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Microsoft to open new data center in Thailand as it doubles down on AI and Southeast Asia
Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday announced "significant commitments" to build a new regional data center in Thailand, among other initiatives, as the U.S. tech giant doubles down on Southeast Asia.
Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Alibaba plans to build a data center in Vietnam to store data locally in compliance with legal requirements, while it currently relies on government-owned facilities.
This Chinese virologist shared crucial Covid-19 data. Then his research hit hurdles
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BOJ data points to possible yen-buying intervention
TOKYO -- Money market data released by the Bank of Japan on Tuesday suggested the government intervened in the currency market the day before, when the yen marked a dramatic turnaround against the U.S. dollar after dropping close to 12% from the start of the year.
Deforestation in Indonesia spiked last year – but data analysis suggests better overall trend
From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swathes of jungle razed for palm oil and paper plantations, Indonesia had a 27 per cent uptick in primary forest loss in 2023 from the previous year, according to a World Resources Institute analysis of deforestation data. But the loss is still seen as historically low compared to the 2010s, it said.
All the data so far is showing inflation isn't going away, and is making things tough on the Fed
The last batch of inflation news that Federal Reserve officials will see before their policy meeting next week is in, and none of it is very good.
TikTok ban won’t solve foreign influence, data privacy problems
When President Joe Biden signed a US$95 billion foreign aid bill into law on April 24, 2024, it started the clock on a nine-month window for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. The president can extend the deadline by three months, and TikTok has indicated that it plans to challenge the law in court.