Elon Musk says Twitter is still losing cash because advertising has dropped by half. In a reply to a tweet offering business advice, Musk tweeted Saturday, “We’re still negative cash…
more ...Bargain-Hunting Uruguayans Flock to Argentina as its Peso Slides
On a recent cross-border shopping trip, four friends from Fray Bentos, Uruguay, visited the nearby Argentine city of Gualeguaychú, where they could afford to live lavishly and snap up eye-popping…
more ...Sources: US Chip CEOs Plan Washington Trip to Talk China Policy
The chief executives of Intel Corp and Qualcomm Inc are planning to visit Washington next week to discuss China policy, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The executives…
more ...Microsoft: Chinese Hackers Exploited Code Flaw to Steal US Agencies’ Emails
Microsoft says hackers used a flaw in its code to steal emails from government agencies and other clients. In a blog post published Friday, the company said that Chinese hackers…
more ...India to Launch Moonshot Friday
India is set to launch a spacecraft to the moon Friday. If successful, it would make India only the fourth country to do so, after the U.S., the Soviet Union,…
more ...US Lawmakers Say China Using Coercive Business Practices for Economic Advantage
U.S. lawmakers Thursday charged the Chinese Communist Party is using coercive economic practices to achieve worldwide dominance over the United States. The accusations came at a hearing of the House…
more ...Hollywood Actors Join Screenwriters in Historic Industry-stopping Strike as Contract Talks Collapse
Leaders of a Hollywood actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks…
more ...Geothermal Becomes More Popular Despite Initial Cost
Some homeowners looking to switch out their heating and cooling systems are turning to home geothermal — also known as ground source — heat pumps. It’s a technology that relies…
more ...El Nino Threatens Rice Crops Across Asia
Warmer, drier weather because of an earlier-than-usual El Nino is expected to hamper rice production across Asia, hitting global food security in a world still reeling from the impacts of…
more ...Targeting of State Department, Others in Microsoft Hack ‘Intentional’
Hackers, possibly linked to China’s intelligence agencies, are being blamed for a monthlong campaign that breached some unclassified U.S. email systems, allowing them to access to a small number of…
more ...US Consumer Price Increase Lowest Since Early 2021
U.S. consumer prices rose 3% in June compared with a year ago, a marked drop in the inflation rate that was the smallest 12-month increase in more than two years,…
more ...‘Meta Loses More:’ Zuckerberg Takes Threads Fight to EU
U.S. tech titan Mark Zuckerberg has plunged into a high-stakes game of brinkmanship with the European Union by withholding his new Threads app from users in Europe, but analysts say…
more ...Global Energy Demand to Rise 23% by 2045, OPEC Says
Global demand for all forms of energy is forecast to rise by 23% through 2045, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais told a Nigerian oil and gas conference on Tuesday.…
more ...Europe Signs Off on New Privacy Pact That Allows People’s Data to Keep Flowing to US
The European Union signed off Monday on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease European concerns about electronic…
more ...Meta’s Twitter Rival Threads Overtakes ChatGPT as Fastest-Growing Platform
Meta Platforms’ Twitter rival Threads crossed 100 million sign-ups within five days of launch, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, dethroning ChatGPT as the fastest-growing online platform to hit the…
more ...HRW Reports Warn About Risks of Ugandan Pipeline
“Our first meeting with Total they said, ‘Your standard of living will be elevated, you will no longer be poor,” a 48-year-old Ugandan woman supporting seven children, told Human Rights…
more ...New Handbook Highlights Ways to Develop Tech Ethically
In a world where technology, such as artificial intelligence, is advancing at a rapid pace, what guidance do technology developers have in making the best ethically sound decisions for consumers? …
more ...AI Robots at UN Reckon They Could Run the World Better
A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots told a United Nations summit Friday that they could eventually run the world better than humans. But the social robots said they felt humans…
more ...Chinese Regulators Fine Ant Group $985M in Signal That Tech Crackdown May End
HONG KONG — Chinese regulators are fining Ant Group 7.123 billion yuan ($985 million) for violating regulations in its payments and financial services, an indicator that more than two years…
more ...Iran Blocks Public Access to Threads App; Raisi’s Account Created
Just one day after its launch, Threads, the latest social media network, was blocked by the Islamic Republic, denying access to the Iranian population. This action occurred even though an…
more ...US Slowed Hiring But Still Added a Solid 209,000 Jobs in June in Sign of Economy’s Resilience
America’s employers pulled back on hiring but still delivered another month of solid gains in June, adding 209,000 jobs, a sign that the economy’s resilience is confounding the Federal Reserve’s…
more ...Combat Drone Operator Describes Their Many Uses
Ukraine has been using drones for reconnaissance and attacks since the start of Russia’18s invasion. But sometimes combat drone operators use them to save civilians — or even capture the…
more ...Yellen in China for Talks Focused On Stabilizing Ties
Speaking Friday in Beijing to the American Chamber of Commerce in China, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, “The United States does not seek a wholesale separation of our economies.…
more ...What Is Threads? Questions About Meta’s New Twitter Rival, Answered
Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. The app, billed as the text version of Meta’s photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users…
more ...US Treasury Secretary Holds ‘Candid and Constructive’ Talks With China’s PM
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held “candid and constructive” talks Friday with China’s Prime Minister Li Qiang in Beijing. A Treasury Department statement said Yellen “discussed the administration’s desire to…
more ...Meta’s New Twitter Competitor, Threads, Boasts Tens of Millions of Sign-Ups
Tens of millions of people have signed up for Meta’s new app, Threads, as it aims to challenge competitor platform Twitter. Threads launched on Wednesday in the United States and…
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