Oil producers on Tuesday had evacuated 310 offshore facilities and shut 1.56 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude output, 84% of Gulf of Mexico’s offshore production, near the 90% outage that Katrina brought 15 years ago. The US energy industry on Tuesday was preparing for a major hurricane strike, […]
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NEW DELHI: Social media giant Facebook admitted yesterday it has to do better to curb hate speech as it battled a storm over how it handled comments by a member of India’s ruling party who called Muslims traitors. “We’ve made progress on tackling hate speech on our platform, but we […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter yesterday said it is bracing for efforts by President Donald Trump or others to attack the integrity of the US election, as US media reported that Facebook and YouTube were planning defences of their own. Trump has used Twitter in particular to stoke unsubstantiated doubts about mail-in […]
SINGAPORE: The Singapore-registered company that says it is close to buying English soccer club Newcastle United admits it doctored photos of former US President Barack Obama in marketing materials used to publicise the newly formed group. Bellagraph Nova Group (BN Group) also said some of the information in those materials […]
SEATTLE: Boeing Co said on Friday it is developing a hand-held wand that emits ultraviolet light to neutralize bacteria and viruses, part of a suite of methods to disinfect flight deck surfaces and controls, as well as surfaces throughout the cabin. Concerns by airline workers and passengers about the spread […]
REUTERS: Citigroup Inc filed a third lawsuit on Friday in its latest attempt to recoup nearly US$1 billion it mistakenly sent to lenders of Revlon Inc. The third largest U.S. bank has so far sued a dozen firms after an “operational error” that caused it to transfer US$900 million of […]
LONDON: Europe’s travel recovery stalled at the start of August after a stronger performance in July, as COVID-19 quarantine rules and warnings over rising infection rates created uncertainty and deterred tourists from booking trips abroad. In July, ticket numbers for cross-border air travel within Europe stood at 28 per cent […]
NEW DELHI: An Indian parliamentary committee will question Facebook executives on how the social media giant regulates political content in the country, a panel member told Reuters on Friday (Aug 21), following controversy about its practices. Facebook and its top lobbying executive in India, Ankhi Das, are facing criticism after […]
WASHINGTON: In an unprecedented case, a former chief security officer for Uber was criminally charged on Thursday (Aug 20) with trying to cover up a 2016 hacking that exposed personal information of about 57 million of the ride-hailing company’s customers and drivers. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Joseph Sullivan, […]
REUTERS: Facebook’s chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, and some company executives have been discussing a “kill switch” to shut off political advertising after the election is over to curb misinformation, the New York Times reported on Friday (Aug 21), citing unnamed sources. Facebook is looking at post-election scenarios that include […]