Digital finance: Huawei will be one of the
first major partners of the Level One Project, a Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation initiative, which focuses on developing
and deploying digital financial services that serve customers at
all levels of the financial pyramid. Meanwhile, India’s cash
crunch drives
fresh interest in digital finance.
Elon Musk’s ambitions one step closer to reality Tesla’s
shareholders
approved a SolarCity acquisition worth roughly USD2 billion.
Additionally, SpaceX sought US approval for an
internet-via-satellite network eventually totalling 4,425
satellites to provide global high-speed internet coverage.
Cybersecurity: The number of DDoS ‘mega
attacks’ are
on
the rise, with the two biggest attacks in history in 2016,
leading one analyst to
predict that the Internet may have more shutdowns in 2017. Meanwhile, PoisonTap, a new
USD5 card-sized device can
intercept all of a computer’s
unencrypted web traffic when plugged into its USB port.
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