Logitech facing delays in getting products to Europe due to Red Sea crisis

ZURICH (Reuters) - Logitech International is facing 30-day delays in getting its products from its factories in Asia to Europe due to the Red Sea crisis, the computer peripheral maker's CEO said on Tuesday. The maker of computer keyboards, mice, speakers and webcams is the latest company to warn of the impact of attacks by Houthi...

Bitcoin down 20% from post-ETF highs

LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin has fallen over one fifth since its peak earlier this month, hit after the United States approved its first spot bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF), as investors who had bought in expectation of the approval sold after the confirmation. The world's largest crypto currency was last at $38,900, down 20.6% from around...

Microsoft’s Bing, Edge to be exempt from Europe’s DMA – Bloomberg News

(Reuters) - Microsoft's search engine Bing, brower Edge and advertising services are likely to be out of the purview of Europe's Digital Markets Act (DMA), Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. European watchdogs concluded that the products are not dominant enough to be regulated as part of a five-month-long investigation into...

US defense secretary make first public appearance, virtually, since hospitalization

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made his first public appearance, virtually and from home since his secret hospitalization, during a meeting on Ukraine's military needs on Tuesday. Austin, 70, was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on Dec. 22 to treat prostate cancer. He returned to the hospital on...

North Korea tears down monument symbolizing union with the South – report

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has demolished a major monument in its capital that symbolized the goal of reconciliation with South Korea on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un, who last week called the rival a "primary foe" and said unification was no longer possible. Satellite imagery of Pyongyang on Tuesday showed that the monument,...

Taiwan has chosen its new president. What’s at stake and how might China respond?

(CNN) - Taiwanese voters have chosen a new leader in elections held under the shadow of an increasingly assertive China that has spent the past eight years ramping up its threats toward the self-ruled island. The winner - Lai Ching-te - is Taiwan’s current vice president and openly loathed by Beijing. The world was watching to see not only...

Mac computers could ride AI wave or be left behind

SAN FRANCISCO: Forty years after igniting a PC revolution, Apple’s Mac is stronger than ever and could reach new glory due to AI computing – or be left behind. Apple launched the Macintosh in 1984 with a history-making television ad pitching the machine as an anti-establishment blow against a dystopian future. The computer, referred to simply as a...

Bolivian toymaker restores limbs, dignity with 3D-printing

As a kid growing up in poverty in rural Bolivia, Roly Mamani built his own toys. Now a 34-year-old engineer, he 3D prints limbs for Indigenous compatriots scarred by life-changing accidents. Mamani funds the endeavour with the money he makes from selling robotic toys he makes – his other passion, which, after building his first remote-controlled...

FinCEN’s crypto mixing reporting for banks poses ‘disruptive’ risks, lawyers say

In an op-ed on Bloomberg Law, Steven Merriman and Jim Vivenzio of Perkins Coie raised concerns over FinCEN’s latest move to crack down on crypto mixers. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is pushing for financial institutions to impose new compliance measures in its latest reporting plan, focusing on crypto transactions involving” convertible virtual currency (CVC) mixing.” According to...