
Elon Musk borrowed $1 bil from SpaceX in same month of Twitter deal - WSJ
SpaceX approved the $1 bil loan, which was backed by some of Musk's SpaceX stock, in October and Elon Musk drew all of it the same month.
Wed Sep 06 2023

Meta will begin laying off employees on Wednesday morning - WSJ
Zuckerberg said he was accountable for the company's missteps and his overoptimism about growth had led to overstaffing.
Wed Nov 09 2022

Kremlin declines to comment on reported Ukraine talks with Biden aide
Few high-level contacts between U.S. and Russian officials have been made public in recent months.
Mon Nov 07 2022

Are Instagram's Reels already losing steam?
Could this be the beginning of the end for Reels? Launched to compete with TikTok, Instagram's short videos no longer seem to appeal to users.
Fri Sep 16 2022

Musk denies 'romantic' affair with Google co-founder Brin's wife
The paper said the affair prompted Brin to file for divorce from Shanahan and ended the tech billionaires' long friendship.
Mon Jul 25 2022

Trump International Hotel getting sold for US$375 million
Miami-based investment firm CGI Merchant Group is in contract to acquire the hotel lease.
Mon Nov 15 2021

EXPLAINER: Could Facebook sue whistleblower Frances Haugen?
The company has to weigh whether suing Haugen, which could dissuade other employees who might otherwise speak out.
Sun Oct 10 2021

Facebook blames "faulty configuration change" for nearly six-hour outage
The Facebook outage is the largest ever tracked by web monitoring group Downdetector.
Tue Oct 05 2021

Whistleblower says Facebook put profit before reining in hate speech
Facebook has been under fire after the Journal published a series of stories based on Facebook internal presentations and emails.
Mon Oct 04 2021

Celebrity Instagram content linked to negative feelings, Facebook researchers say
Singer Ariana Grande and model Kendall Jenner were among the celebrities whose followers felt more negative social comparisons.
Fri Oct 01 2021

Factbox - Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
EU will donate a further 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries and close gaps in its own vaccination coverage.
Wed Sep 15 2021

Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules: Report
"XCheck" shields millions of elite users from rules that Facebook claims to apply equally at the social network.
Tue Sep 14 2021

How millions of people are being shut out of the job market by recruitment software
Report suggests that automatic resume-reading software is a factor in the US job market's flawed recruitment system.
Fri Sep 10 2021

Global COVID-19 toll surpasses 4.5 million, US daily average for new cases increases
There are 216,356,046 confirmed coronavirus cases in the world, according to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University.
Mon Aug 30 2021

Home office: Some workers in the US are holding down 4 jobs
The long duration of the ongoing pandemic has prompted some employees to wonder about their future.
Tue Aug 24 2021

Lebanese search for dead in devastated villages as Israel withdraws
Hezbollah says Israel was still occupying Lebanese territory and put the onus on the Lebanese state to get Israeli forces out.
Thu Feb 20 2025

China promises Latin America 'trustworthy' ties as Trump lays out demands
Beijing looks to improve its foothold in a region historically under the US sphere of influence.
Thu Feb 20 2025

Major risks loom as Trump upends US Russia policy
Washington's approach changes dramatically with the initial meeting between US and Russian negotiators.
Thu Feb 20 2025

Pope Francis has double pneumonia, complicating his treatment, Vatican says
Doctors say a polymicrobial infection occurs when two or more micro-organisms are involved and can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi.
Thu Feb 20 2025

Philippines' VP Duterte challenges impeachment before Supreme Court
Sara Duterte makes her first legal move to fight the case that could lead to her removal and lead to a lifetime ban from public office.
Wed Feb 19 2025

Motor racing - Hamilton steps out in red at unprecedented 10 team F1 launch
I feel so full of life, so much energy, because everything's new and I'm just focused on what is up ahead, Hamilton says.
Wed Feb 19 2025

UAE tells US' Rubio it rejects displacement of Palestinians
The UAE's stance matters as its one of four Arab nations that normalised ties with Israel during Trumps first term.
Wed Feb 19 2025

Taylor Swift wins recording artist of the year crown for fifth time
The megastar's "The Tortured Poets Department" record also topped four IFPI charts, the IFPI says.
Wed Feb 19 2025

More than $50 billion needed to rebuild Gaza, World Bank joint assessment says
Years of rebuilding work, including clearing unexploded ordinance and millions of tonnes of rubble lie ahead.
Wed Feb 19 2025

Malaysia’s AI data centre development to be impacted by recent US restrictions - Liew
Liew Chin Tong says the restrictions would not affect the development of the domestic data centre ecosystem as a whole.
Wed Feb 19 2025