The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday on whether internet service providers should be held liable for the online pirating of copyrighted music by their users. Cox Communications, a major broadband ISP, is asking the court to throw out a jury verdict awarding $1 billion in damages to Sony...
Apple AI chief leaving as iPhone maker plays catch-up
Apple on Monday said the head of its artificial intelligence team is stepping down, and the effort is to be led by a veteran engineer from Google and Microsoft. The plan for Apple senior vice president of Machine Learning and AI Strategy John Giannandrea to retire early next year comes...
Samsung unveils first ‘special edition’ triple-folding phone
Samsung launched its first triple-folding phone on Tuesday, a special-edition product with an eyewatering price tag placing it out of the reach of the average consumer. The Galaxy Z TriFold will go on sale on December 12 and costs more than twice as much as the new iPhone 17 at...
Prada completes acquisition of flashy rival Versace
Italian fashion group Prada announced on Tuesday it had completed its acquisition of smaller rival Versace, announced earlier this year for 1.25 billion euros (now $1.45 billion). Prada Group said in a statement that the deal with Capri Holdings, the US group which owned Versace, had “received all required regulatory...
Four killed as severe thunderstorms sweep across Texas
At least four people have been killed after severe thunderstorms hit southeastern Texas for the second time this month. The storms blew out windows in high-rise buildings, downed trees and knocked out power to nearly 900,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area. Mary Benton, chief of communications and senior...
Barred Candidate Campaigns for Replacement in Venezuela
At a bustling intersection, rally goers shout and illuminate their cellphones in the evening as Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado climbs onto a flatbed truck like a presidential candidate. Although barred from the July 28 election, she continues to traverse the country, greeting supporters, taking selfies, blowing kisses, and...
Increase in children traversing perilous Darién Gap jungle
Over 30,000 children have ventured across the Darién Gap, a thick stretch of jungle between Panama and Colombia, within the first four months of this year. Statistics from the United Nations children's agency, Unicef, indicate a 40% rise in the number of minors undertaking this hazardous journey compared to last...
R Kelly loses appeal to overturn 20-year sentence for child sex abuse
R Kelly's challenge against a 20-year sentence for child sex convictions has been quashed by an appeals court. The singer was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison, a Chicago court ruled on Friday. He was convicted in 2022 on three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three...
Tornado strikes Nebraska as hundreds of homes damaged and thousands without power
Hundreds of homes have been damaged and nearly 10,000 are without power after a tornado smashed through parts of Omaha, in the US state of Nebraska. A number of tornadoes were reported in the state but the worst hit the suburbs to the northwest of the city, which has a...
Harvey Weinstein taken to hospital after being moved to a New York jail
The lawyer for Harvey Weinstein says the former film producer has been taken to hospital after being moved to a New York jail. It comes days after the movie mogul's 2020 conviction for rape was overturned, with a New York court ordering a new trial in the landmark "MeToo" case....