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Facebook‘s head of the Libra project – David Marcus – has recently given an indirect warning to the U.S. lawmakers of losing the digital currency war to China, if the company’s Libra Project fails.Since its Libra cryptocurrency announcement in June 2019, Facebook has been in odds with the regulators over the Libra launch. The regulators have repeatedly questioned Facebook’s ability to execute this project at a global level.However, David Marcus has warned Washington that if Libra is derailed,...

Veteran United States investor, writer, and Entrepreneur Rob Arnott has come out in favor of the American major technology stocks again as being in a bubble even as he lashes out at Bitcoin. He made his thoughts known to the Financial Times in an exclusive while defending the position of including Microsoft in the popular acronym FANMAG which he says is the new direction of technology stocks rather than FAANG.FAANG which is a play on technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and...

It’s already widely known that the multinational tech company Apple Inc. (AAPL) has again joined the trillion-dollar society hitting the trillion-dollar market cap mark for the fourth time.At the time of writing, Apple stock was trading premarket 1.73% higher to $240.51, the highest in history. Apple’s market cap started the week at $1.09 trillion.There are some analysts who think shares might jump even more – to be precise 20 percent more during this year because of the strong iPhone 11...

The cryptocurrency-browser privacy-focused web browser Brave has recently attained a new milestone reaching 8 million monthly active users. Brave, with its powerful vision, aims to revolutionize the online browsing and advertising experience for its users.Now 8 million monthly active users for Brave, & nearly 400 privacy-preserving ad campaigns (with a stellar 14% click-through rate, compared to 2% industry average)! Thank you to all our users and partners as we expand our platform for a...

The online-streaming media powerhouse Netflix has given strong Q3 earnings numbers resulting in its stock price (309,25 USD, +8.02%) shooting northwards on Wednesday, October 16. Beating street expectations, Netflix reported a 31% jump in its year-over-year revenue which is currently at 45.24 billion.Another impressive thing is its GAAP earning stands at $1.47 per share instead of analysts’ expectations of $1.05 per share. When it comes to growth in the subscriber-base, the U.S. figures are...

Google in its recently held event, unveiled products including Pixel 4, Pixel Buds and Pixelbook Go as well, on Tuesday. The long-awaited Pixel 4, after several months of unconfirmed leaks and several speculations, seems to have met general expectations and turned a few heads.Google revealed the Pixel 4 and a larger version – the Pixel XL – with more than a few interesting features. Firstly, access to Google Assistant which is present on other Android smartphones is a lot...

Warren Buffett is causing yet another market buzz with his next line of action, and this time, his investor-compass is pointing again at the Bank of America. The seasoned investor wants to up his stake in the bank past 10%, and this planned move is already raising eyebrows.Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett’s company, made it clear in a Fed filing that its intentions do not include any merger, selling of Bank of America assets or the introduction of a new business strategy, rather all it is after is...

In a new search report, famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of TF Securities predicted exactly which new specifics the “iPhone SE 2” will have.Precisely, he noted the smartphone will have the A13 processor, same as in iPhone 11 and of which he has spoken about before. Also, Kuo said the phone will be available in versions with 64GB and 128GB capacities, including 3GB of application RAM.He said that there could be three finishes, including Space Gray, Silver, and Red. There will be no more 3D...

On Tuesday the 15th of this month Google’s annual hardware event will be occurring and much has been expected this year; some of the things to expect have been leaked to the media already. The main center of attraction will be the Pixel 4 with similar features to Apple‘s iPhone 11. With the recent media leaks of the event in general and the Pixel 4 in particular, it seems that we already know everything there is to know about Googles’ star product.The truth, however, is that there may be more...

For a long time now, FAANG stocks have been the unofficial standard by which the S&P 500 is measured. FAANG which is an acronym for five of the biggest tech and internet companies – including Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet Inc., – were regarded by investors, traders and even analysts alike, as the stocks that account for a large percentage of the general returns gotten from the index.For the better part of 2018, FAANG pulled in amazing returns for investors...