South African officials have seized a superyacht and two palatial homes owned by Equatorial’s Guinea’s Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang. A court ordered the seizures after local businessman Daniel Janse van…
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Tanzania: Government unveils ‘largest’ ship in Great Lakes region
Tanzania has floated a locally built cargo and passenger ship in the Lake Victoria port of its north-western city of Mwanza. The vessel, which the government says is the biggest…
Turkey: Earthquake fault lines mapped from space
It seems almost insensitive to start to have a deep dive into the science behind Monday’s earthquake events in Turkey. More than 22,000 people are already confirmed dead and an…
Ukraine: Elon Musk’s SpaceX firm bars Kyiv from using Starlink tech for drone control
SpaceX has limited Ukraine’s ability to use its satellite internet service for military purposes – after reports that Kyiv has used it to control drones. Early in the war, Ukraine…
USA: Google’s Bard AI bot mistake wipes $100bn off shares
Google is searching for ways to reassure people that it is still out in front in the race for the best artificial intelligence technology. And so far, the internet giant…
USA: Amazon to axe 18,000 jobs as it cuts costs
Amazon plans to cut more than 18,000 jobs, the largest number in the firm’s history, as it battles to save costs. The online giant, which employs 1.5 million people globally,…
USA: PayPal cuts 2,000 jobs as global economy weakens
PayPal is shedding around 2,000 jobs, or 7% of its workers, as it becomes the latest big tech firm to cut costs. The online payments company says it was forced…
USA: Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs as spending slows
Microsoft will cut 10,000 jobs in the latest round of staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. It will affect up to 5% of its global workforce and cost the…
USA: Dell to cut workforce
Dell is to lay off about 6,650 workers because of the decline in demand for personal computers. The job cuts are expected to affect about 5% of its global workforce.…
USA: Google parent Alphabet to cut 12,000 jobs
Google’s parent company Alphabet will cut 12,000 jobs, in the latest staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he took “full responsibility” for…