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Unauthorised Overseas Charges Hit Chinese Mastercard Users; Banks Say Funds Protected
Multiple Chinese cardholders reported foreign transactions after linking cards to Apple Pay. Banks say affected customer...
Seoul's Sewer Odor Problem Persists as Only 20% of Pipes Are Separated
Seoul's sewer-smell complaints are rising again because hydrogen sulfide builds up in a combined pipe network that remai...
Bank Strike Deferred as IBA-UFBU Panel Will Study Five-Day Week and PLI Changes
The Sept 28-30 bank strike was called off after IBA and UFBU agreed to form a high-level committee on five-day banking a...
Bill Gates Says Trump Is Wrong That AI Safety Rules Hand China an Edge
The Microsoft co-founder argues safeguards against catastrophic AI risks won’t weaken US competitiveness and calls for s...
How Etiquette Experts Are Redrawing Phone Rules for Public Spaces
From speakerphone on transit to phones face-up at dinner, Emily Post Institute's Lizzie Post and researchers explain mod...
Fleet AI Tools Target Repair Backlogs, Invoice Waste and Idle Technician Time
At TMC's AI Summit, Samsara and Fleetrock made the case for maintenance AI anchored to repair prioritization, invoice ac...
Starbucks to Close 250 North America Locations Despite Four Quarters of Sales Growth
The coffee chain calls the closures routine portfolio management under its 'Back to Starbucks' plan, even as it raises g...
Parliamentary Panel Demands MCA and ICAI Answer by 5 October on Reservation and Caste Bias Claims
A parliamentary committee has given the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the chartered accountants' institute until 5 O...
Brokers Are Underselling Risk Management as AI Makes Insurers More Selective
eCovers' Kieron Burrows says brokers treat risk management as a cost rather than an investment, while AI screening could...
How the Nissan Maxima SE Beat the Ford Taurus SHO in a 1992 Sports Sedan Showdown
A 1992 Car and Driver test crowned the Nissan Maxima SE the best all-round sports sedan, beating the Ford Taurus SHO and...
European Gas Prices Hit Highest Since 2022 on Storage and LNG Fears
European gas has nearly doubled since July, reaching €79/MWh as storage hits its lowest September level since 2009 and L...
Latvia's Defense Minister: NATO Must Learn to Scatter Arms Production Before a War
Ukrainian weapons makers survive Russian strikes by hiding and moving production across multiple sites. Latvia says NATO...
Why Telecom Investors Fear AI Agents Will Break Customer Loyalty
Investors are pricing a future in which AI comparison tools make switching mobile and broadband plans routine. Consumer ...
AI Wearables Hit a Privacy Wall in the Race to Replace the Smartphone
Meta, Samsung and OpenAI are chasing a post-smartphone market worth more than $600 billion, but lawsuits, venue bans and...
Kioson Komersial (KIOS) Quote: Flat at 80, 52-Week Range Is 56–290
The Indonesian micro-retail platform’s indicative quote closed at 80 on 27 September, but an intraday swing to 98 and a ...
FDA Clears Roche and C2N Alzheimer’s Blood Tests, Expanding Earlier Amyloid Detection
The FDA cleared Roche’s Elecsys pTau217 and C2N Diagnostics’ PrecivityAD2, including the first Alzheimer’s blood test in...
HHS Awards $247.9 Million to Expand Addiction Treatment, Youth Mental Health and Recovery Support
The largest named grant is $54.9 million for school-based Project AWARE; funding also targets campus suicide prevention,...
Expedia Files WARN Notice for 58 Seattle Roles in AI-Linked Reorganization
Washington filing shows 31 technical roles, including 18 data science and machine learning jobs, plus senior exits as Ex...
Meta's Muse Can Budget, Cancel Subscriptions and Negotiate Bills — With a Privacy Catch
Meta's new AI agent promises everyday users up to $1,000 in savings, but identity-theft experts say the data-sharing ris...
Japan PM Takaichi Hands Top Startup Award to Physical AI Firm Mujin
Prime Minister Takaichi presented the Japan Startup Award 2026 to Mujin, an industrial robotics startup, and signalled s...
Newskill Neith Zephyr Gaming Chair: €130 Off at PcComponentes With 180° Recline and 4D Armrests
The Newskill Neith Zephyr is discounted by €130 at PcComponentes, pairing a 180-degree recline, 4D armrests and included...
Japan Finance Minister Backs BOJ Rate Hike to 1.25% as Trump Raises Weak-Yen Concern
Katsunobu Katayama deferred to the Bank of Japan on policy but confirmed U.S. concern over the weak yen, while JGB yield...
Italy’s Second-Busiest Airport Takes Berlusconi’s Name After Long Legal Fight
Milan Malpensa now bears Silvio Berlusconi’s name, ending a two-year dispute with Milan and Lombardy towns over who has ...
Chilean Pensioners Withdrew US$61 Million in Freely Available Surplus in H1 2026
AFP data show 3,138 withdrawals in the first half, up from US$58 million a year earlier, though the long-term trend rema...
JPMorgan Weighs $3.8B Loan for Extell's Upper West Side Condo Tower
The financing talks would support 430 luxury units on the former Disney/ABC campus and rank among the largest U.S. const...
SoftBank Joins ASI in $225M Push for Autonomous Construction Equipment
The Japanese tech investor and Autonomous Solutions Inc. are forming a joint venture to scale AI-driven self-driving con...
Gavin Newsom's Childhood Home in San Francisco Lists for $4.5M
A renovated 1951 Ashbury Heights house where the governor spent his first five years is on the market, while Newsom's Sa...
Flynn Properties Retakes 225 Bush Street for $221M in Distressed SF Office Deal
Flynn bought the $350M loan on the 585,450-square-foot tower for about $221M and took title through a deed-in-lieu, bett...
Diet Quality vs. Calorie Counting: What a Two-Year Trial Found
A two-year randomized trial found Mediterranean-style eating produced weight loss similar to calorie counting, with bett...
Musk, Huang and Cook Share the Head Table at Trump's State Dinner for Xi
Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and other tech leaders were seated beside Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at a White House dinner, h...