All articles by Afiq Fitri
Afiq Fitri
The rise and rise of data clean rooms
The software promises a secure, privacy-friendly way to analyse customer data. But some fear that its capabilities are being overhyped.
China has just implemented one of the world’s strictest laws on deepfakes
Seeking to set an example for the world to follow, critics fear Beijing’s new law is a playbook for authoritarians to redefine reality itself.
Is this the year UK tech start-ups bounce back?
Thousands of newly laid-off tech workers and optimistic VC firms might revive the sector. But significant hurdles lie ahead.
What if Binance collapses?
Rumoured problems at the world’s biggest crypto exchange have raised doubts about its future as regulators circle.
Is the telecoms industry really in freefall?
The sector has a lot more going for it with the advent of 5G than its recent tussle with big tech firms would have you assume.
Nobody’s using CBDCs. India’s piloting one anyway.
The slow uptake of CBDCs in Africa and across the Caribbean does not bode well for India’s new digital currency.
UK high street banks are quarantining from crypto
Once open to customers using their accounts to trade in cryptocurrencies, UK high street banks now see them as one risky asset too many.
The European Chips Act will not restore the continent’s semiconductor industry to its former glory
High costs and highly complex supply chains make even the goal of semiconductor self-sufficiency unlikely.
Here are the numbers that explain Intel’s decline
Longstanding manufacturing woes and a general slump in PC sales are contributing to the semiconductor giant’s recent poor performance.
Will DAOs survive the crypto winter?
Some are optimistic amidst the recent collapse of FTX, but others remain wary of the future of DAOs and cryptocurrencies.