Asian stock markets are a sea of red on Friday, following the broadly negative cues from global markets overnight, amid continuing concerns about the impending recession and the global economic outlook following the recent aggressive interest rate hikes by the US Fed and other major central banks. Asian markets ended mostly lower on Thursday. The Fed’s economic projections suggest further […]

A new study from USC has found that guns are “ubiquitous” in scripted TV dramas, while depictions of gun safety are “rare.” Of 250 episodes sampled, the report found that one-in-three showed at least one person being shot, and that the victims were “disproportionally” white. About six in 10 episodes surveyed included gun-related content, but “fewer than 10% of episodes […]

Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk will be deposed on September 26 and 27 as part of Twitter Inc.’s (TWTR) lawsuit, which seeks to force the world’s richest man to follow through on his $44 billion acquisition of the social media giant. According to a court filing, the Musk deposition may stretch into September 28 if needed. The other day, Jack […]

Police departments across the country have faced rapidly shifting public sentiment in recent years. The 2020 murder of George Floyd by a police officer spawned large-scale protests and calls to defund the police in communities across the United States at a time when violent crime rates – particularly homicide – were on the rise.  Up against these and other social […]

Stocks moved to the upside early in the session on Wednesday and continue to see some strength in afternoon trading. With the upward move on the day, the major averages are partly offsetting the steep losses posted in the previous session. Currently, the major averages are off their best levels of the day but remain in positive territory. The Dow […]

Online video sharing and social media platform YouTube, owned by Google, has launched more ways for creators to become partners, including a new revenue-sharing model for creators of Shorts, popular short-form videos, from advertisements. The company is expanding YouTube Partner Program or YPP, which was launched in 2007, to offer more creators and artists to make money on YouTube across […]

Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Wednesday, following the broadly negative cues from global markets overnight, ahead of the US Fed’s interest rate decision as well as the anticipated hawkish accompanying statement by Fed Chair Jerome Powell later in the day. The Fed is widely expected to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points, although some see an […]

Transport company Uber Inc. (UBER) has said that the cybersecurity incident, which it had revealed last week was the handiwork of the Lapsus$ gang, a group known for several high-profile corporate data breaches. The company said that the hackers had also downloaded or read company Slack messages and invoice-related data from an internal tool. In a post in its blog […]