AI use rising in influence campaigns online, but impact limited – US cyber firm
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google-owned U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant said on Thursday it had seen increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) to conduct manipulative information campaigns online…
TikTok seeks up to $20 billion in e-commerce business this year
By Anirudh Saligrama (Reuters) – ByteDance-owned TikTok hopes to more than quadruple the size of its worldwide e-commerce operations to as much as $20 billion in merchandise sales this year,…
World Whisky Day: The celebration of a liquor loved everywhere
To understand how unique a drinking whisky is, it is enough to know that it is called ‘the water of life‘, and not only in the UK, where it was…
For T. rex and kin, it was a stiff upper lip, not a toothy grin
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – They probably did not smile, frown or snarl, but T. rex and its relatives almost certainly had the dinosaur equivalent of lips – a…
Biden administration adds 14 Chinese firms to red flag list
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) –The Biden administration on Thursday added 14 Chinese companies to a red flag list, forcing U.S. exporters to conduct greater due diligence…
China’s JD.com warns consumer confidence will take time to rebuild
By Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) – Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com Inc said on Thursday rebuilding consumer confidence would take time after the lifting of strict pandemic-related curbs late last year, as…
Japan to restrict chip manufacturing machine exports to China
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government will begin restricting exports of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China in Spring after it amends a foreign exchange law to allow…
Israel’s Cognyte won tender to sell intercept spyware to Myanmar before coup
By Fanny Potkin and Poppy McPherson SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Israel’s Cognyte Software Ltd won a tender to sell intercept spyware to a Myanmar state-backed telecommunications firm a month before the…
Korean Gaming Giants are Racing for Metaverse Win
Korean Gaming: Ever wondered what the metaverse is? So far, the consensus is; a virtual world that can accommodate almost every social aspect of the real world, including its economy…
The Identikit of the Digital Nomad
If they were gathered in one country, they would be ranked 41st overall after Canada and Morocco, while taking gross national income per capita as a reference, they would be…