- Paris, France - With its ban of X, which went into effect on Saturday, Brazil joins a small club of countries...
Beyond permanent bans, some nations have temporarily restricted access to X, formerly Twitter, which has often been used by political dissidents to communicate
These have included Egypt in 2011 during the Arab Spring uprisings, Turkey in 2014 and 2023, and Uzbekistan around that country's 2021 presidential election
- Washington, United States - iPhone juggernaut Apple is in talks to invest in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and the biggest...
The company founded by Steve Jobs is at the funding table as OpenAI raises more money to help meet the heavy costs of building new technology
Reports said that OpenAI is in talks to reach a valuation of $100 billion in the funding round led by venture capital firm Thrive Capital, which will pump in one billion dollars
- In part 1 of our mid-year crime update, we discussed trends related to ransomware and stolen funds. While aggregate illicit...
43% of YTD scam inflows have gone to wallets that became active this year
Huione Guarantee, appears heavily used for illicit crypto-based activities, including pig butchering, investment fraud, and money laundering
- Paris, France - Russian-born tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov has founded wildly popular social networks, cryptocurrencies, amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune and locked...
Durov, 39, who preaches the virtues of ice baths for health and has fathered 100 children through sperm donations, is a controversial as well as enigmatic figure
A self-avowed libertarian, Durov has championed confidentiality on the internet and freedom of speech, defiantly refusing to allow the moderation of messages on Telegram
- Xpeng shares rose after the Chinese electric car company launched its new mass-market Mona brand on Tuesday with prices starting...
Orders for the Mona M03 electric coupe exceeded 10,000 just 52 minutes after formal launch
Chinese automaker BYD and U.S. giant Tesla cemented their dominance in H1 2024.
- New York, United States - Global oil demand is unlikely to fall by 2050 despite progress on renewable energy, the US...
In a new report, ExxonMobil said it "sees a plateau in oil demand beyond 2030, remaining above 100 million barrels per day through 2050."
This would be roughly in line with oil demand last year of 102.2 million barrels per day, according to the International Energy Agency
- Paris, France - French police arrested Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov on Saturday at an airport near Paris for alleged offences...
The Franco-Russian billionaire, 39, was detained at Le Bourget airport north of the French capital on Saturday evening, one of the officials told AFP
"Enough of Telegram's impunity," said one of the investigators, adding they were surprised Durov came to Paris knowing he was a wanted man





















