Elon Musk is sued by shareholders over delay in disclosing Twitter stake
Elon Musk was sued on Tuesday by former Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) shareholders who claim they missed out on the recent run-up in its stock price because he waited too ...
Toyota joins Tesla in developing self-driving tech with low-cost cameras
Toyota Motor (7203.T) unit Woven Planet has joined Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) in trying to advance self-driving technology without expensive sensors such as lidars.
Woven Planet told Reuters it is ...
China gaming firms toe the line, paving the way to end licence freeze
China lifted a nine-month freeze on gaming licences after companies, including industry leader Tencent (0700.HK), made major adjustments to their business practices and due to the ban’s economic fallout, ...
The forecast on planet Neptune is chilly – and getting colder
Frigid and far-flung Neptune, our solar system’s outermost planet, is adding to its reputation as an enigmatic world, with astronomers puzzled by a surprising drop in its atmospheric temperatures ...
Gigantic Jupiter-like alien planet observed still ‘in the womb’
Scientists have observed an enormous planet about nine times the mass of Jupiter at a remarkably early stage of formation – describing it as still in the womb – in a discovery ...
Samsung’s reputation hit as prices slashed at home for new premium phone
Samsung Electronics’ (005930.KS) flagship Galaxy S22 smartphone has taken a battering from reports of hobbled performance and has seen carriers halve its price at home in South Korea just weeks ...
Scientists discover ancient cemetery of flying reptiles in Chile’s Atacama desert
Scientists in Chile say they have unearthed a rare cemetery with well-preserved bones of ancient flying reptiles that roamed the Andean country’s Atacama desert more than 100 million years ago.
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Musk proposes Twitter Blue subscription shake-up days after disclosing Twitter stake
Elon Musk, Twitter Inc’s (TWTR.N) biggest shareholder, on Saturday suggested a raft of changes to the social media giant’s Twitter Blue premium subscription service, including slashing its ...
Five key questions to answer about resilient and sustainable food systems
By Jonathan Smith
Food systems are highly complex and interconnected. If our grocery stores and kitchens are to have a future with packed shelves, we need to be able to ...
AI is explaining itself to humans – and it’s paying off
Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by 8 per cent after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of cancelling, ...
Cyprus hackers sought for cyber security competition
The Cyprus Computer Society (CCS) and the CyberMouflons Cybersecurity Team on Thursday announced the return of the Cyprus Cyber Security Challenge (CCSC), which will be will held online from April 30 ...
Ukraine conflict hits PC market
The war in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed on Russia have ended seven consecutive quarters of growth in the PC market in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), said ...
Towering ice volcanoes identified on surprisingly vibrant Pluto
A batch of dome-shaped ice volcanoes that look unlike anything else known in our solar system and may still be active have been identified on Pluto using data from NASA’...
Cyber-attacks and how can businesses protect themselves
By Antonis Theofanous,
The Russian invasion in Ukraine was not only the first severe military conflict in Europe after World War II, but also the first full-scale cyberwar in history.
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Intel becomes latest Western tech firm to suspend business in Russia
US chipmaker Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Tuesday it has suspended business operations in Russia, joining a slew of companies to exit the country following its invasion of Ukraine.
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Cucumber crisis: surging energy prices leave British glasshouses empty
IN A SMALL corner of south-east England, vast glasshouses stand empty, the soaring cost of energy preventing their owner from using heat to grow cucumbers for the British market.
Elsewhere ...
Tesla’s Musk may add to SEC ire with late report about Twitter stake
Did Elon Musk break securities laws again?
Former securities officials and professors said Musk may have missed a key disclosure deadline when he bought 9 per cent of Twitter. And Securities ...
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Giga-casting and robots: How Volkswagen’s Trinity aims to catch up with Tesla
AS TESLA kicks off production at its new German plant this month, Volkswagen is weeks away from finalising plans for a 2 billion euro ($2.2 billion) electric vehicle (EV) factory that it ...
Musk takes 9 per cent stake in Twitter to become top shareholder
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) top boss Elon Musk revealed a 9.2 per cent stake in Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), worth nearly $3 billion, likely making him the biggest shareholder in the micro-blogging ...
First private astronaut mission to space station readies for launch
The International Space Station (ISS) is set to become busier than usual this week when its crew welcomes aboard four new colleagues from Houston-based startup Axiom Space, the first all-private ...
Metaverse security aspect must not be ignored, Microsoft says
With the adoption of the metaverse being seen as a matter of time, US technology company Microsoft warned that past mistakes when new mediums entered the mainstream must be avoided, ...
The chip challenge: Keeping Western semiconductors out of Russian weapons
When Silicon Valley chipmaker Marvell learned that one of its chips was found in a Russian surveillance drone recovered in 2016, it set out to investigate how that came to be.
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Scientists publish the first complete human genome
Scientists on Thursday published the first complete human genome, filling in gaps remaining after previous efforts while offering new promise in the search for clues regarding disease-causing mutations and genetic ...