Today: July 27, 2024
Today: July 27, 2024

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SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 rocket after rare failure

SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 rocket after rare failure

SpaceX cleared to launch Falcon 9 rocket after rare failure
Europe|Technology

Google to blame for slower YouTube speeds in Russia, says senior lawmaker

YouTube speeds in Russia are set to sharply decline on desktop computers due Google's failure to upgrade its equipment in Russia and its refusal to unblock channels of Russian media, a

Google to blame for slower YouTube speeds in Russia, says senior lawmaker
Business|Technology

Apple signs on to voluntary US scheme to manage AI risks, White House says

Apple Inc has signed U.S.

Apple signs on to voluntary US scheme to manage AI risks, White House says
Business|Technology

Bangladesh's internet shutdown isolates citizens, disrupts business

By Md. Tahmid Zami DHAKA - Md. Rakibul Ahsan was finishing a logo he had designed for a foreign client as the deadline fast approached.

Bangladesh's internet shutdown isolates citizens, disrupts business
Business|Economy|Technology

Turkey's Erdogan announces $30 billion in incentives for high tech areas

Turkey will launch a $5 billion package to boost its annual production of electric vehicles to one million cars, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, adding that Ankara would

Turkey's Erdogan announces $30 billion in incentives for high tech areas
Business|Finance|Technology

Microsoft's LinkedIn settles advertisers' lawsuit over alleged overcharges

LinkedIn agreed to pay $6.625 million to settle a proposed class action accusing the Microsoft unit of overcharging advertisers by inflating how many people watched

Microsoft's LinkedIn settles advertisers' lawsuit over alleged overcharges
Asia|Business|Economy|Technology

Shanghai launches $13.8 billion in funds to boost integrated circuit, biomedicine, AI sectors

China's commercial hub Shanghai on Friday announced 100 billion yuan ($13.79 billion) in funds to boost its integrated circuit, biomedicine and artificial intelligence (AI)

Shanghai launches $13.8 billion in funds to boost integrated circuit, biomedicine, AI sectors
Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

US equity funds attract inflows, defying a tech selloff

U.S. investors continued to pump money into equity funds in the seven days to July 24, shrugging off a technology sector selloff to focus on robust corporate earnings and the possibility

US equity funds attract inflows, defying a tech selloff
Economy|Technology

Eighty nations strike deal over e-commerce, but lack US backing

Around 80 countries reached agreement on Friday on rules governing global digital commerce including recognition of e-signatures and protection against online fraud, but failed to

Eighty nations strike deal over e-commerce, but lack US backing
Technology

What GoFundMe conceals: The campaigns that fail

Most people are left refreshing the page and coming up empty-handed.

What GoFundMe conceals: The campaigns that fail
Europe|News|Technology

Russia deploys cheap drones to locate Ukraine's air defences

Russia has begun including new, cheaply-made drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film any damage and act as decoys, a

Russia deploys cheap drones to locate Ukraine's air defences
Crime|News|Political|Technology

Israeli private eye appears in London court over alleged hacking offences

An Israeli private investigator wanted by the United States for allegedly carrying out a "hacking for hire" campaign appeared in a London court on Friday, ahead of his

Israeli private eye appears in London court over alleged hacking offences
Health|Technology|Travel

Too hot to board: What’s the limit for sweltering airplane cabins?

Too hot to board: What’s the limit for sweltering airplane cabins?

Too hot to board: What’s the limit for sweltering airplane cabins?
Economy|Finance|Technology

Wall St closes up on revival supported by inflation data, tech stocks

Wall Street's major indexes ended higher on Friday as investors flocked back to tech megacaps that had triggered broad sell-offs earlier in the week, and inflation data

Wall St closes up on revival supported by inflation data, tech stocks
Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

China boosts financing support for smaller innovative tech companies

China will enhance support for small and medium-sized technology enterprises through its national financing guarantee fund, the finance ministry said on Friday, in a bid to leverage

China boosts financing support for smaller innovative tech companies
Business|Economy|Finance|Technology

Spooked U.S. stock market faces tech earnings minefield, Fed meeting

Rattled investors are bracing for earnings from the market’s biggest tech companies, a Federal Reserve policy meeting and closely watched employment data in a

Spooked U.S. stock market faces tech earnings minefield, Fed meeting
Asia|Business|Technology

Woes at Qoo10's South Korean e-commerce units intensify as companies cut ties

Two South Korean e-commerce platforms owned by Singapore-based Qoo10 slipped deeper into crisis on Friday after failing to make payments to vendors, with companies

Woes at Qoo10's South Korean e-commerce units intensify as companies cut ties
Business|Finance|Technology

JPMorgan launches in-house chatbot as AI-based research analyst, FT reports

JPMorgan Chase has begun rolling out a generative artificial intelligence (AI) product, telling employees that its own version of OpenAI's ChatGPT can do the work of a research analyst,

JPMorgan launches in-house chatbot as AI-based research analyst, FT reports
Business|Economy|Technology

Capgemini forecasts surprise revenue fall on automotive, aerospace downturn

French IT group Capgemini forecast a surprise fall in annual revenue on Friday, citing a downturn in the automotive and aerospace sectors, sending its

Capgemini forecasts surprise revenue fall on automotive, aerospace downturn
Asia|Business|Technology

Spot work startup Timee shares pop 30% in Tokyo debut

Shares in startup Timee, which operates a platform connecting workers seeking side gigs with labour-strapped businesses, rose roughly 30% on Friday in their Tokyo stock market debut.

Spot work startup Timee shares pop 30% in Tokyo debut
Asia|Environment|Science|Technology

Japan nuclear watchdog panel decides against restarting Tsuruga reactor

A panel of Japan's nuclear watchdog decided on Friday against restarting a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant citing seismic risks, paving the way for the regulator to keep

Japan nuclear watchdog panel decides against restarting Tsuruga reactor
Business|News|Technology|World

Israel's Netanyahu meets Musk after congressional address

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Washington on Wednesday after his address to the U.S. Congress.

Israel's Netanyahu meets Musk after congressional address
Celebrity|Entertainment|Technology

Elon Musk’s estranged daughter calls out his ‘entirely fake’ claims about her childhood

Elon Musk’s estranged daughter calls out his ‘entirely fake’ claims about her childhood

Elon Musk’s estranged daughter calls out his ‘entirely fake’ claims about her childhood
Technology

CrowdStrike says over 97% of Windows sensors back online

More than 97% of Windows sensors are back online, CrowdStrike's CEO George Kurtz said on Thursday, nearly a week after a software update by the cybersecurity firm triggered a global outage

CrowdStrike says over 97% of Windows sensors back online
Business|Economy|Technology

California top court upholds ballot measure treating Uber, Lyft drivers as independent contractors

California top court upholds ballot measure treating Uber, Lyft drivers as independent contractors

California top court upholds ballot measure treating Uber, Lyft drivers as independent contractors

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