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South Africa's Supreme Court has rejected ex-President Jacob Zuma's request to review his prison sentence. Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for refusing to testify in a corruption investigation. Former South African…

Facebook knows how harmful Instagram is to young people, especially teenage girls. The platform causes low self-esteem, suicidal tendencies and eating disorders. Facebook kept that quiet. Internal documents that the Wall Street…

Human rights must be safeguarded when using artificial intelligence (AI), said United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. She calls the use and dangers of AI a 'growing problem'. Artificial intelligence…

Tech company Apple calls on all users of the more than 1.6 billion Apple products to perform a software update immediately. This was after a security vulnerability was discovered in the Messages app. Security researchers had…

Jim Lanzone, until recently CEO of Tinder, will be the new CEO of Yahoo. In addition, a woman heads the dating app itself for the first time with Renate Nyborg. Lanzone has only been head of Tinder since July 2020 but undoes that…

Automaker Toyota has again adjusted its production plans. The Japanese company will build 400,000 fewer cars than it had planned after an earlier adjustment in September and October. Toyota cites parts shortages due to the revival…

Protests are no longer allowed by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The Afghan interior ministry said last week's protests had disrupted public order. People were also allegedly attacked. Last week included anti-Pakistan protests and…

Additional security measures have been taken in the French capital, Paris, in the run-up to the trial of the suspects in the November 2015 terrorist attacks in the city. More than a thousand police officers are being deployed to maintain…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Taliban promised Afghans with appropriate papers to leave the country. The Muslim extremists are said to have made that promise several times. Since the Taliban took Kabul, countries,…

European banks have not reduced their presence in tax havens. Not even after several dubious practices came to light that multinationals use to evade taxes, a study published Monday found. The Dutch banks Rabobank, ABN AMRO and ING were…