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Passwords under threat as tech giants seek tougher security
Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method -- but also running into public hesitancy. The companies have been working on creating and popularising password-free login methods, especially promoting the use of so-called access keys.
'Stop production': Small US firms battered by shifting tariffs
When US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on almost all trading partners in April, Ben Knepler contacted the factory in Cambodia producing his company's outdoor furniture.
Elon Musk accuses App Store of favoring OpenAI
Elon Musk has taken his feud against OpenAI to the App Store, accusing Apple of favoring ChatGPT in the digital shop and vowing legal action.
Disgraced crypto mogul Do Kwon changes plea to guilty in US court
South Korean cryptocurrency specialist Do Kwon pleaded guilty to fraud charges in front of a New York judge on Tuesday following his firm's multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy, court filings showed.
S.Africa to offer US new deal to avoid 30% tariff
South Africa will offer a "generous" new trade deal to the United States on Tuesday to avoid 30-percent tariffs, government ministers said. "When the document is eventually made public, I think you would see it as a very broad, generous and ambitious offer to the United States on trade," Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen said at a press briefing.
Stocks rise on restrained US inflation
Stock markets rose on Tuesday as US inflation data showed a still-subdued impact from US President Donald Trump's tariffs. Stock markets in Asia rose on the news, with Tokyo hitting a record.
EU ready to do plastic pollution deal 'but not at any cost'
The European Union is ready to do a deal to land a groundbreaking treaty on plastic pollution, but not at any cost, the EU's environment commissioner insisted Tuesday. However, we don't like plastic pollution and it's time to end plastic pollution as quickly as possible," the commissioner said.
China Evergrande Group says to delist from Hong Kong
Embattled property giant China Evergrande Group said Tuesday it will delist from Hong Kong Stock Exchange as a heavier-than-expected debt burden weighed on its liquidation process. Evergrande's shares on the Hong Kong stock exchange were suspended that month.
In China's factory heartland, warehouses weather Trump tariffs
Labourer Shuai Hang went a week without work earlier this year when sky-high US tariffs on Chinese goods overwhelmed the warehouse he works at and slowed the company's US-bound parcels to a trickle. Working at the warehouse was less tiring than labouring at a construction site, and earning money had become more difficult in the past two years, he said.
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