TAIWAN’s President Tsai Ing-wen (lower right) attends the launching ceremony of Haikun, its first domestically built submarine, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Sept. 28, 2023. — REUTERS KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Taiwan unveiled its first domestically developed submarine on Thursday, a major step in a project aimed at strengthening the ...
TOKYO — US National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Japanese police jointly warned multinational companies of China-linked hacker group BlackTech in a cybersecurity advisory late on Wednesday. The joint advisory, which also came from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its Japanese counterpart, urged firms to review the internet routers at their subsidiaries to minimize ...
MENLO PARK — Meta Platforms Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday rolled out new artificial intelligence (AI) products for consumers, including bots that create photo-realistic images and smart glasses that answer questions, as well as an updated virtual-reality headset. Mr. Zuckerberg described the products as bringing together virtual and real worlds, and underscored that part of what Meta offered was ...
JCOMP-FREEPIKTHE SECOND-LARGEST lottery winner in US history has come forward to claim the $1.6 billion prize, but the person’s identity may remain a secret for another 90 days, the Florida Lottery said on Wednesday.The Mega Millions jackpot was claimed on Monday, seven weeks after the Aug. 8 ...
PIXABAYSINGAPORE – The United States is backing a new undersea internet cable connecting several Pacific islands, according to a plan for the project seen by Reuters, boosting Washington’s interests in a region where it is vying for influence with China.The Central Pacific Cable would connect American Samoa with Guam – two US territories – and extend to up to ...
STOCK PHOTO | Image by Webster2703 from PixabayNEW YORK – The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is finalizing settlements with around two dozen Wall Street firms to resolve investigations into record-keeping lapses, said two people with knowledge of the matter.The settlements with broker-dealers and investment advisers would mark the latest enforcement action in the SEC‘s two-year ...
FREEPIKSEOUL – North Korea has adopted a constitutional amendment to enshrine its policy on nuclear force, state media reported on Thursday, as the country’s leader pledged to accelerate production of nuclear weapons to deter what he called US provocations.The Supreme People’s Assembly unanimously adopted the revision that states North Korea “develops highly nuclear weapons to ensure” its “rights to existence” and to “deter war”, ...
REUTERSSHANGHAI – A record number of Chinese are choosing to travel at home this Golden Week holiday, potentially boosting domestic consumption but disappointing travel agents who have been waiting for big-spending tourists to go back abroad since the pandemic ended.China celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day from Friday to Oct. 6 in the longest public ...
REUTERSWASHINGTON – The US Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday and asked the court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets as the government accuses Big Tech of monopolizing the most lucrative parts of the internet.The FTC accused Amazon, a company started in a garage in 1994 ...
US law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel is suing its former client 26 Capital Acquisition Corp to recover more than $1.9 million in legal fees following the special acquisition company’s failed merger with the Philippines’ largest casino.The law firm on Tuesday asked Delaware’s Court of Chancery to ...