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Self-driving cars could be a win for Intel. Read More [...]
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Wendy Tan White is now CEO of Alphabet's robotics moonshot Intrinsic. Read More [...]
U.S. futures point to another strong open. Read More [...]
CEOs discussed the issue at a virtual Fortune roundtable yesterday. Read More [...]
Bitcoin’s transformative impact is swiftly becoming self-evident; the rest just feels like noise. Read More [...]
The continent has gotten 1.7% of the world's COVID shots so far. Read More [...]
Africa desperately needs COVID vaccines, and local production deals are starting to appear. Read More [...]
The FTC will enforce a "market" for tech repairs. What does that mean for Apple? Read More [...]
Uber is doubling down on freight logistics Read More [...]
For decades, the three-digit FICO number has been the linchpin of consumer-credit decisions. But banks are increasingly relying on their own bespoke scores. [...]
All three major U.S. stock indexes closed at highs after a string of strong corporate earnings reports bolstered investor confidence, a striking rebound from a sharp loss early this week. [...]
China has said it wants to reduce the financial burdens of parenthood, including education. [...]
Here are seven major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news. [...]
Halliburton, Schlumberger and Baker Hughes started tightening their belts in 2019.They now say the worst is now behind them. [...]
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Credit Suisse are looking to take advantage of surging coal prices to help him pay off nearly $850 million in loans his companies borrowed from now-collapsed Greensill Capital. [...]
In the stock market, the past never repeats itself exactly. Trying to convince people otherwise can backfire. [...]
As the Swedish car maker gears up for an initial public offering, a hyperactive first half showcases both its strategic flexibility and financial limitations. [...]
Facing labor shortages and delivery delays, a pricey New England summer camp gave parents and campers a lesson in today’s economic strains. [...]
The U.K.’s accounting regulator said audits performed by the big four accounting firms and smaller rivals failed to meet expectations, raising troubling questions about the financial statements upon which investors rely. [...]
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. Regarding the heavy rain striking Henan and other places, shift the focus of reporting toward… [...]
New reporting from the Associated Press and Buzzfeed News has revealed the inner workings of massive detention centers in Xinjiang. State repression targeted at Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang is complex and multifaceted. “Re-education centers” where Uyghurs were held extra-legally on flimsy pretexts started… [...]
At least 33 people have died due to flooding in Henan province. Hundreds of thousands more have been displaced, millions otherwise affected, and many remain missing. 24 inches of rain fell in the provincial capital Zhengzhou on Tuesday, nearly 8 inches of which fell in… [...]
Sichuan-Jiuzhaigou and Huanglong, by RykJ (CC BY-SA 2.0) [...]
The Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon is named after an unassuming alpaca who galumphed past the censors in 2009 to become a Chinese internet sensation. In the long decade since, the Lexicon has tracked online resistance discourse in 365 entries and counting. From time to time, we… [...]
Anyone who has boarded an airplane in the last 20 years knows what stands between arrival at the terminal and waiting at the gate: shoes off, laptops out, water bottles emptied …. In China, similar checkpoints also await railway and subway passengers, among others. In… [...]
One of Fang Fang’s most outspoken detractors had a change of heart when those she had maligned came to her aid. Li Dan, a 31-year-old woman from Sichuan, used to attack Fang Fang and her supporters incessantly. She was not alone. After Fang Fang began… [...]
How have China’s nationalists come to dominate the public sphere? In part by browbeating their opponents into silence. Recent examples abound. A nationalist onslaught shuttered the popular science channel Paperclip. Global Times’ editor-in-chief Hu Xijin, long a doyen of China’s online nationalist sphere, was nearly… [...]
When experiencing the ups and downs of a virtual roller coaster ride, people who get migraine headaches reported more dizziness and motion sickness than people who do not get migraines, according to a new study. [...]
There are many reasons that an intranasal vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus would be helpful in the fight against COVID-19 infections, immunologists write in a new article. [...]
Long thought of as a generic alarm system, the locus coeruleus may actually be a sophisticated regulator of learning and behavior, according to a new review. [...]
In a wealth and longevity study to incorporate siblings and twin pair data, researchers analyzed the midlife net worth of adults (mean age 46.7 years) and their mortality rates 24 years later. They discovered those with greater wealth at midlife tended to live longer. [...]
New research by an Executive PhD Research student at the Business School (formerly Cass) outlines how elderly patients with neurological conditions are significantly more likely to develop delirium shortly after they are hospitalised, and those admitted on Sunday and Tuesday are more likely to develop… [...]
Researchers have discovered that spontaneous impulses of dopamine, the neurological messenger known as the brain's 'feel good' chemical, occur in the brain of mice. The study found that mice can willfully manipulate these random dopamine pulses for reward. [...]
Humid tropical forests, vital in global efforts to limit rising temperatures, are under threat as a result of changes in land use and climate. Now, researchers have developed a new way to keep tabs on the vulnerability of these forests on a global scale using… [...]
Researchers have developed a general framework and metadevices for achieving dynamic control of THz wavefronts. Instead of locally controlling the individual meta-atoms in a THz metasurface (e.g., via PIN diode, varactor, etc.), they vary the polarization of a light beam with rotating multilayer cascaded metasurfaces. [...]
Scientists have studied the characteristics determining the maximum running speed in animals. The model they developed explains why humans cannot keep up with the fastest sprinters in the animal kingdom. Based on these calculations, the giant spider Shelob from 'The Lord of the Rings' would… [...]
A new optogenetic tool, a protein that can be controlled by light, has been characterized by researchers. They used an opsin -- a protein that occurs in the brain and eyes -- from zebrafish and introduced it into the brain of mice. Unlike other optogenetic… [...]
Nearly 50 years after 11 Israeli athletes were killed, a moment's silence is marked in Tokyo. [...]
Hend Zaza from Syria reveals her inspiration for getting into table tennis at such a young age. [...]
NSO Group tells BBC News: "The finger-pointing should be at the customer." [...]
Jamal Khashoggi's wife and the editor of the Financial Times are among those said to be targeted. [...]
The world's most valuable oil producer confirmed to the BBC that company files had been leaked. [...]
Numbers used by Princesses Latifa and Haya are reportedly found in a database at the heart of the leaks. [...]
Mayar Sherif will play 'with her heart' as she becomes the first Egyptian woman to play Olympic tennis for her country. [...]
Thomas Barrack is alleged to have lobbied the US government on behalf of the United Arab Emirates. [...]
The ice cream maker's parent company Unilever is told "strong action" will be taken against boycotts. [...]
The first Arab and African woman to referee 3x3 basketball at the Olympics shares how her Muslim faith has guided her career. [...]
ULAN BATOR, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's COVID-19 tally rose to 155,224 after 1,442 more locally transmitted cases were recorded over the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said Saturda [...]
Washington [US] July 24 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday authorised USD 100 million from an emergency fund for the "purpose of meeting unexpected urgent refugee and migration needs" emerging fr [...]
TOKYO, July 24 (Xinhua) -- China kicked off their Olympic 3x3 women's basketball campaign with mixed results on Saturday - a 21-10 win over Romania and a 19-9 defeat to the Russian Olympic Committe [...]
Daniil Medvedev overcame "some of the worst" conditions he's ever played in to reach the second round of the Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament Saturday as Novak Djokovic prepared to [...]
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 24 (ANI): Over 30 Taliban terrorists were killed and 17 other suffered injuries in Afghan Air Force airstrikes in two provinces on Friday, the country's Defence Ministry conf [...]
KABUL, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-three Taliban militants were killed and 17 others wounded in Afghan Air Force (AAF) airstrikes in two provinces on Friday, the country's Defense Ministry confirmed [...]
Tokyo [Japan], July 24 (ANI): India tennis player Sumit Nagal progressed to the second round of the men's singles here in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Nagal outclassed Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-4, 6 [...]
By Reena BhardwajWashington [US], July 24 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will arrive in New Delhi late Tuesday, to discuss with Indian officials the agenda of expanding our security, defe [...]
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday met with Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation of Afghanistan amid the re [...]
Tokyo [Japan], July 24 (ANI): India's sole Judo representative at Tokyo 2020 Olympics Shushila Devi Likmabam bowed down to Hungary's Eva Csernoviczki in Women's 48kg elimination round of 32 here at Ni [...]
[Daily Maverick] The government has sounded the alarm as a high number of those arrested over last week's riots have tested positive for Covid-19. Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane says also that they fear people with symptoms will not come forward as they could be… [...]
[Daily Maverick] Impressive displays from South Africa's spinners and a dominant showing with the bat by David Miller handed the nation a T20I series victory over Ireland. Back home, Proteas coach Mark Boucher is under the cosh following allegations of racial discrimination at the Justice… [...]
[Daily Maverick] Business leaders in eThekwini feel that they are no closer to knowing whether the municipality will be taking steps to help them rebuild their damaged operations after a meeting with the mayor left them with few concrete remedies. [...]
[AIM] Maputo -- The first batch of the 11 million doses of vaccine against Covid-19 promised by Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on 15 July will arrive in the country next Monday, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago. [...]
[New Zimbabwe] PROFESSOR George Kahari, who three days ago turned 91, has died. [...]
[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambique's publicly owned Electricity Company, EDM, on Friday started to replace obsolete cables and pylons over about seven kilometres in the inner Maputo neighbourhood of Malhangalene, in a bid to improve the quality of power reaching consumers. [...]
[AIM] Maputo -- The Mozambican Education Ministry is working with the Attorney-General's Office (PGR) to investigate how 88 teachers were hired illegally in Mecanhelas district in the northern province of Niassa. [...]
[New Zimbabwe] CONTROVERSIAL prophet and socialite, Passion Java has gifted comediennes, Mai TT and Madam Boss with top of the range, Mercedes Benz Compressors. [...]
[AIM] Maputo -- The Maputo Higher Appeals Court (TSR) has upheld the verdict of the Maputo City Court which found Setina Titosse, the former chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural Development Fund (FDA) guilty of the theft of 170 million meticais between… [...]
[New Zimbabwe] Salacious local musician and dancer, Sandra Ndebele has been selected as one of the Zimbabwean artists to star in a South African-produced Netflix film, The Bad Bishop. [...]
Three years after the sudden death of Fadil Vokrri, he has returned in bronze form near the stadium in the Kosovo capital where he played at the peak of his footballing career. [...]
The UN cultural organisation again has extended the deadline for North Macedonia to curb rampant urban development in Ohrid, to avoid it being reclassified as a ‘World Heritage Site in Danger’. [...]
Former Bosnian Serb Army company commander Rade Macura pleaded not guilty to failing to punish subordinates who abused and shot civilian prisoners in the Gradiska area in 1992. [...]
A round-up of Balkan Insight's favourite photographs of the week. [...]
Survivors of the Srebrenica massacres welcomed the decision by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s international overseer to impose legislation to ban the denial of genocide and war crimes, but some Bosnian Serbs vowed to defy it. [...]
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s top international official, High Representative Valentin Inzko, used his power to impose amendments to the country’s criminal code to ban the denial of genocide and the glorification of war criminals. [...]
Pro-government media in Serbia on Friday launched another smear campaign against the KRIK investigative portal, accusing it of having links to a criminal gang charged with murder, torture and money laundering. [...]
During the campaign for the April 25 elections, websites of Albanian media outlets devoted far more attention to the ruling Socialist Party, its leader, Edi Rama, and men, than to smaller parties or women candidates. [...]
The Jewish community in Cluj will be among a number of communities in Eastern and Central Europe to benefit from the US authorities' seizure and restitution of 17 scrolls stolen during World War II, which were being auctioned in the US. [...]
Montenegro on Friday said changing the 2018 border deal with Kosovo was out of the question – despite the Kosovo PM's earlier vow to correct what he called its 'terrible mistakes'. [...]