National / Crime & Legal Jun 18, 2021
Female worker being held hostage at internet cafe near Tokyo
The worker, who is believed to be unharmed, has been held hostage since Thursday afternoon at an establishment in Saitama.
Business / Corporate | FOCUS Jun 16, 2021
How Trump’s trade war built China’s first global fashion giant
Partly due to the trade war, Shein pays neither export taxes on most of its products nor U.S. import taxes, an advantage that tilts the playing field heavily against its rivals.
Business / Tech Jun 15, 2021
In El Salvador's Bitcoin beach town, digital divide slows uptake
by Nelson Renteria
The tropical surfing spot's basic infrastructure offers a glimpse of the potential pitfalls to popularizing Bitcoin nationally for payments and savings.
Business Jun 9, 2021
Fastly failure: Why a slew of major websites went offline
by Nate Lanxon and Jackie Davalos
The cascade of failures across the web turned a mere "service configuration” into a global outage that hit large companies and small users alike.
World Jun 8, 2021
High traffic websites including Reddit, Amazon, CNN, Paypal, Spotify and the New York Times were listed as experiencing problems by outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
World / Politics Jun 5, 2021
Facebook suspends Trump until 2023 and shifts rules for world leaders
The social media platform had suspended Trump's account the day after the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot, determining he had incited violence.
Asia Pacific Jun 5, 2021
Microsoft says error led to no matching Bing images for Tiananmen 'tank man'
Microsoft said the issue was "due to an accidental human error and we are actively working to resolve this."
Commentary / World Jun 3, 2021
Don’t let autocrats run the internet after COVID-19
by Lionel Laurent
Lukashenko’s government blocked much of the internet during protests last summer with the help of technology from U.S.-based Sandvine Inc.
National Jun 2, 2021
Ex-illegal manga site operator slapped with three-year prison sentence
The Manga-Mura website is believed to have caused the manga industry losses of over ¥300 billion.
Soccer May 27, 2021
Manchester United's Marcus Rashford receives barrage of racial abuse after loss in Europa final
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford said he was subjected to "at least 70 racial slurs" on social media following Wednesday's defeat against Villarreal in the Europa League final. United lost 11-10 in a shootout following a 1-1 draw after extra time in Gdansk, Poland. "At least ...
National May 26, 2021
In the survey, the first of its kind conducted by the ministry, students were asked about their lives under the coronavirus crisis.