GO+ was a feature launched on Touch ‘n Go eWallet recently, after it was approved by the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) to operate as a Recognised Market Operator (RMO) in January 2021. It’s essentially a low-risk investment that lets users earn daily returns with their balance in the app. Together …
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Data: Meet ad creative From TikTok to Instagram, Facebook to YouTube, and more, learn how data is key to ensuring ad creative will actually perform on every platform. Register Now Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. IT service providers, and the …
Read More »Quantum venture funding dipped 12% in 2020, but quantum investments rose 46%
Data: Meet ad creative From TikTok to Instagram, Facebook to YouTube, and more, learn how data is key to ensuring ad creative will actually perform on every platform. Register Now Sorting through the hype surrounding quantum computing these days isn’t easy for enterprises trying to figure out the right time …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Venture capital investments slowed in the pandemic during the third quarter, but angel investors stepped up with a greater share of investments. Overall, the startup ecosystem has been resilient in 2020 in the face of COVID-19 and other turmoil, according …
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ESB Professional / Shutterstock.com Most Americans aren’t letting the coronavirus pandemic change their long-term investment strategy, according to a new Bankrate survey. The survey of 1,007 American adults found that 57% will not change their long-term plans, while 26% will invest less aggressively and 16% will invest more aggressively. Some …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has naturally made venture capitalists more cautious. Pitchbook analysts estimate that in the first quarter of 2020, the number of venture deals made in the 10 largest countries in Europe almost halved compared to the same period in 2019, from 1363 to 692, although the total investment …
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More than $ 700 million was invested in game startups in the first quarter, though that amount is down from the year-earlier period, according to data collected by Sergei Evdokimov, investment associate at Mail.ru Games Ventures. It was a big dip, but it’s not bad for a quarter with so …
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The White House’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 includes sizable increases in federal funding for AI and quantum computing projects. All told, the overall increase in federal R&D funding is 6% compared to fiscal year 2020, reaching $ 142.2 billion. Although much of the funding is aimed at R&D …
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