Category: Business

In practical terms, South-South cooperation is a process whereby developing countries – regardless of their actual geographical location – seek to achieve their individual or shared development goals through the exchange of knowledge, skills, and resources, in partnerships involving governments, regional organisations, civil society, academia, and the private sector. The experiences and goals of most […]

San Francisco billionaire Chris Larsen once again has wielded his wallet to keep city residents under the eye of all-seeing police surveillance.  The San Francisco Police Commission, the Board of Supervisors, and Mayor Daniel Lurie have signed off on Larsen’s $9.4 million gift of a new Real-Time Investigations Center. The plan involves moving the city’s […]

OpenAI has entered into a landmark $300 billion cloud computing partnership with Oracle, marking one of the largest technology contracts in history. The five-year agreement, set to begin in 2027, will provide OpenAI with 4.5 gigawatts of computing power—enough to support the training and deployment of advanced artificial intelligence models at unprecedented scale. The deal […]

If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. This would threaten innocent users who rely on broadband for essential aspects of daily life. EFF—along with the American Library Association, the Association […]

September 11, 2025 📈 Amsterdam-based neocloud provider Nebius Group saw its shares soar over 60% in extended trading on Monday following the announcement of a landmark US$19.4 billion infrastructure agreement with Microsoft. The five-year deal will supply dedicated cloud capacity from Nebius’s new data centre in Vineland, New Jersey, beginning later this year. The agreement […]

September 10, 2025 📈 Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) surged 26.8% in after-hours trading on Tuesday, reaching $306.14, after reporting robust cloud growth projections and a sharp rise in contracted revenue, despite flat statutory net income for Q1 FY26. CEO Safra Catz described the quarter as “astonishing,” citing a 359% year-over-year increase in remaining performance obligations […]

The number of children receiving school meals through government-led programmes has gone up by 20 per cent since 2020, found the latest edition of the WFP’s flagship biennial report The State of School Feeding Worldwide. Now, nearly 80 million more children are able to enjoy nutritious meals at school, bringing the global total to approximately 466 million. […]

September 10, 2025 ✈️ U.S. budget carrier Avelo Airlines has placed a landmark order for up to 100 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, valued at $4.4 billion at list prices, marking the second-largest fleet investment in its history. The deal includes 50 firm orders and purchase rights for 50 additional jets, positioning Avelo as the first U.S. […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn will step down by mid-2026 after more than 25 years with the organization and a decade as its top officer leading the fight for digital freedoms.  EFF – defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation since 1990 – is launching a search for Cohn’s successor.  […]

Iberdrola is a world leader in clean energy, operating over 5,000 MW of installed photovoltaic capacity in Spain. Maintaining this vast network requires rigorous inspections to ensure reliability and safety. Currently, these inspections are performed manually – teams walk through sprawling, remote solar fields with handheld thermal cameras, often covering tens of kilometers over several […]