Moscow said it is considering new energy tariffs aimed at cryptocurrency miners as Chinese businesses are forced to exit the country following Beijing’s blanket ban on the industry. Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov announced the government is studying ways to charge crypto miners differently for their energy consumption versus the general population. He said: ...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is shutting down its career-networking site LinkedIn in China citing significantly growing challenges to comply with Beijing’s requirements. The move to sunset the platform comes after Microsoft faced accusations of siding with the Communist Party’s censorship programme by shutting down profiles of journalists critical of the regime. The Redm...

Google Cloud has entered into a strategic agreement with French defence company Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) to co-develop a sovereign hyperscale cloud offering for France which will include the construction of new infrastructure to support the service. Aimed at French companies and public sector, the state-vetted cloud computing services platform set to become operational i...