North Korea hackers breached US IT company in bid to steal crypto
By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A North Korean government-backed hacking group penetrated an American IT management company and used it as a springboard to target cryptocurrency…
Group challenges Texas ban on TikTok for public university employees
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group on Thursday sued the state of Texas, claiming that research and teaching have been compromised by the state’s ban on public university…
Bolivia taps China, Russia’s Rosatom in bid to unlock huge lithium riches
By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivia has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China’s Citic Guoan Group, the South American country’s government said on Thursday,…
Ford-SK venture to get $9.2 billion US loan for battery plants
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Energy Department plans to lend up to $9.2 billion to a joint venture of Ford Motor and South Korea’s SK On to…
Stellantis to unveil Citroën e-C3, first affordable European-made EV
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) – The world’s No.3 carmaker Stellantis will unveil its first European-made affordable electric car in mid-October, the new Citroën e-C3, as it gears up to…
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,…
CEO of Germany’s Merck: decoupling from China would be at huge economic cost
By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The CEO of German technology group Merck KGaA said that unravelling trade ties with China would come at great economic cost…
Meta unveils Quest 3 mixed reality headset ahead of Apple’s VR debut
By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday revealed the company’s next generation mixed reality headset, the Quest 3, as the company braces for…
China deletes 1.4 million social media posts in crack down on ‘self-media’ accounts
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s cyberspace regulator said 1.4 million social media posts have been deleted following a two-month probe into alleged misinformation, illegal profiteering, and impersonation of…
Microsoft chief says deep fakes are biggest AI concern
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft President Brad Smith said Thursday that his biggest concern around artificial intelligence was deep fakes, realistic looking but false content. In a speech…