Graduate completes film and TV college, has big plans, diagnosed with colon cancer. Manages bucket list trip to China???s ???paradise???, watches sunrise, rides in sports car. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Meta Platforms shares plunged 16% early in Frankfurt on Thursday after forecasts of higher expenses and lighter revenue than expected disappointed investors. Read full story

TikTok on April 24 said it will fight a new US law that orders the popular video sharing app to break away from its Chinese owners or face an outright ban in the United States. Read full story

(Reuters) - Struggling French IT consulting firm Atos on Thursday said a review of its 2024-2027 business plan would lead to an increased need for cash and potentially additional debt reduction, forcing it to update the parameters of its refinancing plan in the coming days. Read full story

TikTok???s CEO vowed April 24 to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to allegations it is controlled by the Chinese government. Read full story

(Reuters) -European chipmaker STMicroelectronics on Thursday lowered its full-year sales guidance, the latest semiconductor company to struggle with weakening demand from carmakers and a further decline in orders from laptop and phone companies. Read full story

A Tesla that may have been operating on the company's Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road. Read full story

States are on the front lines of a rapidly spreading new form of peer sexual exploitation and harassment in schools. Boys across the United States have used widely available ???nudification??? apps to surreptitiously concoct sexually explicit images of their female classmates and then circulated the simulated nudes via group chats on apps like Snapchat and Instagram. Read full story

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using ???illegally exploited??? minerals extracted from the country???s embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said April 25. Read full story

German police said April 24 they had arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam. Read full story

(Reuters) - International Business Machines will buy HashiCorp in a deal valued at $6.4 billion, the company said on Wednesday, expanding its cloud-based software products to tap into an AI-powered boom in demand. Read full story

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms disappointed investors on Wednesday with forecasts of higher expenses and lighter than expected revenue, sending its shares tumbling as it races to catch up in AI. Read full story

SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said on Wednesday that a new chip manufacturing technology called "A16" will enter production in the second half of 2026. Read full story

(Reuters) - Ban or no ban, TikTok's partners in the music and advertising world plan to stick with the massively popular short-form video platform until the bitter end, seven industry leaders told Reuters. Read full story

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - TikTok will voluntarily suspend its new app TikTok Lite's reward programme while it works to address EU concerns, the company said on X social media platform on Wednesday. Read full story

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -ASML has approved the appointment of Christophe Fouquet as the company's new CEO. Read full story

(Reuters) -AT surpassed Wall Street expectations for first-quarter wireless subscriber additions and free cash flow on Wednesday as more people purchased its higher-tier unlimited plans. Read full story

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - German email service Tuta Mail has complained to European Union tech regulators about what it described as a sudden drop in Google search results on the day the bloc's new tech rules kicked in. Read full story

(Reuters) - Upcoming quarterly reports from U.S. tech giants may show Microsoft is closing the gap on cloud-computing market leader Amazon.com as more businesses switch to its services, attracted by a clutch of generative AI features that are powered by OpenAI's technology. Read full story

(Reuters) - TE Connectivity beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by strong demand for its sensor technology from electric vehicle (EV) makers across the globe. Read full story

Google delayed its plan to phase out cookies, software that lets marketers track users, in its Chrome browser this year, pushing to 2025 a move that will ultimately transform how advertisements are targeted on websites. Read full story

Young woman visits lake at Old Summer Palace, dangles feet over side of boat. Staff ask her to stop, she insolently refuses, threatens to jump in water. Read full story

As soaring temperatures drive thousands of Filipino schools to send pupils home, what is the cost to children's education? Read full story

EarnIn is one of more than a dozen companies that provide this service, billed as Earned Wage Access. The apps extend small short-term loans to workers in between paychecks so they can pay bills and meet everyday needs. On payday, the user repays the money out of their wages. Read full story

Cyberattacks on businesses are rising, including small businesses. It's a troubling trend because a breach can be very costly and time consuming if owners don't have a plan to deal with one. Read full story

Migrants, vaccines, paedophilia rings ??? old conspiracy theories are resurfacing ahead of the US election despite being repeatedly debunked, in what researchers call ???zombie??? falsehoods that appear to resonate with polarised voters. Read full story

Factory workers commuting to Singapore from across the Causeway may soon enjoy shorter commutes when the pilot of a new immigration clearance system is launched in June. Read full story

Apple Inc announced plans for a special event on May 7, when it???s expected to unveil new iPads and accessories after a long lull. Read full story

The convenience of online shopping is hard to beat. But it uses a lot of energy and resources and can lead to more waste. Read full story

(Reuters) - Tesla's humanoid robot is still in the lab, but it may be ready to sell as soon as the end of next year, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Read full story

(Reuters) - International Business Machines is nearing a deal to buy cloud software provider HashiCorp, according to a person familiar with the matter. Read full story

(Reuters) - A spike in power usage from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers could significantly boost natural gas demand in the second half of the decade, analysts at investment banker Tudor Pickering Holt & Co said in a report on Tuesday. Read full story

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -TikTok has submitted a risk assessment report on its new app TikTok Lite to the European Commission, the company said on Tuesday, averting a possible fine. Read full story

(Reuters) -Apple will hold an event on May 7, the company said on Tuesday, amid reports that it would roll out the long-anticipated revamped versions of iPad Pro and iPad Air next month. Read full story

(Reuters) -Walmart???s majority-owned fintech startup One has started offering buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans for big-ticket items like electronics and power tools at some of the retailer's U.S. stores, a source said on Tuesday. Read full story

(Reuters) - Microsoft said on Tuesday that Coca-Cola had signed a $1.1 billion five-year deal to use its cloud computing and artificial intelligence services. Read full story

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Alphabet-owned Google is investing 600 million euros ($640.62 million) in a new data centre in the Dutch city of Groningen, it said on Tuesday, adding the investment will create 125 new jobs. Read full story

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's NatWest has identified more than 100 priority areas where Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to simplify the bank and boost efficiency following a bank-wide review, Chief Executive Paul Thwaite said on Tuesday. The projects will help improve staff engagement and increase productivity, Thwaite said in a statement released to coincide with the bank's annual shareholder meeting in Edinburgh. Read full story

(Reuters) - Donald Trump is set to secure on Tuesday a stock bonus worth $1.3 billion from the company that operates his social media app Truth Social, equivalent to about half the majority stake he already owns in it, thanks to the wild rally in its shares. Read full story

(Reuters) - Ecommerce giant Amazon.com launched a new grocery delivery subscription on Tuesday in the United States for members of its Prime program and customers who are recipients of the government food assistance benefits. Read full story