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Thunes ranks among top three in cross-border payments

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Thunes wins Juniper Research top-three nod for cross-border payments as network breadth, interoperability and stablecoin links reshape the market.
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Amazon leads concentrated global hyperscale market

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Amazon leads the concentrated global hyperscale data centre market, as the top 10 providers captured 46% of 2024 revenue.
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Tencent Cloud boosts Frankfurt AI capacity for Europe

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Tencent Cloud opens a new Frankfurt zone, expanding AI-ready capacity in Germany to meet rising European demand and data residency needs.
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CMC Invest data shows ETFs, Bitcoin lead retail trades

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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CMC Invest data shows Australian retail traders stayed net buyers in 2025, with ETFs dominating turnover and Bitcoin cracking the top 10.
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Aspire secures key licences for global fintech rollout

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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Singapore fintech Aspire wins key licences in Australia, Europe and the US, paving the way for a global rollout of its business finance platform.
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Canva teams with Boku to boost payment options in Asia, Europe

Fri, 15th Aug 2025
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Canva teams up with Boku to offer localised payment methods across Asia and Europe, boosting access for users without credit cards.
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Cloudflare warns of 358% surge in global DDoS attacks in 2025

Tue, 29th Apr 2025
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Cloudflare warns of a 358% surge in DDoS attacks in early 2025, blocking 20.5 million threats and revealing drastic changes in global cyberattack trends.
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Primer targets global expansion with new partnerships by 2025

Mon, 2nd Dec 2024
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Primer sets ambitious growth targets for 2025, aiming to enhance its presence in the EU, US, and APAC amid rising demand for unified payment solutions.
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Livewire adds four new appointments to its leadership team

Fri, 20th Jan 2023
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Gametech company Livewire hires four new members, including a Chief Innovation Officer, to accelerate brands into gaming through advertising.
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ABB technology supports one of Shanghai's largest data centers

Fri, 25th Nov 2022
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ABB powers Shanghai's largest data center used by Tencent and China Telecom, ensuring reliability and energy efficiency.
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Tencent Cloud remains in second place in China - report

Mon, 31st Oct 2022
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Tencent Cloud continues to rank in second place in China for its IaaS, PaaS and SaaS offerings, according to a new IDC report.
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Tencent Cloud to open internet data centre hub in Bahrain

Thu, 4th Mar 2021
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Tencent Cloud has chosen Bahrain for its first internet data center hub in the Middle East and North Africa, set to launch this year.
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Kaspersky named one of the top 100 global innovators

Mon, 16th Mar 2020
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For the second year, it made the Derwent Top 100 Global Innovator list by Clarivate Analytics, which includes giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google.
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Amazon still safely ahead of chasing pack in cloud infrastructure market

Tue, 7th May 2019
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Despite Microsoft, Google, Alibaba and Tencent all substantially outpacing the overall market, Amazon is still clearly in front.
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Cloud providers increasingly jumping into gaming market

Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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Aa number of major cloud service providers are uniquely placed to capitalise on the lucrative cloud gaming market.
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Hyperscalers hurling colossal capital at data centres

Thu, 22nd Nov 2018
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The old proverb 'you have to spend money to make money' could never be truer than in the hyperscale data centre industry.
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BMW awards Chinese security team's work in exposing connected vehicle vulnerabilities

Thu, 24th May 2018
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When Chinese security researchers found vulnerabilities in BMW's connected vehicles, BMW didn't just fix the vulnerabilities, it awarded the team.
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GDS Holdings and Alibaba China data center development underway

Thu, 30th Nov 2017
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GDS Holdings is partnering with Alibaba to develop a new 5000 square meter data center campus in Hebei Province.
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Tesla owners beware! Security researchers find major holes - firmware updates critical

Tue, 1st Aug 2017
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Researchers at Tencent's Keen Security Lab discovered major security holes in Tesla's firmware, which attackers could use to control vehicles.
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Tencent Cloud opens Silicon Valley data center; Seoul & Mumbai locations to follow

Thu, 27th Apr 2017
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Tencent Cloud expands globally, opening Silicon Valley hub with Seoul and Mumbai on horizon to bolster overseas services.