Square Inc., a digital payments company, announced it had agreed to purchase Afterpay, which offers merchants a "buy now and pay later" option. The all-stock deal is valued at around $29 billion.Square allows merchants to accept credit card transactions...
Thursday saw the implementation of a new Spanish law that requires food delivery companies to employ delivery drivers and riders as employees, rather than contractors. Labor unions have called for strict monitoring and inspections to ensure compliance.Spain's Trade Union...
Ask for a roast beef sandwich from an Arby's drive thru east of Los Angeles. You may be speaking to Tori, an artificially intelligent voice assistant. She will take your order and forward it to the line cooks.Amir Siddiqi...
According to a post on a dark web site, hackers are being accused of extorting hundreds of companies around the world late Sunday night. They demanded $70 million in ransom to recover their data.The request was made on a...
Officials said that India and China have failed to meet a deadline set by the U.N. to submit new plans to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions in order for the global body include their pledges in its report for...
Because of the digital currency Dogecoin, Twitter boss Elon Musk is currently having to defend himself against an investor lawsuit. Now the dog's head suddenly appears on Twitter. Dogecoin value is skyrocketing.On Monday, Twitter users suddenly found a dog's...
After Wall Street's rise to a new high, Asian stock markets fell Friday as investors waited for U.S. job data to see how the coronavirus outbreaks were affecting the largest global economy.South Korea, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Hong Kong...
Apple and Google removed an app created by the opposition that told voters which candidates were likely to defeat Russian-backed opponents, under Kremlin pressure. The move was made as polls opened for three consecutive days of voting in Russia's parliamentary...
China's most famous social media site has removed accounts that were created on LGBT topics by students and other non-government organizations. This raises concerns about the tightening of control by China's ruling Communist Party over gay and lesbian content.WeChat...
Microsoft claims it has fixed a vulnerability in its cloud computing platform that cybersecurity experts warned could have allowed hackers to overthrow a cloud-based product used by large companies.Friday's statement by the company stated that there is no evidence...