Suspected Chinese hackers hit News Corp with ‘persistent cyberattack’
Dozens of journalists at the News Corp-owned Wall Street Journal were targeted in the hack, which appeared to focus on...
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Elon Musk is placing a bet on robots. It could be a long time coming
The electric vehicle manufacturer first announced its robot plans at its AI Day last year. Instead of showing off any...
Microsoft makes a big bet that it can fix Activision Blizzard’s troubled culture
For months, Activision Blizzard (ATVI) has been under pressure to overhaul its workplace culture. A July lawsuit from a California...
Australia says WeChat has removed the account of its prime minister
The removal of the account was first confirmed Monday by James Paterson, chairman of Australia's Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence...
Ireland’s data centers are an economic lifeline. But environmentalists say they’re wrecking the planet
If approved, it would be one of the country's biggest. A Dublin-based company called Art Data Centres Ltd. submitted the...
The 5G-airline snafu: Everything we know
Here's everything we do — and don't — know about the snafu. Telecom companies have rolled out 5G networks to...
North Korean hackers said to have stolen nearly $400 million in cryptocurrency last year
Hackers launched at least seven different attacks last year, primarily targeting investment firms and centralized exchanges with a variety of...
Google Maps helps Italian police capture mafia fugitive
After a two-year investigation, Gioacchino Gammino, 61, was tracked down in Galapagar, Spain, where he lived under a fake name....
India is investigating a fake website that offered Muslim women for sale
The website was created on GitHub, an American coding platform which developers use to build and host software. It was...
Tencent is giving away $16 billion of its stake in JD.com
Tencent (TCEHY) plans to distribute more than $16 billion worth of its stake in JD.com (JD) to its shareholders as...
OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely steps down as CEO
Tim Stokely, the founder of OnlyFans, announced on Monday that he is stepping down as CEO of the video subscription...
Analysis: The Communist Party thinks China’s prolific censors are not censoring enough
But in the eyes of the Chinese Communist Party, it is not censoring enough — and needs to pay a...
Crypto heists are only getting bigger. Here’s what you should know
Four months later, hackers stole at least $150 million from crypto exchange Bitmart. According to one analysis, unidentified hackers used...
Uber partners with Meta to launch ride-booking via WhatsApp in India
The San Francisco-based company has partnered with Meta (FB) to launch a ride booking ability via its WhatsApp service in...
What we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
Holmes, once hailed as the next Steve Jobs, faces a dozen federal fraud charges over allegations that she knowingly mislead...
Want to help the climate crisis? Don’t toss your old iPhone, fix it
"The greenest smartphone is the one you already own," said Cole Stratton, an associate instructor at Indiana University Bloomington, who...
Internet goes dark for millions in Indian state’s bid to stop exam cheats
Hundreds of thousands of candidates sat the Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test (REET), an exam that paves the way to employment...
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou reaches agreement with US to resolve fraud charges
The deal, which allowed Meng to return to China, could bring to an end a nearly three-year legal saga that...
This mobile app is helping Afghans navigate Kabul following the Taliban takeover
Days later, when two suicide bombing explosions killed more than 70 people near Kabul's Hamid Karzai Airport as people frantically...
Former Theranos employee describes being starstruck by Elizabeth Holmes, quickly growing concerned over startup’s capabilities
Cheung, a lab worker, joined Theranos in 2013 out of undergrad and described being excited about working for the blood-testing...
