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Chinese telecom giants halt 'free phone' offers after complaints
China's three telecom giants – China Mobile (0941), China Telecom (0728), and China Unicom (0762) – have halted their financial installment phone purchase services, or so-called 'free phone' offers, after many customers complained…
Former Army Soldier Sentenced to 70 Months for Hacking, Extorting Telecom Companies
Cameron John Wagenius, 22, a former Army soldier who was most recently stationed in Texas, was sentenced on Friday to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $294,978 in restitution for conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies'…
Who Owns Deezer, The Apple Music Streaming Alternative?
Deezer may not be a household name like Apple Music and Spotify are, but you can still call it a major player in the music streaming business. Launched in 2007 in Paris, France, by Daniel Marhely and Jonathan Benassaya, the service has expanded to…
Nonimmigrant visas in flux due to Trump administration fees
“It was insane, completely hectic,” she told the Washington Examiner. “I was on the phone all the time with people having kids in school and trying to get to Doha to secure their status.” Employers typically have had to…
Azerbaijan looks forward to peace on its national Remembrance Day
Azerbaijan marks the annual Remembrance Day with a nationwide tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives during the 44-day war in 2020, but also with a renewed hope brought by the historic peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, after decades of…
Today's NYT Connections Hints and Answers for Sept. 27, #1204
Looking for the most recent NYT Connections puzzle answers? CNET publishes daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. In Connections, you look at a grid of 16 words…
SC to hear plea against MDR on UPI payments tomorrow
The Supreme Court will on Monday hear a plea challenging the Centre's decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI person-to-merchant transactions of over Rs 2,000. Ending nearly six years of fully free UPI payments, the…
NYT Connections hints and answers for Sunday, September 27 (game #1204)
A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click…
Russia bombs Ukrainian data centers in latest escalation - 100,000 households lose connectivity as firms migrate data abroad, Zelensky says ‘ordinary life is simply a target'
The Russian military has started striking data centers within Ukraine in its latest escalation against the country. According to the BBC, a Russian drone hit the data center, which was situated in a central business district in Kyiv, damaging it…
We Are in Era of Fifth-Gen Warfare': Rajnath Singh Highlights India's Growing Defence Capabilities
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that India is strengthening its military capabilities across multiple domains and the government has brought groundbreaking and structural reforms to give defence manufacturing a huge push.
AST SpaceMobile COO Dumps 12,000 Shares for $707,000 Amid a 47% One-Year Return
Chief Operating Officer Shanti B. Gupta sold 12,000 shares of AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS +1.23%) on September 16, 2026, according to a recent SEC Form 4 filing. MetricValueTransaction value~$707,000Shares sold12,000Post-transaction shares…
MDR on UPI: SC to hear plea challenging imposition on September 28
The Supreme Court will on Monday (September 28, 2026) hear a plea challenging the Centre's decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified UPI person-to-merchant transactions of over ₹2,000. Ending nearly six years of fully…
Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley's power players looking to transform the world with AI
The Stanford ethicist Rob Reich was once invited to a dinner organized by a Silicon Valley mogul to discuss what a state designed to maximize science and tech powered by commercial models might look like. The gathered technologists were drawn to…
Big Tech skepticism comes to Texas
Apple, Google, Meta, Tesla, Oracle, and NVIDIA all have an established presence in Texas, most notably, the king of Big Tech himself, Elon Musk. A frontrunner in a full-court press to embrace and expand AI, one of Musk's more recent ventures is the…
Valmont Industries Targets $35 EPS by 2029 on Utility Infrastructure Boom
Caterpillar's Blowout Quarter May Point to More Industrial Winners Valmont Industries NYSE: VMI outlined a plan to reach approximately $5.4 billion in sales and $35 in earnings per share by the end of 2029, driven primarily by demand for utility…
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