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India's Jio has announced it is working on a mixed reality headset called Jio Glass after raising billions from companies like Google and Facebook.

A number of mining companies are now using electric and autonomous vehicles.

The U.K. parliament's intelligence and security committee says the report into Russian influence will be published in the next week.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is speaking at a news conference following the bank's latest monetary policy decision.

Twitter said its investigation uncovered an operation that targeted Twitter employees to gain access to internal systems and tools. The hackers used those tools to take over accounts of Biden, Musk and others to solicit cryptocurrency payments.

The coronavirus has infected more than 13.5 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 584,000 people.

Britain's NHS is giving Peter Thiel's Palantir £1 million to process sensitive medical records of Covid-19 patients.

After more than three months of banning visitors, the Maldives is now allowing tourist arrivals, but will visitors come?

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) said total trading value fell in the six months to June 30, as the coronavirus pandemic hit gulf markets.

Consultancy Interbrand created a list of 30 "breakthrough brands" after analyzing financial performance and social media media activity, and staff also assessed them based on their ability to find new gaps in the market.

SMIC is seen as a key player in China's ambition to boost its domestic semiconductor industry, a push that has been accelerated by the trade war between the U.S. and China.

Tencent has launched tools to help merchants build virtual shops on its wildly popular WeChat messaging service in China.

Unemployment and corporate bankruptcies are likely to increase in the coming months, said Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

China's GDP grew 3.2% in the second quarter of 2020 compared to a year ago, beating analysts' expectations and rebounding from the first quarter's contraction.

"We've seen increased flows into Singapore from a variety of destinations, of sources and that includes Hong Kong. But the amounts are not large," said Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

The pace of decline in Britain's labor market slowed in June, official data showed on Thursday.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) said on Thursday that quarterly net profit surged 81% to a record level on robust orders for advanced chips.

Monzo Plus has been relaunched in the U.K. with perks including the ability to earn 1% interest on savings and check your credit score.

A weaker yuan has previously been a key source of contention between U.S. and the China, with U.S. President Donald Trump accusing Beijing of intentionally letting its currency slide lower.

The secretary of State, who has previously described Huawei and other Chinese state-backed businesses as "Trojan horses for Chinese intelligence," said that the actions should serve as a warning for other tech companies.