The popularity of Chinese dramas is exploding, creating a multibillion-dollar industry. Global viewers find themselves attracted to these "universal" stories and appreciate their glimpse at Chinese cu...
Garry Tan is a top seed investor. Courtesy Y Combinator founders seized the AI boom in 2025, with increasingly younger teams securing millions in seed funding. Founders launched companies ranging from...
Image and video capabilities could be crucial in 2026. Getty Images Google Gemini announced it was partnering with Walmart to offer AI-powered shopping recommendations. Gemini will use Walmart and Sam...
Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday vetoed a law dramatically reducing the prison sentence of former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last year of coup plottin...
CES 2026 is nearly here, kicking off officially on January 6th and running through January 9th, 2026. Every year, this is the show where all the latest hardware and tech goodies for the coming year ar...
Simon Beck works alone, using a compass and a pair of snowshoes to create intricate patterns as large as three soccer fields....
After a New Year's Day filled with heavy rain and flash flooding, more rain is heading to drenched California....
Flu activity is increasing across the U.S. amid holiday travel and gatherings, according to the latest data from the CDC....
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X's Grok chatbot hasn't stopped accepting users' requests to strip down women and, in some cases, apparent minors to AI-generated bikinis. According to some reports, the flood of AI-generated images i...
Several viral videos claim to show people in Venezuela allegedly celebrating or protesting after Maduro's arrest. The DW fact check team explains why these recordings are misleading or even fake....
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At what point does smoking pot get dangerous? A British study measured cannabis consumption in THC units and determined which amounts increase health risks. The system comes with clear risk thresholds...
We had barely entered the new year when Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured in a brazen raid on the orders of US President Donald Trump. In the early hours of...
Tim Cook made slightly less in 2025 than he did in 2024. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook earned $74.3 million in total compensation for fiscal year 2025. The tech gi...
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Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, but some of the people there earn less than $4 a month....
How an onchain investigator linked a Coinbase impersonation scam to $2 million in losses and why social engineering remains the real risk....
Southeast Asia has become “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims billions of US dollars each year. Scam operations are run by Chinese crime syndica...
Multiple attacks targeted military, transport and communication sites in Caracas and Venezuela’s north...