Microsoft edges out Apple as world’s most valuable company
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) – Microsoft‘s stock market value ended a trading session higher than Apple’s for the first time since 2021 on Friday, making it the world’s most valuable…
US SEC says breach of X account did not lead to breach of its broader systems
By Kanishka Singh, Douglas Gillison and Eric Beech WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said there was no evidence to suggest the breach of its…
Scientists assert ‘alien mummies’ in Peru are really dolls made from Earthly bones
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – A pair of “alien mummies” that mysteriously turned up at the airport in Peru’s capital last October have entirely Earthly origins, according to a…
EU court adviser sides with Google, Amazon in Italian rule spat
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google, Amazon and Airbnb need not comply with an Italian rule requiring them to provide information on the companies as they are…
Twitch to leave South Korea due to ‘prohibitively expensive’ costs
Video streaming platform Twitch announced its plan to exit South Korea on February 27, leaving many viewers and livestreamers to find a service that can replace it. In a blog post in…
Spot bitcoin ETFs to start trading in big boost to crypto industry
By Manya Saini and Niket Nishant (Reuters) – Several exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to the spot price of bitcoin will start trading in the U.S. on Thursday before the bell…
Behind SoftBank’s investing cleanup, a US dealmaker who survived the turmoil
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) – When he left Morgan Stanley to join SoftBank Group in Tokyo in 2015, Alex Clavel had little in common with the swashbuckling dealmakers who surrounded…
Threads is the new Twitter we don’t need
What was there before the wheel, like the wheel? Nothing. And before the iPhone, similar to the iPhone? Very little. Was there anything similar to Threads before Threads? Yes, Twitter. This…
Austrian activist Schrems broadens Meta privacy complaint
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Privacy activist Max Schrems’ advocacy group Noyb on Thursday expanded its complaint about Meta Platforms‘ paid no-ads subscription service as it urged Austrian…
China raises concerns with US over chip-making export controls, sanctions
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao expressed concern over U.S. curbs preventing third countries from exporting lithography machines to China during a phone call with…