News Around the Globe
By Wayt As the Taliban sweep across Afghanistan, some members of the Islamist terrorist group are apparently making time to log on to Clubhouse, a trendy audio-based social media app. …
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By Byrne The Taliban continue to gain territory in Afghanistan and stir international fears of a humanitarian crisis in the wake of the ongoing withdrawal by US and allied forces. …
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By Elisa A French court has ordered Twitter to provide clear details on what it is doing to tackle hate speech, according to a court judgment obtained by Reuters, after several …
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By Feuer The Chinese government broadened its crackdown of the country’s homegrown tech companies – targeting two more firms that recently started trading on US exchanges. The Cyberspace Administration of …
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By Elisa A bipartisan group of US lawmakers expert in antitrust urged the Federal Trade Commission Friday to press on with its lawsuit against Facebook, according to a statement from Sen. …
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By Feuer The United Kingdom’s financial regulator has banned the popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance from operating in the country – as governments around the world consider how to regulate the …
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By Salo An outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in Israel has spread to some vaccinated people – with about half of the adults infected fully inoculated with the …
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By Wayt A UK regulator is probing whether Amazon and Google are doing enough to crack down on fake reviews – and said it will take the tech giants to …
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By Wayt Tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google will be forced to swiftly remove abusive online posts or face stiff fines under a tough new law passed by the …
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By Garger The US borders with Mexico and Canada will remain closed to all non-essential travel for at least another month to limit the spread of the coronavirus. The extension …
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By Feuer US safety regulators said they’ve opened 30 investigations into Tesla crashes that included 10 deaths since 2016 in which Autopilot was suspected to have been in use. The …
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By Neill The ferry service for Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket was targeted in a ransomeware attack that slowed service Wednesday just days into the peak season. Customers were unable to …
Read More By Elisa Twitter on Thursday said it is worried about the safety of its staff in India and called for the government to respect freedom of expression, days after Indian …
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By Connelly Myanmar’s military leveled parts of the town of Mindat on Saturday, trying to quell the anti-coup rebellion that spread to the northwestern town. The fighting in Mindat reflects …
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By Elisa Facebook lost a legal battle Friday with Ireland’s data privacy watchdog over a European Union privacy decision that could result in the social network being forced to stop …
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By Moynihan Gary Gensler, the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, told the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday he is weighing fresh enforcement measures as he and …
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By Fonrouge Israel ended its outdoor mask mandate Sunday, now that about 80 percent of its adult population has received both doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, reports said. “Being without …
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By Elisa BEIJING — In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country’s top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is …
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By Manskar A hacker appears to be selling a giant stash of LinkedIn user data that was scraped from the networking website and other places, according to the company and …
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By Elisa Opponents of military rule in Myanmar inscribed messages of protest on Easter eggs on Sunday, while others were back on the streets, facing off with security forces after …
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