US signals Venezuela oil sanctions relief at risk as deadline looms
WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration has signaled that it could reimpose oil sanctions on Venezuela on Thursday in response…
Invitation-only audio social network is the hot new app in tech circles
Invitation links have been flying around Silicon Valley the past few days to an exclusive app that’s a combination of…
This US city is using AI to detect homeless camps. Will others follow suit?
Across the US, cities have begun experimenting with artificial intelligence to map potholes, reduce traffic and fight wildfires. In San…
Ships docked, trains halted as striking Greek workers protest over rising costs
ATHENS (Reuters) -Ships remained docked at Greek ports and train services were halted on Wednesday as transport workers joined a…
US SEC targets its own staff’s texting, nixes WhatsApp on work phones
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has blocked third-party messaging apps and texts from employees’ work mobile phones, bringing its…
Seventeen killed in Ukraine’s Chernihiv in Russia’s deadliest air strike in weeks
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Three Russian missiles slammed into the city centre of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at…
Women in tech, AI in focus as Web Summit opens in Rio
The future of artificial intelligence, technology to fight climate change and other glimpses at the cutting edge were in focus…
Part of Denmark’s historic stock exchange reduced to empty shell after blaze
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Half of Denmark's Old Stock Exchange was completely burnt-out with only outer walls remaining after flames engulfed the…
Couple duped in ‘very unusual’ gold bar scam loses over RM550,000, US cops say
A Nebraska couple was recently scammed out of US$115,000 (RM551,080) in a “very unusual” and “scary” fraud scheme, investigators say.