BlackBerry’s Q1 2021 Revenue Down 17%, Company’s CEO Assures Investors Recovery Is in Sight

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The Canadian multinational company, formerly known as Research In Motion, announced its total GAAP revenue for its first quarter of fiscal 2021. The amount: $206 million, or а 17% decline year-over-year than the $247 million the company had generated for the same period last year.

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China’s State-backed E-Currency – Everything You Need to Know

Graphic representation of China's digital Renminbi

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For the past several months, the Chinese government has been hard at work to create an electronic equivalent of its national currency—the Renminbi. If successful, the e-RMB will become the first digital currency to be officially used by a leading economic power.

With that said, there are growing concerns that Chinese officials might abuse the power that comes with a state-backed digital currency to further their nationwide surveillance efforts.

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Travel in a Post COVID-19 World: What Will Change?

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Source: Pexels | Author: Anna Shvets

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If we can all agree on one thing, it’s that the world will never be the same after COVID-19. 

It has been estimated that the better part of the global population currently faces travel restrictions, about 25 million people in aviation and a 100 million more in the travel sector are at risk of losing their jobs, and the world is still reeling from the billions upon billions of lost profits. In unprecedented times like these, many are wondering if the days of travel as we remember it are over.

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