An Xpeng G9 electric vehicle at the Xpeng pavilion in the Open Space area during the Munich Motor Show (IAA) in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 5, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Xpeng said this week it plans to roll out driver-assist technology in Europe by the end … Read more
JOHANNESBURG — A group of miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of their colleagues underground for a second day at a gold mine in South Africa over a union dispute, police and mine officials said Tuesday. Some 15 miners have been injured in scuffles, the head of the mine said. Details were … Read more
VALENCIA, Venezuela — Josselyz Essa and a friend, two 9-year-olds with a budding interest in politics as Venezuela starts toward its next presidential election, bubbled with eagerness waiting for the campaign rally to start. Then a thunderous noise spread over the crowd in the streets of the northern city of Valencia. The girls stretched up … Read more
An undated conceptual illustration of China’s technology aspirations. Yaorusheng | Moment | Getty Images Chinese technology giants including Alibaba and Tencent are among backers of Zhipu, the company said on Friday, an artificial intelligence start-up the country is hoping can be an answer to American firm OpenAI. Zhipu has raised more than 2.5 billion Chinese … Read more
SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty Images In the wake of ongoing turmoil at Twitter (now known as X), several social networks have popped up to offer people an alternative to the Elon Musk-owned platform. One such network is Bluesky, or Bluesky Social to be precise. Kicked off by Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey in 2019, Bluesky … Read more
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! After a bit of a quiet period, things in the world of fintech picked up in a big way this … Read more
Amazon has completed its long-delayed first launch of satellites for Project Kuiper, the company’s planned orbital internet network. A pair of test satellites aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, just after 2 p.m. ET Friday, as shown by launch footage that ULA posted on X (formerly Twitter). … Read more
Breckie Hill is putting on a cheeky display in her latest Instagram share, and we’re not sure this is proper attire for a hike! The Instagram model, labeled “Olivia Dunne’s Rival,” went scantily clad in her post that went live earlier today. Hill showed off her perky booty in the update, much to the delight … Read more
Anthony Yarde is confident he would have the beating of bitter rival Joshua Buatsi in a potential British blockbuster clash. Yarde has long been linked with a fight against his fellow light-heavyweight, with the two men seemingly on a collision course ever since Buatsi turned professional after winning bronze at the 2016 Olympics in Rio … Read more
FILE–Philippines’ Nesthy Alcayde Petecio. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa HANGZHOU, China—A medal in the Asian Games is the only hardware lacking in Nesthy Petecio’s crowded trophy room. Petecio is determined to add the 19th Asian Games to her collection, starting off her bid against long-time rival Lin Yu Ting of Chinese Taipei on Friday at the Hangzhou Gymnasium … Read more