Test and space: Barcelona telecoms bash lifts ‘hybrid’ trade fair hopes

Its biggest act may have been beamed in on a screen, but a smaller, quieter ‘hybrid’ Mobile World Congress (MWC) has given others hope that in-person events can succeed in a pandemic.
Robinhood reveals breakneck growth, legal pitfalls in IPO filing

Robinhood Markets Inc on Thursday set the stage for its hotly anticipated IPO as it revealed rapid growth in users of its trading app in a filing, while also flagging a swathe of investigations by prosecutors and regulators.
Qualcomm’s new CEO eyes dominance in the laptop markets

Qualcomm Inc’s (QCOM.O) new chief thinks that by next year his company will have just the chip for laptop makers wondering how they can compete with Apple Inc (AAPL.O), which last year introduced laptops using a custom-designed central processor chip that boasts longer battery life.
Analysis: U.S. companies spend billions on stay-at-home tech, boding ill for office properties

As the U.S. economy reopens, ramped-up corporate spending on video systems and plans to increase shared workspace suggests hybrid work is here to stay, potentially weighing on commercial property prices in New York, San Francisco and other major cities.
Blockchain Fest 2021: A Global Hub for Crypto Industry

Global crypto forum takes over European financial and IT capital When – December 2-3, 2021 Where – Limassol, Cyprus (Parklane Hotel by Marriott Bonvoy) https://blockchain-fest.com/ Blockchain Fest will take place in December 2021 in Limassol and has chosen Cyprus, European financial and IT center as its hub to bring experts from all over the world […]
Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne valued at nearly $11 bln in public debut

Shares of security software provider SentinelOne Inc (S.N) jumped 21.4% in their U.S. stock market debut on Wednesday, giving the company a market capitalization of nearly $11 billion.
Ford to shut some N. American plants for few weeks on chip shortage

Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Wednesday several of its North American factories will be shut for a few weeks in July and August due to a global shortage of semiconductors.
Micron sales beat expectations as chip supplies remain tight, prices high

Micron Technology Inc (MU.O) on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit and forecast fourth-quarter revenue above expectations, as tight supplies of memory chips and continued strong demand kept prices high.
Boom, bust and bewildered: Bitcoin’s year so far

If you’re a bitcoin investor, your nerves may have taken quite a pounding in 2021
Rolls-Royce partners with Shell in sustainable aviation fuel push

British engineering company Rolls-Royce (RR.L) said it would partner with oil company Shell (RDSa.L) to work on the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in line with both their plans for net zero emissions by 2050.