Uzbekistan’s Fight Against Corruption: Turning Promises into Action

On October 27, Uzbekistan is set to hold its first legislative elections since the implementation of a major constitutional reform designed to establish a more liberal and democratic regime. This new Constitution... Read more »

Canadian convenience store giant makes $38 billion bid to buy 7-Eleven 

Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT), the owner of Circle K, has made a $38 billion offer for 7-Eleven, potentially marking the largest foreign takeover in Japan’s history.  The Canadian company submitted its bid for... Read more »

Kamala Harris details economic plans ahead of upcoming election 

In her debut speech focused on economic policy, Kamala Harris announced a set of proposals aimed at boosting the construction of new homes, providing assistance to first-time homebuyers, offering tax relief to... Read more »

Ticketmaster and Advanced Auto Parts data breaches push 2024 total up to over a billion 

According to statistics from the Identity Theft Resource Center, there have been over a billion data breaches in the first half of this year, compared with 418,000 for the whole of 2023. ... Read more »

New investigation into Tesla autopilot crashes released

The Autopilot feature that’s been trialled in some Tesla cars has become a controversial topic, especially after incidents like one of the vehicles crashing in 2022 and causing three deaths.  Although the... Read more »

Google announces that it will not block third-party cookies as planned 

In an unexpected turn of events, Google has scrapped its four-year-old plan to eliminate third-party cookies from its Chrome browser. Instead, Google plans to introduce a new strategy that offers users an... Read more »

How long will it take for services to recover after the Microsoft IT outage? 

Businesses and services worldwide are now gradually recovering from the IT outage that disrupted computer systems for hours this week. Among the hardest hit were businesses, banks, hospitals, and airlines, following the... Read more »

Disney confirms investigation into leaked internal messages 

Disney is currently investigating a potential breach of internal communications by a hacking group that claims to be advocating for artists’ rights. The group, known as Nullbulge, says that it has accessed... Read more »

Survey finds that anxiety is affecting children’s sleep 

A recent national survey conducted by the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital has found that 25% of parents find bedtime difficult due to their children experiencing anxiety or troubling... Read more »

FDA announces ban on the use of brominated vegetable oil in food products 

The FDA has announced this week that it will prohibit the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food products. BVO is a vegetable oil chemically modified with bromine and it’s been... Read more »