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The e-commerce company recently confirmed through a blog that it used the Digital Yuan to pay the salaries of some of its employees.with representatives from the banks saying they will offer red envelopes of free Digital Yuan to festival-goers.

An official from one bank urged the Chinese community to have confidence in the Digital Yuan as it is more reliable than two of the widely-used payment platforms: Alipay and WeChat.People will realize that digital yuan payment is so convenient that they dont have to rely on Alipay or WeChat Pay anymore.The major banking institutions based in Shanghai have aligned with the Digital Yuan over other popular payment methodsSix of the top banks in China have thrown their weight behind the countrys digital currency

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Microsoft is promising the new display is also less reflective and works better outdoors.The $11-plus-billion company has served 50 million rides.

Similarly e-scooter company Bird hit 1 million rides this week after launching seven months ago.6 metric tons of carbon-dioxide emitted per year.

and landfills -- all overseen by energy consulting firm 3Degrees.and other transportation services have over the years paraded their carbon offset programs without changing much about actual energy use and waste.