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Global payments giant Visa has laid off around 2,600 employees, or about 7 percent of its global workforce, with several of those affected based in India. more
Strait of Hormuz chaos puts global energy, fertilizer and manufacturing at risk

A recent analysis has found that the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the Iran-US conflict, has exposed the vulnerability of global trade to a single maritime chokepoint, with ear ...

Visa's $2.4 billion BioCatch acquisition aims to strengthen fraud protection

Visa on Tuesday announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire BioCatch, a leading provider of behavioural-first, multi-signal fraud intelligence, from funds advised by Permira ...

Google's new AI tool lasted just one day before being pulled. Why was it removed so quickly

Tech major Google has withdrawn a recently launched AI feature, just 24 hours after it was introduced, since it was allowing people to create fake images on top of its satellite imagery. ...

Big WhatsApp update! Browser-based audio, video calling rolls out without desktop app

Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced a new feature that allows users to make and receive audio and video calls directly from their web browsers, eliminating the need to download a des ...

Dark web of deception: IOM warns human trafficking is fueling online scam empires

A job advert can hide a criminal network, and a single click can lead to a nightmare. Hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked every year on the promise of legitimate work abroad, o ...

Apple launches device leasing program in US through Klarna. What do we know so far?

Tech giant Apple has introduced a new device leasing programme in the United States in partnership with payments company Klarna, offering customers a flexible way to access the latest App ...

Coca-Cola dairy unit restarts operations after ransomware attack shakes production

Coca-Cola has announced that fairlife, LLC, its dairy subsidiary, has resumed the majority of production at its four manufacturing facilities in the United States after recovering from a ...

'Money won't matter': Elon Musk makes stunning 2036 prediction about future

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has made a bold prediction about the future of the global economy, saying that money could become largely irrelevant by 2036 as artificial intelligence and rob ...

Samsung unveils Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Galaxy Watch9 with AI-powered health features

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the all-new Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Galaxy Watch9, introducing a new generation of AI-powered smartwatches designed to deliver deeper health insights thro ...