-traded thematic funds skyrocketed in the second quarter, according to a report released Monday. Thematic ETFs are funds that identify “powerful and disruptive macro-level trends and underlying investments that will benefit from the materialization of those trends,” wrote analysts at Global X, a thematic issuer of …
Read More »UK bans Huawei 5G networks in “victory for Trump administration”
The UK government today announced a ban on Huawei equipment on 5G wireless networks, along with a plan to urge Internet providers to stop buying Huawei equipment. The UK government’s announcement said the US sanctions imposed in May greatly influenced the decision, which was “made today at a meeting of …
Read More »Shares of cloud company nCino soar 154% in commercial debut
Shares of nCino Inc. NCNO, + 159.71%, A maker of cloud-based software provider for financial institutions, it shot up 154% in its commercial debut on Tuesday, after the company valued its initial public offering above an already increased price range. The IPO is priced at $ 31 late Monday. The …
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