As the U.S. government seemed headed for a possible shutdown last week, cybersecurity firms began picking up on an alarming trend: a spike in cyberattacks targeting government agencies and the…
more ...Meta Plans to Charge Europeans for Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram, Source Says
Meta is proposing to offer European users subscription-based versions of Instagram and Facebook if they would rather not be tracked for ads, a source said on Tuesday. The idea, first…
more ...Jury Selection Underway in Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Fraud Trial
Jury selection is currently underway in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trail on fraud and conspiracy charges, nearly one year after his now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, collapsed. According to prosecutors, Bankman-Fried, who has…
more ...LogOn: Bionic Hand Gives Users Touch Feedback
New technologies are giving bionic hands some of the more complex features of human hands. Genia Dulot reports on a California company that is using touch feedback to give users…
more ...Kenya Panel Urges Shutdown of Worldcoin’s Crypto Project Within Country
A Kenyan parliamentary panel called on the country’s information technology regulator on Monday to shut down the operations of cryptocurrency project Worldcoin within the country until more stringent regulations are…
more ...Swiss-Led Team Drives Electric Vans From Geneva to Doha, Qatar
A Swiss-led team has driven electric vans across Europe and the Arabian Peninsula to Qatar to showcase zero-emission battery powered vehicles, organizers said Sunday. The five-strong Swiss and German team…
more ...Apple to Fix Software Bug Making iPhone 15 Models Too Hot to Handle
Apple is blaming a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to heat up and…
more ...Biden Signs Bill to Fund US Government, Avoid Shutdown
President Joe Biden has signed a bill to fund the U.S. government through mid-November and avoid a shutdown, less than an hour before money for federal agencies was set to…
more ...Factory Activity in China Grows for First Time in 6 Months
China’s factory activity in September recorded its first expansion in six months, an official survey said Saturday, providing another sign that the world’s second-largest economy is gradually improving after its…
more ...On Brink of Government Shutdown, US Senate Tries to Approve Funding
The United States is on the brink of a federal government shutdown after hard-right Republicans in Congress rejected a longshot effort to keep offices open as they fight for steep…
more ...Food Prices Rising Due to Climate Change, El Nino, and Russia’s War
How do you cook a meal when a staple ingredient is unaffordable? This question is playing out in households around the world as they face shortages of essential foods like…
more ...Bangkok’s New Chinatown Offers Mixed Bag of Economic Changes
At sunset, Bangkok’s Huai Khwang district comes alive with Chinese-speaking pedestrians bustling to their favorite hot pot restaurants among the many lining Pracharat Bamphen Road. The hungry parade is just…
more ...US Supreme Court Will Decide if State Laws Limiting Social Media Platforms Violate Constitution
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether state laws that seek to regulate Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms violate the Constitution. The justices will review laws…
more ...Kenya’s Rising Cost of Living Leaves Low-Income Earners Struggling
Low-income Kenyans have been hit hardest by high inflation, a new report says. Low-income households experienced a challenging 2022 because of the increased cost of living, said Rose Ngugi, director…
more ...Q&A: Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang on AI and Censorship
On the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, Taiwan’s Minister of Digital Affairs Audrey Tang delivered a speech at the Concordia Annual Summit…
more ...New Trade Initiative Offers India Major Gains in Middle East
New Delhi’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic clout beyond Asia received a major boost with the announcement at this month’s G20 summit of ambitious plans to develop a…
more ...Iran Says It Successfully Launched Imaging Satellite Amid Tensions With West
Iran claimed on Wednesday it successfully launched an imaging satellite into space, a move that could further ratchet up tensions with Western nations that fear its space technology could be…
more ...DRC Company Turns Plastic Waste from Lake Kivu Into Building Materials
In Goma, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, residents say plastic and other waste is increasingly polluting Lake Kivu. A new initiative is keeping some of that waste…
more ...Zimbabwean President’s Growing Economy Claims Met With Doubt, Anger
Some Zimbabweans living in abject poverty are reacting angrily to claims by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the country’s economy is the fastest growing in the southern African region. Columbus Mavhunga…
more ...Tourism Another Casualty of Morocco’s Earthquake
The earthquake that killed nearly 3,000 people in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains this month also took a toll on the region’s flourishing tourist industry — a key source of jobs…
more ...New Artificial Intelligence Solutions Developed to Combat Wildfires
Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions. Enter artificial intelligence. Firefighters…
more ...NASA’s 1st Asteroid Samples Land on Earth After Spacecraft Release
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample…
more ...Arizona Governor: Taiwan Firm’s Semiconductor Plant Back on Schedule
Earlier this year, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC announced that it was delaying the opening of a computer chip plant in the U.S. state of Arizona because of a shortage of…
more ...Bank of England Joins US Fed in Avoiding Another Interest Rate Hike After Inflation Declines
The Bank of England has paused nearly two years of interest rate increases after a surprising fall in U.K. inflation eased concerns about the pace of price rises. In a…
more ...School Shooting Survivor Develops App That Seeks to Help People Heal
Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman killed 14 students and three staff members there on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers…
more ...Report: Increase in Chinese-Language Malware Could ‘Challenge’ Russian Dominance of Cybercrime
For decades, Russian and eastern European hackers have dominated the cybercrime underworld. These days they may face a challenge from a new contender: China. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Proofpoint say…
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