WASHINGTON: A 17-year-old Florida boy masterminded the hacking of celebrity accounts on Twitter Inc, including those of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, officials said on Friday (Jul 31). A 19-year-old British man and a 22-year-old man in Orlando, Florida were also charged under US […]
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New Zealand has to decide how best to open air travel including whether it should be restricted to certain types of travellers like foreign students, say two observers. DUNEDIN, New Zealand: Having successfully eliminated COVID-19, New Zealand now faces the option of sitting tight or exploring various ways of loosening […]
PARIS: Pharma giants Sanofi and GSK will receive up to US$2.1 billion from the US government for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, the companies said on Friday (Jul 31), as the world scrambles for an answer to the pandemic. At the same time, the European Union said it had […]
FILE PHOTO: A closed barber shop is shown during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Encinitas, California, U.S., July 30, 2020. REUTERS: U.S. states hit hardest by COVID-19 had some of the biggest jumps in small business loan defaults since the onset of the pandemic, and some […]
Facebook Inc raised its settlement offer by US$100 million to US$650 million related to a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent, the company said on Friday. REUTERS: Facebook Inc raised its settlement offer by US$100 million to US$650 million […]
Microsoft Corp could re-energize its advertising business with a huge supply of video if it follows through on acquiring TikTok’s U.S. operations from ByteDance. OAKLAND, Calif.: Microsoft Corp could re-energize its advertising business with a huge supply of video if it follows through on acquiring TikTok’s U.S. operations from ByteDance. […]
The White House is preparing to force Chinese internet giant ByteDance to shed the U.S. operations of TikTok, as potential buyers, including Microsoft Corp , are already in talks to buy the popular short video app, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: The White House is […]
MUMBAI: India’s Tata Motors on Friday (Jul 31) reported a major quarterly loss as coronavirus lockdowns hit sales in domestic and international markets including Europe and China. Mumbai-headquartered Tata Motors, the parent of British luxury marque Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), announced a consolidated net loss of 84.39 billion rupees (US$1.13 […]
The U.S. Justice Department has closed its antitrust investigation into the London Stock Exchange Group’s acquisition of financial markets data firm Refinitiv, saying it would not harm competition or American consumers, the bureau said in a statement on Friday. WASHINGTON: The U.S. Justice Department has closed its antitrust investigation into […]
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday that 20 U.S. states and territories, representing about 45per cent of the country’s population, are “exploring” contact tracing apps for the novel coronavirus using a tool it developed with Apple Inc . OAKLAND, Calif.: Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday (Jul 31) that 20 […]