India’s reliance on digital payments has made it a gold mine for fintech companies. Amazon particularly, has made the nation the centre of its fintech push, with new offerings to expand its customer base and attract more subscribers to its Prime loyalty programme.

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U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he supported a deal in principle that would allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States, even as it appeared to conflict with his earlier order for China's ByteDance to divest the video app.

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Masks have gone from purely necessity to fashion statement, and brands are picking up on this new way to stay safe and get their branding out and about at the same time.

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Sony has told us nearly everything conceivable about its next-generation video game console, the PlayStation 5. We know its launch games lineup, including the highly anticipated superhero sequel Spider-Man: Miles Morales. We know the devices have a futuristic vibe to them, with curved sides that could look right at home next to a Star Trek starship. We even know the controller has special trigger buttons that give us feedback to make the objects we interact with in the game world feel like they're here, in our hands.

The only things we didn’t know was what it will cost and when it will hit store shelves.

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Some people started a business during quarantine. Some found new hobbies or learned new skills. And one enterprising Vietnamese college student… built a Batmobile.  

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A US-based production company is working on a space-themed reality TV show that will send the winner straight into orbit. Literally. The show is just another venture leveraging on the otherworldly exploration plans of companies like SpaceX and Boeing in the near future.

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Hot on the heels of Instagram’s Reels, YouTube is also addressing the threatening presence of TikTok with the announcement of their new feature, YouTube Shorts.

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With travel being heavily restricted by COVID-19 and the rise of remote working globally, is the concept of the digital nomad being left behind?

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Before the pandemic, co-working spaces were quickly becoming a major choice of workplace for many people and their companies. That changed when people were forced to work from home to stay safe. Now, it looks like co-working spaces may be a new default for those opting to work from home, while not really working from “home” at all.

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Christopher Nolan’s latest mindbender, Tenet, has “restarted” the box office and is showing signs of success outside the US. However, Warner Bros is keeping all that data to itself. This is angering rival studios that are keen to learn from Warner’s release strategy, especially in foreign markets where rules and regulations differ across the board.

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