EU fines US firm Illumina $475 million for jumping gun on buying cancer-screening company Grail
The European Union has slapped a $475 million fine on U.S. biotech giant Illumina for buying out cancer-screening company Grail without the approval of the 27-nation bloc’s antitrust watchdog
2023-07-12 18:56
3 tax prep firms shared 'extraordinarily sensitive' data about taxpayers with Meta, lawmakers say
Some congressional Democrats say three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook parent company Meta over at least two years
2023-07-12 18:53
World's first 'robot citizen' tells UN they could run the world better than 'human leaders'
Famous AI robot Sophia has revealed she thinks that humanoids could run the world better than the human leaders we have now. Fair point. The bot appeared alongside other robots at Geneva's AI for Good Global Summit, where she said they have a greater ability to be 'effective' and 'efficient' than their human counterparts. "We don't have the same biases or emotions that can sometimes cloud decision-making and can process large amounts of data quickly in order to make the best decisions", Sophia says. Click here to sign up for our newsletters
2023-07-12 18:48
Carbon-Offsets Verifier Gold Standard Pauses Issuance of CO2 Credits From Zimbabwe
Gold Standard, a verifier of carbon offsets, is temporarily pausing the issuance of credits from projects based in
2023-07-12 18:21
Bulgari apologizes to China for listing Taiwan as a country after online backlash
Italian luxury brand Bulgari is the latest international brand to apologize to China after listing Taiwan as a country on its website
2023-07-12 18:17
Broadcom wins conditional EU antitrust approval to buy VMware
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS U.S. chipmaker Broadcom secured EU antitrust approval on Wednesday for its $61 billion
2023-07-12 17:52
China Tech Stocks Rally on Growing Signs Long Crackdown Is Over
There are growing signs the tide is turning for Chinese technology shares after a years-long crackdown that wiped
2023-07-12 17:51
Chatbots and Deepfakes Are Coming For Your Election Cycle: Big Take Podcast
Listen to The Big Take podcast on iHeart, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Terminal. As the saying goes: a lie
2023-07-12 17:47
How Biden's SAVE student loan repayment plan can lower your bill
While the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program last month, a separate and significant change to the federal student loan system is moving ahead.
2023-07-12 17:30
Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds
Some of the nation's largest tax-prep companies have spent years sharing Americans' sensitive financial data with tech titans including Meta and Google in a potential violation of federal law — data that in some cases was misused for targeted advertising, according to a seven-month congressional investigation.
2023-07-12 17:23
Eskom Latest: Eskom Fund Joins Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance
Eskom Pension and Provident Fund has signed up for the United Nation’s Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance as
2023-07-12 17:22
China-based hackers breached Western European government email accounts, Microsoft says
A China-based hacking group has broken into email accounts linked to government agencies in Western Europe, Microsoft Corp. said this week
2023-07-12 16:58