Economy

Trump vows to prosecute Google for showing 'bad' stories on him
Trump vows to prosecute Google for showing 'bad' stories on him

Donald Trump on Friday accused Google of showing only "bad stories" about him and vowed have the tech giant prosecuted if he gets back in the White House. The tech giant does not disclose the inner workings of the software that powers its ubiquitous search engine.

'Misinformation megaphone': Musk stokes tension before US election
'Misinformation megaphone': Musk stokes tension before US election

With incendiary, misleading posts to his 200 million followers, Elon Musk has courted criticism for cranking up the political temperature ahead of an already polarized US election through his influential platform that is plagued with misinformation. - 'Much impact' – False or misleading election claims on X by Musk have amassed nearly 1.2 billion views, CCDH reported last month.

US Fed's preferred inflation measure edges down in August
US Fed's preferred inflation measure edges down in August

An inflation metric closely watched by the US Federal Reserve crept lower Friday, according to government data, supporting the central bank's decision earlier this month to begin cutting interest rates -- ahead of November's presidential election. "We think the data show enough progress on key inflation metrics for policymakers to continue cutting rates," the economists added.

Ireland fines Meta 91 mn euros over EU data breach
Ireland fines Meta 91 mn euros over EU data breach

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Friday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 91 million euros ($102 million) for password-security breaches. The Data Protection Commission criticised Meta for failing to put in place appropriate security measures to protect users' password data and for taking too long to alert the regulator over the issue.

Stranded cruise ship passengers bid bitter-sweet farewell to Belfast
Stranded cruise ship passengers bid bitter-sweet farewell to Belfast

A luxury round-the-world cruise ship beset with technical delays and docked in rainy Belfast since May is finally set to depart, prompting mixed emotions among its passengers. - Delays - Passengers are able to either buy or rent long-term cabins on the so-called "residential" cruise ship, with the promise of unlimited voyages around the globe.

UK clears $4 bn AI partnership between Amazon, Anthropic
UK clears $4 bn AI partnership between Amazon, Anthropic

Britain's competition regulator on Friday cleared Amazon's investment of up to $4 billion in Anthropic, an American developer of artificial intelligence, following a short probe. The British regulator had probed whether the partnership caused "a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services".