September2022
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The head of WhatsApp’s India payment business, Manesh Mahatme quit to join Amazon India
Sep 23, 2022The head of WhatsApp’s India payment business, Manesh Mahatme, has quit after more than a year with the Meta Platforms-owned company to join Amazon India, a source told Reuters on Thursday. Mahatme’s exit comes at a... -
Up to 10 mln customers caught in cyber attack, Optus said
Sep 23, 2022Australian No. 2 telco Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, said it will contact up to 10 million customers whose personal details were taken in a “sophisticated” hack, but added no corporate clients were compromised. Optus... -
Instagram resolved the issues that caused a brief outage
Sep 23, 2022Meta Platforms Inc’s Instagram said on Thursday it had resolved the issues that caused a brief outage on its platform for several users earlier in the day. As much as 24,000 people reported having trouble accessing... -
Qualcomm Inc said its automotive business “pipeline” increased to $30 billion
Sep 23, 2022U.S. chip designer Qualcomm Inc on Thursday said its automotive business “pipeline” increased to $30 billion, up more than $10 billion since its third quarter results were announced in late July. The jump in future business... -
UK’s new government unveils multibillion-pound measures aimed at supporting households and businesses hit by inflation
Sep 23, 2022The UK’s new government unveils Friday multibillion-pound measures aimed at supporting households and businesses hit by decades-high inflation. Finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng, fresh from being appointed by new Prime Minister Liz Truss, will deliver his mini-budget... -
Hong Kong lost its crown as Asia’s premier finance centre to Singapore
Sep 23, 2022Hong Kong has lost its crown as Asia’s premier finance centre to Singapore in a global ranking list where New York and London maintained their number one and two spots. Singapore jumped three places to third... -
Asian markets fell again on Friday
Sep 23, 2022Asian markets fell again on Friday as part of a global sell-off fuelled by recession fears after central banks around the world ramped up interest rates to fight decades-high inflation. With price rises showing no solid... -
Japan to open its doors back up to vaccinated foreign tourists
Sep 23, 2022Japan will open its doors back up to vaccinated foreign tourists, after more than two years of closed borders due to the Covid pandemic. Tourists will be able to visit the country without a visa, and... -
Super space telescope James Webb returned spectacular new imagery of Neptune
Sep 23, 2022The recently launched super space telescope James Webb has returned spectacular new imagery of Neptune. The observatory’s infrared instruments highlight features not seen in such detail since the Voyager 2 probe flew past the planet in... -
Boeing to pay out $200m over charges that it misled investors about two fatal 737 MAX crashes
Sep 23, 2022Boeing is to pay out $200m (£177.5m) over charges that it misled investors about two fatal 737 MAX crashes. The US stock market regulator said the aviation giant and its former chief executive Dennis Muilenburg made...
