Despite crackdowns, the use of ozone-depleting chemicals is on the rise

HCFC-141b levels are rising, which could be due to illegal production or deteriorating equipment. Despite international attempts to combat the problem, levels of an ozone-depleting chemical are strangely rising.

The increase in the airborne chemical HCFC-141b comes even though stated pr...

China’s top crypto outlets become inaccessible as government crackdown continues

Crypto outlets ChainNews and Odaily have become inaccessible over the past few days. But both the outlets have continued their activity on Twitter and Telegram, as both these apps are banned in China.

Highlights

• ChainNews and Odaily’s websites ar...

Tencent acquires Wake Up, a Japanese gaming studio in $44 million deal

Tencent Chinese games and messaging colossus has acquired Wake Up, a Japanese creative studio. The studio was responsible for several hit Nintendo Switch titles, and now the studio is seeking to recover from a government crackdown on the gaming sector.

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Tencent is affected by China’s Gaming Crackdown, witness slow profit growth

Tencent Chinese gaming and social media giant has posted its quarterly profit growth. This is the company’s slowest quarterly profit growth in two years. China's largest company was hit by the new rules by the Chinese regulators, regarding the amount of time minors spend on gaming.

China's Central Bank announces Cryptocurrency transactions will be considered illegal, Bitcoin price massively fluctuates

Highlights

• China's central bank announced all financial transactions involving cryptocurrencies as illegal
• Around 1,000 people had been arrested for using the profits from cryptocurrencies

China's central bank announced ...

BEIJING READY TO IMPLEMENT SEVERE CRACKDOWN ON HONG KONG 117 DEMOCRACY DISTRICT CANDIDATES

HIGHLIGHTS

• Beijing's top governing body intends to get rid of the impact of Hong Kong's area councilors in its most recent move to decrease the city's resistance, as per neighborhood media referring to sources

It comes a little more...

HUAWEI TO REPLACE GOOGLE WITH ITS HarmonyOS IN ITS OWN SMARTPHONES

Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Thursday once again stated that it is going to replace Google with its own operating system into its smartphones and expand its ecosystem of apps amidst its efforts of sustaining in the ongoing battle between the U.S. and China.
Huawei stated that all its sm...

TRUMP TELLS GOVERNORS TO BE TOUGH ON THE PROTESTERS

Highlights:

• Trump connects with governors via a teleconference
• Asks them to be forceful on the protesting crowd

Amidst the pandemic that is claiming lives in great numbers in the US, the death of George Floyd has acted as the ultimate catalysts that ...