Taiwan Export Orders Surge Again in July for the Consecutive 17th Month

 A poll conducted by Reuters indicated that the country’s export orders are showing an upward trend in July for the 17th time in a row. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to rattle the world as the waves startle nations one by one. Recently, the second wave in India wreaked havoc. People died in scores. Now, the Delta variant wave has gripped the entire Australian nation. Immediately after India’s disastrous second wave, Indonesia had witnessed a rising number of cases.

However, the pandemic has unleashed opportunities that were unknown in the pre-pandemic world. From online shopping to work-from-home, the pandemic has knocked at many uncharted doors that treasured endless opportunities. The large corporations once making work-from-office mandatory see it a threat now. Online classes, for instance, is revolutionizing EdTech market. These opportunities were hanging around, but went unnoticed until the pandemic hit the world last year.
Several countries witnessed record-high growth in their respective markets as the above mentioned opportunities were unleashed with full force. Taiwan, for instance, witnessed a record-high growth in July. The country’s export orders rose for the 17th consecutive month.

The growth was buoyed by strong sustained demand for technology products that people used during the lockdowns. As mentioned above, millions of people worldwide work from home and take classes online need technology latest products to operate efficiently.
A poll conducted by Reuters indicated that the country’s export orders are showing an upward trend in July for the 17th time in a row.

 

Antinalysis, a blockchain analytics tool used by criminals, was shut down by the authorities

A popular blockchain service on the dark web to check the legitimacy of the bitcoin wallet was recently shut down by the regulators.

Several reports from media show that a popular blockchain tool that was being used by crypto launderers to test their funds’ connection to crime has been shut down permanently now. The service was known as Analysis, and it was reportedly very popular on the dark web. This tool allowed users to check their bitcoin link to criminal activities. Founder and Chief Scientist of Elliptic, Dr. Tom Robinson, has stated that criminals were starting to find loopholes to overcome the challenges posed by blockchain analytics, and Antinalysis was the first to help the criminals with the same.

The site of Antinalysis was discovered by Robinson last week, and he had mentioned this in his blog post. This, however, caught the attention of the regulators, who shut down the service. The tools are generally helpful for investigators to deal with crypto-related activities, but in the wrong hands, the tools are being misused by the money launderers to identify whether the funds will lead back to them or indicate their criminal background. Incognito was the developer behind Antinalysis, and it has several other services, too, like the Incognito Market. The software runs on Tor, which is a network that allows users to browse the dark web anonymously.

 

Glory Technology Group is acquiring a minority stake in OneBanks

GLORY LTD, a popular name in the global cash tech solutions to the fast food, retail, and financial industries, has recently made an announcement that it will now invest in OneBanks, an innovator in the banking segment. Glory will be the cornerstone of the funding round, and it will also support the ambitions of OneBanks to become a prominent name in the global everyday banking sector. oneBanks has already secured funding from several prominent angel investors like Baroness Bottomley and Rupert Pennant-Rea. After the latest funding round, Glory will become the main external investor with a large minority in the enlarged capital.

Along with Glory’s commitment and support from additional funds, OneBanks is all set to take over the market. As of now, OneBanks is testing its shared branch kiosk in three locations, and plans are in motion to replicate the same in 15 locations by the end of 2022. The company is expecting to have at least 150 kiosks by the end of 2025. OneBanks developed new proprietary technology to allow multiple banks to offer greater services from one location.  This will significantly lower the costs when compared to the traditional banks. The customers participating in the same will have free access to multiple transactions.

 

Microsoft Plans to Expand Azure API Health IT and Cloud Computing Offerings

planning to expand its Azure API (application programming interface) for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) while providing customers with additional data management and cloud computing health IT tools. Also, the existing customers can continue using the product without service disruption or pricing changes.

Azure Healthcare predominantly APIs aims to help care organizations manage protected health information (PHI) data at scale by streamlining the health-based workloads and improving healthcare analytics. Microsoft stated that the company would be offering health data across patient outputs in the cloud sector to make PHI data sharing easier.

The new service aims to support the rapid exchange of data using the latest APIs in compliance with health data standards like FHIR and Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine (DICOM). The customers can manage imaging files in the cloud through APIs uniquely designed for DICOM. Also, the users can manage enterprise data workloads with high availability and disaster recovery support. Azure Healthcare APIs allow customers to manage their data regulations with certifications for ISO, HITRUST, FedRAMP, SOC, and in scope for the Azure BAA.

 

Drought Forces Colorado River Water Cutback to the Southwest States

The scientists and researchers recently have declared the water shortage for the first time ever in the Colorado River which serves as an arterial waterway for over 40 million people in the west region of America. The water levels at the largest reservoir have fallen record low. Water basins that connect with the river primarily supply basic household water for agriculture purpose, for irrigation for farms, and also provide hydropower to regions like Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Mexico.

However the farmers have various other diversified water sources which has helped them to reduce the risk of upcoming water cuts. But still the acute water challenges for a region facing a growing population drought will definitely be a nightmare for farmers as there will drastic change in the temperature in the coming years. Scientists also identified that due to drastic changes in melting snow in the spring could be one of the many reasons for sudden drop in the amount of water flowing from the mountains, where the Colorado River originates before.

Keeping this in mind, United Nations has released a landmark climate report which shows the rising index of global temperatures which is rapidly increasing than ever before. Scientists have stated that they will be addressing these climate changes by utilizing the best available technology and science, and they will continue to work across the landscapes and communities that primarily rely on the Colorado River.

 

TNS Expands to 11 More Countries in Asia Pacific

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is widely known for providing a full suite of low latency services across the globe and has a strong presence in the Asia Pacific region. The company has now further expanded its presence by reaching 11 more countries in the region.

“The Asian financial markets include many of the world’s leading, as well as rapidly emerging, stock exchanges. Extending TNS’ presence and connectivity in Asia gives us the ability to offer traders access to these financial centers and exchanges simply, quickly and with a lower total cost of ownership,” said Tom Lazenga, TNS’ Vice President of Global Sales, in a statement.

Founded in 1990 in the U.S. and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, TNS provides an extensive portfolio of services to customers in more than 60 countries spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

The latest expansion of TNS has delivered lowest latency in the region. The company is making use of the lowest latency commercially available network links in the APAC region. This network is designed to deliver streaming of market data globally. It can deliver APAC sourced market data to the U.S. and the U.S. sourced market data to APAC.

With this expansion, TNS now offers coverage across 11 countries and 23 exchanges in Asia that is hugely benefitting the trading industry.

 

Ketto Introduces its New Healthcare Community App Healthnest

The crowdfunding platform Ketto has launched its healthcare community app called Healthnest. The app has been introduced to help patients, caregivers, medical experts, and doctors. This platform will connect patients with similar medical conditions and help them share their stories and emotional support.

The launch of the Healthnest app marks Ketto’s nine year anniversary. “At Ketto our endeavor is to bridge the healthcare accessibility gap. We closely work with hospitals and patients to raise funds for their medical treatment. However, we have realised that a patient’s family not only struggles in terms of finances but they undergo enormous physical and mental stress,” said Zaheer Adenwala, CTO and Co-founder of Ketto.org.

The Healthnest app will act as a platform that connects with people who have overcome similar healthcare. This app will help users connect with medical experts and healthcare practioners for medical suggestions and second opinions.

The app was originally launched as a pilot project last quarter. It has recorded 10 thousand installations with over 10 live communities on the app.

Ketto.org was founded by Varun Sheth, Zaheer Adenwala and Actor Kunal Kapoor with an aim to bridge the affordability gap. Ketto.org enables people to raise funds for health and medical emergencies, natural calamities, education, travel, short-term emergency needs, sports, competitions, arts, animal welfare, women empowerment, and many more.