
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

Astronomers reveal 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere
Astronomers find three layers on a scorching gas planet orbiting a star larger and hotter than the sun.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Public flips car involved in road accident to rescue child
According to JBPM, members of the public at the scene took initial action to rescue the victim before the fire brigade arrived.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Ramsay reveals hundreds of lucky cat statues stolen from new restaurant
Gordon Ramsay says about 477 Japanese cat models called maneki-neko were stolen from his Lucky Cat 22 Bishopsgate restaurant.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Zayn Rayyan case: Two child witnesses complete testimony today
So far, 20 prosecution witnesses, including the two children, have been called for this trial, according to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Macron says he will tell Trump not to be weak with Putin in Washington visit
Emmanuel Macron says showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Israeli PM Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for not returning Shiri Bibas
Netanyahu accuse Hamas of acting "in an unspeakably cynical manner" by placing body of a Gaza woman in the coffin instead of Shiri Bibas.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Trump pulls US out of key global climate assessment, sources say
The US is a co-chair along with Malaysia of a working group on climate mitigation, or ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Fri Feb 21 2025

Japan to court Tesla on Nissan investment, FT reports
The group hopes Tesla will invest strategically, believing it's interested in acquiring Nissan's US plants, the report says.
Fri Feb 21 2025

185 children linked to GISB handed over to families - Exco
The children have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.
Fri Feb 21 2025

IRS fires 6,000 employees as Trump slashes US government
The move will eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.
Fri Feb 21 2025