Financial markets around the globe are falling. Here's what to know about how...
NEW YORK (AP) — Markets on Wall Street and around the world are in a mini-panic. Worried about a slowing U.S. economy, investors sent the market in Japan to its worst day in decades and have sliced...
View ArticleGoogle illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge on Monday ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation, a seismic decision that could...
View ArticleElon Musk sues OpenAI, renewing claims ChatGPT-maker put profits before 'the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk filed a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI and two of its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, renewing claims that the ChatGPT-maker betrayed its founding aims of...
View ArticleFrench museum network hit by ransomware attack, but no disruptions are...
A ransomware attack has targeted the central data systems of Paris' Grand Palais and other museums in the Réunion des Musées Nationaux network, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. Some of the...
View ArticleRussian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies Khelif debate to undermine...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage, however, were dreamed up...
View ArticleNew Yorkers are warned from the skies about impending danger from storms as...
NEW YORK (AP) — Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather. With a buzzing...
View ArticleTesla is recalling more than 1.6 million cars in China for a remote software fix
BEIJING (AP) — Tesla is recalling 1.68 million cars in China for a remote software upgrade to ensure that they warn the driver when the trunk is not locked shut, China's market regulator said. The...
View ArticleSony reports higher profits on healthy demand for its video games, movies and...
TOKYO (AP) — Sony’s profit rose 6.5% in the last quarter on robust demand for its video games, films and music, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said Wednesday. Tokyo-based Sony...
View ArticleJapan's SoftBank reduces its investment losses with gains in Alibaba and...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group Corp. reported a smaller loss for the last quarter compared to a year earlier. Tokyo-based SoftBank’s losses totaled 174 billion yen ($1.2...
View ArticleA judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating its competitors. But how do you go about creating alternatives to a search engine that's synonymous...
View ArticleThose Samsung smartphones given to Olympic athletes? They may violate...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials on Thursday said providing Samsung smartphones to North Korean athletes at the Paris Olympics would violate U.N. Security Council sanctions against the...
View ArticleIran is accelerating cyber activity that appears meant to influence the US...
NEW YORK (AP) — Iran is accelerating online activity that appears intended to influence the U.S. election, in one case targeting a presidential campaign with an email phishing attack, Microsoft said...
View ArticlePresident Maduro suspends X social network in Venezuela for 10 days after...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro said he has ordered a 10-day block on access to X in Venezuela, accusing the owner Elon Musk of using the social network to promote hatred after the...
View ArticleWorld Federation of Advertisers discontinues small brand safety initiative...
NEW YORK (AP) — A small brand safety initiative is ceasing operations — days after being targeted by social media platform X in a lawsuit alleging the group helped coordinate a “massive advertiser...
View ArticleYou had a lot of questions about next-generation nuclear reactors. We posed...
The United States is speeding up efforts to license and build a new generation of nuclear reactors to supply carbon-free electricity. Faster development is one thing Congress and the administration...
View ArticleOlympians are turning to OnlyFans to fund dreams as they face a 'broken'...
PARIS (AP) — Dire financial straits are leading droves of Olympic athletes to sell images of their bodies to subscribers on OnlyFans — known for sexually explicit content — to sustain their dreams of...
View ArticleRussia blocks Signal messaging app as authorities tighten control over...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's state communications watchdog said Friday it has blocked access to the Signal messaging app, the latest move in the authorities' efforts to tighten controls over information...
View ArticleParis Olympics embrace accessibility technology for visually impaired fans
PARIS (AP) — As Paris shines under the global spotlight of the Olympic Games, technological innovations are enabling people with visual impairments to take it in. Each Olympic venue is a mosaic of...
View ArticleAir taxis failed to get certified for the Paris Olympics. There's still hope...
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — It was a tantalizing vision: autonomous flying taxis zipping spectators around the Paris Olympics, their electric engines humming softly over the cityscape, ushering in a new...
View ArticleTurkey suddenly reinstates access to Instagram after more than a week
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey reinstated access to Instagram on Saturday night, after more than a week of being blocked nationwide. The Information and Communication Technologies Authority barred access to...
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