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Singapore’s New Digital Banks Will Change The Banking Landscape Forever, Maybe

Forrester IT

In a landmark announcement made on December 4, 2020 Singapore’s Monetary Authority (MAS) awarded banking licenses to four players, two of which will serve the retail banking market using a digital full bank license (DFB). known for […].

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The US Leads In Public Cloud Services, But Other Regions Are Catching Up

Forrester IT

Rymer published their latest public cloud services outlook, The Public Cloud Services Market Will Grow Rapidly To $236 Billion In 2020 ,projecting 22% annual growth in public cloud services over the 2015-to-2020 period.

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Virtual banks in Hong Kong set to rekindle the retail banking experience

Forrester IT

(Co-authored with Nancy Lin, Senior Associate) The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) recently announced 8 new virtual banking licenses in the market and their operators will all launch new digital-only banks there before or in early 2020.

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Nintendo is finally creating officially-licensed esports tournaments for ‘Super Smash Bros.’

GeekWire

tournament scene, Nintendo of America has announced a new partnership that will see the debut of the first officially-licensed Smash tournament series. We've partnered with @PandaGlobal to launch the first officially licensed Super Smash Bros. 2020, reportedly due to its plans to use a fan-modified version of Super Smash Bros.

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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

The report attributes the huge over-expenditure to vendor lock-in and NASA’s unwillingness to risk a license audit by Oracle because of its lack of visibility into software management. These challenges expose the agency to increased costs because of penalties for violations of software licensing agreements, the report showed.

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Data breach exposes 1.6 million Washington state residents who filed unemployment claims in 2020

GeekWire

million people who filed for unemployment claims in the state in 2020. In addition to members of the general public, this group includes many state employees, as well as people whose identity was used to file for claims fraudulently in early 2020. SAO was reviewing all claims data as part of an audit of that fraud incident.

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LG will license its webOS software to other TV brands

The Verge

Others who’ve come to appreciate the more colorful and “fun” webOS hope LG will keep webOS 6 off their TVs from 2020 and earlier. But that redesign isn’t something that buyers of licensed webOS TVs will have to think about — at least not yet. I’ll need some more time with the software before I can weigh in.