Europe is doing away with combustion engine cars. On Thursday, the EU Council and the European Parliament reached an agreement that effectively bans combustion engine cars and vehicles from 2035 onwards. More precisely, the agreement – which is yet to be formally adopted and may change before that happens – targets a 55 percent CO2…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
The data breach that hit Twilio in August 2022 resulting in the theft of customer information data, was not the first time the same threat actor targeted the company, it has confirmed. Following weeks of research, Twilio says it has now wrapped up its investigation into the incident, and in a follow-up blog post, unveiled…
The last few years have seen incredible changes in many parts of our everyday lives, not least in how we work, with hybrid working split across multiple locations now commonplace for many businesses. Video conferencing has also now undoubtedly become part of our working lives, with a good webcam, microphone or headset among the most…
One Vanderbilt. Andre Poulin/Shutterstock One Vanderbilt is a 2-year-old skyscraper and the second-tallest office building in New York City. Now it’s also the priciest: A 72nd-floor office is listed for $312 a foot, or $3.3 million a year. See the hotel-like features that employees who work in the building, which is 99% leased up, enjoy….
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Diego Opatowski/Getty Images Traders shed China’s onshore bonds for the eighth consecutive month, marking the longest slump on record, according to Bloomberg. Global investors dumped 70.7 billion yuan, or about $9.7 billion, worth of Chinese bonds, per the report. The yuan recently dropped to its weakest mark since 2008, which has…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica in June. Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Someone broke into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home early Friday morning, her office said. Pelosi was not home at the time, and her husband was “violently…
An illustration of SpaceX’s Starlink network of satellites. Getty Images Chinese scientists conducted a computer experiment of a nuclear blast in space. The test suggests a detonation in near-space could disable satellite networks like Elon Musk’s Starlink. A nuclear blast in near space could create a radioactive cloud over an area as big as New…
Getty Images China’s yuan is now the world’s fifth most traded currency, according to the Bank for International Settlements. The yuan leapt past the Australian, Canadian and Swiss currencies in the BIS’ latest triennial survey. The US dollar remains the world’s top currency, followed by the euro, yen and pound. The Chinese yuan is now…
t Getty Images US stocks edged higher Friday, struggling to gain momentum against a tide of weak tech earnings. Amazon shares slumped a day after reporting an earnings miss. The Dow was poised to post a sixth consecutive session of gains. US stocks rose on Friday, with tech shares continuing to struggle after another weak…
Elon Musk (left) and Donald Trump. Andrew Kelly, Gaelen Morse/Reuters Elon Musk formally closed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter late Thursday evening. Donald Trump said the app is now “in sane hands” with the tech billionaire at its helm. The former president was suspended indefinitely from Twitter in January 2021. Former President Donald Trump said…