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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has taken over Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person. The Bloomberg billionaires index, which tracks the net worth of the world’s wealthiest, has indicated that Gates has overtaken Bezos based on an over 40% increase in his 1% stake in technology giant Microsoft and his investments in his family office Cascade. For the first time in two years, Gates has taken over the top spot after reports emerged that the United States Department of...

Late last month, the United States Department of Defense announced that the much-discussed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, had been finally awarded to Microsoft. After the announcement, many including Amazon itself seemed sincerely surprised that the contract didn’t go to Amazon. Now, Amazon has decided to officially challenge the contract award.According to a Federal Times report, Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially filed with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims...

Leading financial services company Alipay has indicated that it will enable 10 million European small and medium enterprises to be able to reach more than 2 billion customers which come from all corners of the world to Europe. Alipay intends to do this within the next five years. The payment service indicated this yesterday at the Alipay Partners Global Summit which held in London. It also expanded its partnership with Worldline which is its principal acquirer in the region and also...

Microsoft has hinted that its upcoming game streaming service xCloud, will be officially launched next year. The company has also announced a few new games that will be launched along with xCloud and will also be available on the current Game Pass feature available.At the company’s XO19 Xbox event currently ongoing in London, Microsoft made the revelation about xCloud, adding further details including that all xCloud subscribers will have access to the over 100 games available currently on...

This week, gold has been enjoying a continuous rally, reaching its record highs. On Thursday, it achieved $1,475.50 per troy ounce. Today, the gold price has dropped sharply, with markets suffering losses globally.The volatility of the precious metal’s price results from several factors.Firstly, in October, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic recommended Serbia’s central bank to increase its gold reserves in order to protect against economic issues and financial uncertainty. Following the...

In what has been a series of woes for a British icon, Aston Martin, which has been one of Britain’s most successful automakers in its heyday, has been unable to get its act together after its October 2018 Initial Public Offering (IPO). Best known for being the favorite of Ian Flemming’s James Bond when it comes to cars, the holding company Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc hasn’t fared that well since last year.With its current premier brands (Vantage, DBS, and DB11 Volante)...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., has announced pricing for its soon-to-come share listing in Hong Kong. Estimated to have a target to raise $13.8 billion, the company will be selling 12.5 million shares exclusively to retail investors and has pegged it at HK$188 per share. Roughly $24, the sale will easily take its place as Hong Kong’s most expensive initial sale in history.The company plans to sell a total of 500 million ordinary shares in the Hong Kong listing, finally placing its focus on the...

On Wednesday, November 13, Apple lifted the cover off its new precious MacBook offering – the 16-inch MacBook Pro. The new MacBook Pro model comes with some heavily loaded hardware features seen for the first time on a laptop.Besides introducing high-end machine hardware, one of the major changes to the latest MacBook Pro is its keyboard. Apple has finally decided to get rid of the controversial butterfly mechanism keyboard is used in the previous Macs.Instead, the 16-inch MacBook Pro...

In a surprise turn of events, footwear maker Nike has decided to terminate its relationship with technology giant Amazon and it will no longer sell its goods on the retail website of Amazon.In a statement Nike said:“As part of Nike’s focus on elevating consumer experiences through more direct, personal relationships, we have made the decision to complete our current pilot with Amazon Retail.”“We will continue to invest in strong, distinctive partnerships for Nike with other retailers and...

Overall, the cryptocurrency market is pressured and this includes Ethereum as majority lost steam for the upside zone. The bullish momentum eased out as buyers look to supply zones to make another entry. The total market capitalization of crypto as of Monday had lost a total value of $ 6.8 billion. Most of the important coins currently remain at supply levels over the last 24 hours, while ETHUSD ended Wednesday at 187.49, gaining $ 0.40 (0.21%).As at the time of composing, Ethereum (ETH) is...