The joke doing the rounds at last week’s spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington was that central banks are looking into cryptocurrencies so that their governors have something to say when they go to conferences and are asked about Bitcoin. Okay, it’s not that funny. But it says something about how nervous ...

How much is your privacy on Facebook worth? This question has seen renewed attention following the revelation that political analysis firm Cambridge Analytica, hired by the Trump election campaign, gained access to the private information of more than 50 million users. One of the possible responses that’s generated some discussion is the creation of a paid tier that’s free of ...

For a company that no longer makes mobile phones, it’s odd that Nokia Oyj is making almost all of its money from them. The world’s biggest mobile phone maker before the iPhone came along in 2007, the Finnish company’s main business is now communications networks – in theory. That business was responsible for some 88 percent of revenue in the ...