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Man fears family 'at risk' over Afghan data breach
An Afghan man who worked with British forces for nearly a decade has said he fears family members still in Afghanistan are at "very high…
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China trials ‘energy-saving’ underwater data centres
Undersea servers are kept at a low temperature by ocean currents, rather than the energy-intensive air cooling or water evaporation…
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US: Wall Street opens lower after weak private payrolls data, government shutdown
WALL Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday (Oct 1) after much weaker-than-expected private payrolls data, while the federal…
Culture
Oracle’s role as protector of TikTok data panned as rehash of earlier plan
Data security is at the very heart of the US law that threatens to ban the popular video app US President Donald Trump’s plan to save…
Culture
US: Wall Street indexes end up as investors weigh inflation data
Investors are also bracing for a potential government shutdown, which could disrupt data releases and add uncertainty to the markets US…
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US: Wall Street opens higher after inflation data calms rate-cut jitters
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday (Sep 26), after the latest inflation data came in line with expectations, easing…
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Africa is on cusp of AI ‘data boom’: Helios Towers CEO
AI-driven data consumption in Africa will quintuple in five years’ time, predicted the CEO of Helios Towers, one of the continent’s…
Culture
TikTok collected sensitive data on Canadian children, investigation finds
TikTok has agreed to improve its measures to keep children off its website and app after a Canadian investigation found its efforts to…
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The Latest Casualty of Trump’s War on Data Is a Critical Hunger Report
The increase between 2021 and 2023 coincided with the expiration of several pandemic-era programs that provided additional support to…
Culture
Indonesia sovereign wealth fund INA targets data centres, AI in healthcare, renewables
The Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) is prioritising digital infrastructure, healthcare and renewables as the sovereign wealth fund…
Culture
Hackers steal client data from Kering’s Gucci, Balenciaga and McQueen: report
Hackers have stolen the private details of potentially millions of customers from luxury brands Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen in…
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Team Trump to Use Unverified Data to Blame Deaths on Covid Vaccine
The findings they plan to present appeared to be pulled from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, which collects claims…
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Gold set for fourth weekly rise as US data lifts rate-cut hopes
Gold prices rose on Friday (Sep 12) and were headed for a fourth consecutive weekly gain, as fears of a weakening US labour market…
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US: Wall St opens higher after inflation data keeps rate cut bets firm
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Thursday (Sep 11) after the latest inflation reading kept the US central bank on…
Culture
Australia’s multi-billion dollar energy link to Asia will focus on local data centres for now
The development is one of the most ambitious global efforts to supply power-hungry Asian economies that lack the land to generate enough…
Culture
Asia: Markets mostly up as producer price data stokes rate cut bets
ASIAN equities mostly rose on Thursday as investors built on this week’s rally after US data ramped up expectations for a string of…
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Johor fastest-growing South-east Asian data centre hub; Singapore expansion remains ‘constrained’
The city-state’s ‘strict planning controls’ are leading global tech firms to look north: Knight Frank report Johor is the fastest-growing…
Culture
Asian markets enjoy record day as new US jobs data fans rate cut hopes
Asian markets extended gains on Wednesday (Sep 10), with Tokyo and Seoul emulating a record day on Wall Street as fresh data pointing to a…
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Asia: Markets rally as new US jobs data fans rate cut hopes
ASIAN markets extended gains on Wednesday following a record day across Wall Street as fresh data pointing to a weakening US jobs market…
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In Disturbing Move, Trump’s DOJ Demands Voting Data From States
“This morning, the Trump administration was notified by the United States military that Israel was attacking Hamas, which very…
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Nasdaq 100 gains as weak labour data fuels rate-cut bets
THE Nasdaq 100 rose on Thursday (Sep 4), closing 218.17 points, or 0.93 per cent higher, at 23,633.01, as investors digested…
Business
Academic research shows UK gender gap underestimated in official data for decades
The UK’s gender pay gap is higher than the EU and OECD average, and more than double that of France and Spain. A new study shows that the…
Culture
US: Stocks dip after poor jobs data
Wall Street stocks finished lower on Friday (Sep 5) as markets grappled with worries about the latest weak US labour market data, which…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record high after weak jobs data
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Friday (Sep 5) after weaker-than-expected August jobs data bolstered expectations for…