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From princes to undertakers, Norway’s motorists go electric

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By AFP / Pic By BLOOMBERG
OSLO • Some want to save the planet even in the afterlife. In Oslo, a funeral home offers the dearly departed a trip to their ...

A challenging future for telcos

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It is critical that as telcos make technology investments, they also continue to focus on devising business models to monetise 5G and other opportunities ...

Broadband speed up threefold in 17 months

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by TMR/ graphic by MZUKRI
MALAYSIA’S average fixed-broadband speed has accelerated more than threefold in 17 months, from 22.5Mbps in January 2018 to ...

Drones — beyond a flying camera

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Regulators should fine-tune the policy soon as drones are set to make a big wave in the next couple of years, says expert
by SHAHEERA AZNAM SHAH/ pic ...

Samsung could end up in French court over ethics pledges: NGOs

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by AFP/ pic by AFP
Samsung Electronics could end up in the dock in France for not abiding by its own ethics pledges, such as a ban on under-age labour ...

Cybersecurity risks are threatening deals, industry survey shows

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By BLOOMBERG
Cybersecurity issues are increasingly becoming a concern in mergers and acquisitions, a new survey shows, and lapses can jeopardize deals ...

Cloudflare partners with Tencent Cloud to further expand Bandwidth Alliance

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By BERNAMA / Graphic By ANIS SHAMSUL
SAN FRANCISCO • Cloudflare, a leading Internet performance, security, and reliability company, today announced ...

BTS made an app that lets you chat with its members (sort of)

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by BLOOMBERG / pic by BLOOMBERG
K-pop sensation BTS has racked up a string of firsts over an astonishing six-year run. Now the seven-member group star ...

Unilever taps growth on skincare brand takeover

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By BLOOMBERG
LONDON • Unilever agreed to buy skincare brand Tatcha, which makes creams based on a foundation of green tea, rice and algae, seeking to ...

Uber rival Bolt relaunches in London after 2-year exile

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By BLOOMBERG
LONDON • Uber Technologies Inc rival Bolt, formerly known as Taxi fy, has relaunched in London — nearly two years after its operating ...

Two Vietnam payments start-ups set to merge

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By BLOOMBERG
SINGAPORE • Two of Vietnam’s payments start-ups are merging to add scale in the market where cashless payments are booming. Vimo ...

Apple to buy Drive.ai in bid for more talents

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By BLOOMBERG
SAN FRANCISCO • Apple Inc is preparing to buy start-up Drive.ai in a small deal that will bring more engineers with experience in ...