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Huawei To Develop Its Own OS For Smartphones

It has been rumored for a few months that Huawei is developing its own OS for smartphones. When asked about this, the firm’s officials denied the information. But it now seems that they no longer want to hide their project. The Chinese giant has finally admitted that he is working on a new OS to replace Android. Bruce Lee, Vice President of Huawei’s Mobile Products Division, announced this on his Weibo account. So there is no longer any room for doubt.

Huawei to develop a new OS for mobile devices to replace Android

Bruce Lee announced the development of a new OS made by Huawei. However, he did not mention anything about the reasons for this decision. Is the Chinese manufacturer in bad terms with Google? Apparently not, since the two are working together on the development of the latter’s new operating system.

Otherwise, just like Apple, Huawei might also want to have its own OS for mobile devices to add its personal touches more broadly than EMUI would allow. That is very likely, but there is no indication so far that the company wants to move in this direction.

Huawei might develop its own OS for smartphones to tackle the US sanctions

The explanation that remains plausible at this time is that Huawei wants to protect itself from the US sanctions. As you might recall, the United States has increased its attacks on the Chinese manufacturer in recent months.

On the basis of suspicions of espionage, the US, for example, incited its allies to remove Huawei from their 5G infrastructures. In the current geopolitical context, it is, therefore, not out of the question that the American government should prohibit commercial relations between US-based companies, such as Google, and the Chinese tech giant.

Thus, Huawei might anticipate stricter regulations from the US and develop its own OS for smartphones in case the worst happens, and they could not use Android anymore.

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US Government Invested About $6 Million In Analyzing Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Transactions

US government authorities have just invested $5.7 million on commercial contracts with specialized companies to analyze cryptocurrencies and blockchain transactions.

These contracted firms have offered services to the US government, according to a Diar study, to improve the fight against tax evasion, money laundering, financing of terrorism, and arms and drug trafficking in the Dark Internet markets, as well as other illegal activities that involved cryptocurrencies and blockchain transactions.

According to the research of this publication, the demand from government agencies for analyzing blockchain networks has increased along with the growth of Bitcoin (BTC) popularity and the volume of transactions confirmed on that network. Additionally, government agencies have been demanding blockchain transactions analysis services to link people’s identities to their Bitcoin (BTC) addresses.

The cryptocurrencies and blockchain enthusiasts are not happy with the US government’s decision to analyze crypto transactions

The contracted investigative firms could be tracking transactions in cryptocurrency exchange platforms or services related to cryptos to link them directly to the identity of a suspect of financial crimes.

The pseudo-anonymity of crypto coins allows intelligence agencies to follow a trail, which can often be decrypted by US government-contracted companies

On the other hand, the Diar research states that the Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have raised in 2018 only the total of what they did last year, but the popularity of this fundraising scheme seems to be migrating to more specific and select projects. According to the data collected, 70% of the crypto tokens have a lower price than during their ICO.

According to information from TokenData, cited by Diar, by August 2018 there were only 17 projects that completed a round of funding, the minimum in one year. According to projections by Ricky Tan, founder of TokenData, it is unlikely that ICOs and pre-sales of tokens will accelerate during the remainder of the year.

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