Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first female prime minister, harnessed her personal popularity and a shift to the right among voters to achieve a record election win.
BridgePay Confirms Ransomware Attack, No Card Data Compromised
The services of Florida-based payments platform BridgePay are offline due to a ransomware attack
Chinese chip designer Montage raised $902M in its Hong Kong IPO, jumping 64% in its market debut, the biggest rise since Kuaishou’s $6.2B Hong Kong IPO in 2021 (Julia Zhong/Bloomberg)
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Chinese chip designer Montage raised $902M in its Hong Kong IPO, jumping 64% in its market debut, the biggest rise since Kuaishou’s $6.2B Hong Kong IPO in 2021 — Shares of Montage Technology Co. jumped 64% i…
“Everything is still fake”: Candace Owens blasts Erika Kirk’s TPUSA halftime event as viewership controversy explodes
Candace Owens criticized Turning Point USA’s Super Bowl halftime livestream, questioning its claim of 5.2 million live viewers. Reacting to online skepticism, she argued the numbers did not add up and suggested the event’s popularity was overstated. Th…
Weather tracker: Spain and Portugal hit by third deadly storm in two weeks
Storm Marta sweeps Iberian peninsula just days after Storms Kristin and Leonardo brought deadly flooding and major damageSpain and Portugal have endured another storm over the weekend, just days after the deadly flooding and major damage caused by Stor…
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Maine shaken by ICE raids as backlash threatens Republican Senate control
Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year Maine, the US’s whitest state, has been shaken by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, a crackdown that could threaten…
Digital employees, AI bootcamps: America’s oldest bank is spending billions on tech
The race to integrate artificial intelligence is on among the banks. BNY now has 134 “digital employees,” who work alongside humans.
Iran’s Digital Surveillance Machine Is Almost Complete
After more than 15 years of draconian measures, culminating in an ongoing internet shutdown, the Iranian regime seems to be staggering toward its digital surveillance endgame.
Actor, Not Child Detained By ICE Agents, Was Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Guest
Music superstar Bad Bunny paused mid-performance during his historic Super Bowl LX halftime show to hand one of his Grammy Awards to a young boy.