Virtual tours now available at three more Larnaca museums
Three new museums have been added to the Larnaca Tourism Board’s Larnaka Virtual Museums platform, which allows users to tour various museums in virtual format.
The museums that have ...
Apple to roll out 5G in India in Dec amid early adoption push
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will start upgrading its iPhone models in India in December to make them compatible with 5G networks, the company said on Wednesday, as Indian authorities pressed ...
Mercedes-Benz and Microsoft collaborate on supply chain data platform
Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) announced a partnership on Wednesday using Microsoft Cloud for a data platform intended to improve production efficiency at over 30 passenger car plants globally, ...
Meta’s new Quest Pro headset, mixing real and virtual worlds, makes debut
Meta Platforms (META.O) unveiled its Quest Pro virtual and mixed reality headset on Tuesday, marking a milestone for Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s break into the higher-end market for ...
Twitter reviews policies around permanent user bans
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is reviewing its policies around permanently banning users, possibly bringing its content moderation in line with Elon Musk’s vision for the social media platform, the ...
Musk’s banks may have a way to cut losses from Twitter deal
Elon Musk’s banks, faced with huge losses on their commitment to finance the $44 billion buyout of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), may not be able to back out of the ...
Chinese ‘flying car’ makes first public flight in Dubai
A “flying car” built by Chinese electronic vehicle maker Xpeng Inc 9868.HK made its first public flight in the United Arab Emirates, as the company works towards launching the electric ...
What caused holes in Sue the T. rex’s jawbone? Scientists are stumped
Sue, the biggest and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed, no doubt was a fearsome beast when this predator prowled what is now South Dakota about 67 million years ago at ...
Grey whale’s disappearance from Atlantic Ocean holds clues to possible return
By Sofia Strodt
The grey whale is the focus of research projects anticipating its eventual return to European waters after an absence of half a millennium
Youri van den Hurk ...
Stellantis, GME Resources seal nickel and cobalt deal for battery production
Carmaker Stellantis (STLA.MI) has signed a non-binding preliminary agreement with GME Resources (GME.AX) to secure supplies of nickel and cobalt sulphate for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, the two ...
Musk’s acrimonious Twitter bid heads for business school case study immortalisation
Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter (TWTR.N) takeover saga comes with all the drama necessary to be immortalised in case studies for future captains of industry, as the tycoon’s ...
Taiwan signals its chip firms will follow new US rules on China
Taiwanese semiconductor companies attach “great importance” to complying with the law, the island’s government said on Saturday, signalling they would comply with new US export controls that aim to ...
Banks financing Musk’s Twitter deal face hefty losses
Elon Musk’s U-turn on buying Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) could not have come at a worse time for the banks funding a large portion of the $44 billion deal and ...
Chinese fish fossils take a bite out of mystery of origin of jaws
For human beings and 99.8 per cent of our fellow vertebrates, having jaws is an integral part of life. Just try eating a taco without them. But, like everything else in ...
Musk reverses course, again: he’s ready to buy Twitter, build ‘X’ app
Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to proceed with his original $44 billion bid to take Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) private, security filings showed on Tuesday, calling for an end to a ...
Cypriot businesses: ‘digital skills training our biggest challenge’
The majority of Cypriot businesses said that the biggest challenges that they are now facing include the prerequisite development of digital skills of their staff (62 per cent), and the understanding ...
Musk reverses again, now ready to buy Twitter at original price -sources
Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to go ahead with his original offer of $44 billion to take Twitter Inc TWTR.N private, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, ...
Mexico declares Otomi site first ancient monument in a decade
An ancient Mexican site more than 1,000 years old has been declared the country’s first archaeological zone in a decade, antiquities institute INAH announced on Tuesday, despite several years of ...
Nobel physics prize won by sleuths of ‘spooky’ quantum science
Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for their advances in quantum mechanics on the behaviour of subatomic particles, opening the door to ...
Chernobyl black frogs reveal evolution in action
The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 generated the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human history. The impact of the acute ...
A good night’s sleep is a tonic to remember
Scientists are probing what happens in the brain as people slumber and how they can enjoy the restorative effects of better deep sleep.
By Anthony King
Everyone suffers restless nights ...
Vodafone in talks for UK merger with Hutchison’s Three
Vodafone (VOD.L) is in talks with CK Hutchison (0001.HK) about merging their businesses in Britain to create a market leading mobile network that could accelerate the roll-out of 5G ...
Technology and the crisis of work
By Ioannis Tirkides
Technology has always been a defining force of economic organisation and of the dynamics in labour markets. By definition, all economic growth comes from two sources, the ...
Tencent shifts focus to majority deals, overseas gaming assets for growth
Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy to put more focus on buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies, as the tech giant eyes global expansion to offset ...