More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal tools that could change user account settings and hand control to others, two former employees said, making it hard to defend against the hacking that occurred last week.
Asian shares slipped from six-month peaks on Friday as Sino-U.S. tensions soured what had been an upbeat week, while the euro held a 21-month top against an embattled dollar and gold neared a record high.
Australian investigators who brought criminal cartel charges against Citigroup Inc and Deutsche Bank AG "pre-populated" a witness statement with incriminating claims before interviewing the person who ultimately signed off on them, a court heard on Friday.
DUBAI: Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, will cover customers' coronavirus-related medical costs in a bid to "boost travel confidence", the Dubai Media Office said Thursday (Jul 23). "Emirates will cover its passengers for COVID-19 related medical expenses and quarantine costs when ...
An international coalition called on fashion and garment giants Thursday to break supply chains from the Xinjiang region of China and cut ties with those implicated in Uighur forced labor within the next year.
SINGAPORE: Private home prices in Singapore in the second quarter edged up 0.3 per cent from the previous quarter, according to updated data from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Friday (Jul 24). The private residential property price index increased to 152.6 points in the second ...
SINGAPORE: The number of Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats sold in the resale market in the second quarter plunged 41.9 per cent amid the COVID-19 "circuit breaker" period. Official figures released on Friday (Jul 24) showed a total of 3,426 flats were sold from April to June, falling ......
WASHINGTON: A U.S. congressional hearing scheduled for next week to question the CEOs of Facebook Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Google parent Alphabet Inc and Apple Inc is set to be delayed, according to sources familiar with the matter. The hearing before the antitrust panel of the House of ...
Brooks Brothers said on Thursday it entered into a US$305 million "stalking horse" purchase agreement with retailer SPARC Group LLC, in a move that could preserve the apparel brand as a going concern and help its operations in at least 125 stores.
NEW YORK: Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are potentially infected with COVID-19 before symptoms appear, when they can unknowingly spread the disease. Changes in heart rate, respiratory rate, and other biometrics ...
