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British man arrested over Twitter hack that saw celeb accounts including Obama and Bezos post Bitcoin scam

The man, a 22-year-old called Joseph O'Connor, is accused of taking part in a series of account hijackings that defrauded people following celebrity accounts out of cryptocurrency,

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Pivot Bio rakes in $430M round D as modified microbes prove their worth in agriculture

Pivot Bio makes fertilizer — but not directly. Its modified microorganisms are added to soil and they produce nitrogen that would otherwise have to be trucked in and dumped there. This biotech-powered

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Maine’s facial recognition law shows bipartisan support for protecting privacy

Maine has joined a growing number of cities, counties and states that are rejecting dangerously biased surveillance technologies like facial recognition.The new law, which is the strongest statewide f

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How we built an AI unicorn in 6 years

Today, Tractable is worth $1 billion. Our AI is used by millions of people across the world to recover faster from road accidents, and it also helps recycle as many cars as Tesla puts on the road.And

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Chinese Mission to EU on so-called Chinese malicious cyber activities

The spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the EU spoke Monday on a question concerning the statements from the EU and NATO on the so-called Chinese malicious cyber activities.Q. On July 19, 2021, EU

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E-commerce platforms must embrace new warehouse technology

Editor's note: Barry He is a London-based freelance columnist. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Alibaba's e-commerce amb

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E-commerce platforms must embrace new warehouse technology

Editor's note: Barry He is a London-based freelance columnist. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGTN.Alibaba's e-commerce amb

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Female surfers overcome sexism’s toll to earn Olympic berth

Johanne Defay of France was devastated when the mega sponsor Roxy dropped her right before she became a pro surfer in 2014, shattering her confidence and threatening he

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APD | Enemies of China-Pakistan will never succeed

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University o

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Duolingo’s IPO could cast golden halo on edtech startups

Edtech giant Duolingo set an initial price range for its impending IPO today. The unicorn expects to price in its public debut at $85 to $95 per share, selling 3,700,000 in the deal.Another 1,406,113

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Robinhood targets IPO valuation up to $35B amid warning that crypto incomes are slipping

Robinhood released an S-1/A filing detailing its first IPO price range this morning. The company first filed to go public in early July after raising billions earlier in the year.The well-known U.S. c

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Walmart's Flipkart says Indian probe shouldn't treat it the same as Amazon

Walmart's Flipkart should not be treated the same as rival Amazon in an Indian antitrust probe, as the evidence against the two firms was "qualitatively different," Fli

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Estimated $1billion looted in South Africa, 212 dead in unrest

Click arrows to view gallery The death toll surrounding riots and unrest in South Africa has risen to 212 on Friday, and an estimated $1 billion worth of goods has

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Visualping raises $6M to make its website change monitoring service smarter

Visualping, a service that can help you monitor websites for changes like price drops or other updates, announced that it has raised a $6 million extension to the $2 million seed round it announced ea

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The head of Citi Ventures on how, and why, to leverage corporate venture arms like his

At our recent Early Stage event, we had the opportunity to talk at length with Arvind Purushotham, the managing director and global head of Citi Ventures, about how startups should think about corpora

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Reliance Retail acquires majority stake in Just Dial for $469 million

Reliance Retail said on Friday it has acquired a controlling stake in 25-year-old Indian search and discovery firm Just Dial in a deal worth $469 million.The Indian retail giant said it has acquired 4

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Paytm files for $2.2 billion IPO

Paytm, one of India’s most valuable startups, plans to raise up to $2.2 billion in an initial public offering, it said in draft papers submitted to the country’s market regulator on Friday.The N