Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg sought to reassure skeptical U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that the company's planned digital currency Libra would be a force for good that could reduce costs for electronic payments and help more people participate in the global financial system.
Researchers at Google say they have achieved 'quantum supremacy', in which a computer harnessing the properties of sub-atomic particles did a far better job of solving a problem than the world's most powerful supercomputer.
The chair of a panel of international regulators that harshly criticized the Federal Aviation Administration's certification of the now grounded Boeing 737 MAX will testify Tuesday before a Senate committee, a statement from the committee showed.
U.S. budget carrier Spirit Airlines is close to agreeing a provisional deal to order as many as 100 single-aisle aircraft worth up to US$12 billion at recent catalogue prices from Airbus , industry sources said.
Global packaged food group Kraft Heinz Co will keep baby food line Plasmon and plans to leverage its 'Made in Italy' credentials to expand the brand abroad, Kraft Heinz Co's general manager for Italy said.
Google said on Wednesday it had achieved a breakthrough in computer research, by solving a complex problem in minutes with a so-called quantum computer that would take today's most powerful supercomputer thousands of years to crack.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's tallest skyscraper is ready to take in tenants from December, its developer said on Wednesday (Oct 23), looking to move past its links to the 1MDB scandal and focus on making headway in an oversupplied property market. Exchange 106 is the first project to be completed in...
Higher deliveries of Gulfstream jets boosted revenue at U.S. aerospace and defense company General Dynamics Corp , which reported a 7.3per cent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, but shares were flat in premarket trading after gaining 2.5per cent a day earlier.
Tens of thousands of pieces of plastic littering the planet come from just a handful of multinational corporations, an environmental pressure group said Wednesday.
Shares of Snap Inc reversed initial losses following Tuesday's results, rising 4per cent in early trade as analysts focused on strong third-quarter numbers rather than a disappointing revenue outlook for the final three months of the year.
