China’s Industry Ministry to Work on Standards for the Metaverse

[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)said on Monday that it will form a working group to establish standards for the metaverse sector as Beijing…

Rwanda Will Host a Company’s 1st Small-Scale Nuclear Reactor Testing Carbon-Free Energy Approach

[ad_1] KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s atomic energy board says it has signed a deal with a Canadian-German company to build its first small-scale nuclear reactor to test what the…

Factbox-Scrutiny of Iris-Scanning Crypto Project Worldcoin Grows

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Increasing numbers of governments around the world are scrutinising Worldcoin, a crypto project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that was launched in July. Almost 2.3…

Byju’s Business Head Resigns Amid Reorganisation at Indian Startup

[ad_1] BENGALURU (Reuters) – Byju’s Chief Business Officer, Prathyusha Agarwal, and two other senior executives have resigned as the struggling Indian ed-tech startup restructures its business and operations, a company…

Canada Wildfire Evacuees Can’t Get News Media on Facebook and Instagram. Some Find Workarounds

[ad_1] Before fleeing about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) south of Yellowknife by car, Agnes Grandejambe looked to social media to find out almost everything she needed to know about escaping…

San Francisco Launches Driverless Bus Service Following Robotaxi Expansion

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — First came the robotaxis. Then the driverless buses arrived. San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service — less than a week after California regulators…

China’s Tencent Revenue Growth Below Expectations; Gaming Falls Short

[ad_1] HONG KONG (Reuters) -Revenue growth for Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent Holdings was smaller than expected in the second quarter, as a sputtering economy weighed on its…

2 Pinterest Directors Resign From Nextdoor’s Board in Response to Antitrust Enforcement Efforts

[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department said Wednesday that two directors resigned from Nextdoor’s board in response to the department’s efforts to enforce an antitrust law aimed at…

Clorox Says Certain Business Operations Disrupted in Cyber Attack

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Clorox said on Monday it had taken certain systems offline after unauthorized activity disrupted some business operations. It said it was implementing workarounds for certain offline operations…

Worldcoin Scans Eyeballs and Offers Crypto. What to Know About the Project From OpenAI’s CEO

[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after its international launch, Worldcoin is drawing the attention of privacy regulators around the world, with the Kenya’s government going so far as to…