Tim Cook traveled to China last month.Li Xin/Xinhua via Getty ImagesApple has removed WhatsApp and Threads from its Chinese app store following a government order.WhatsApp has been blocked in China since 2017 and its parent company Meta since 2009.Other Western platforms like Gmail, YouTube, Snap, and Spotify have also been censored in China.Apple removed...

ShutterstockOil prices jump and stocks sink on reports of escalating Middle East tensions.Israel struck Iran early Friday morning, multiple agencies reported, citing US officials.Potential wider conflict in oil-rich Middle East could disrupt energy supplies.Oil prices jumped while stocks sold off after reports of an escalation in Middle East tensions.Israel...

Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships taking part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk in July 2023.Stringer/AFP via Getty ImagesRussia has been fortifying its Black Sea Fleet naval base, says the UK's defense ministry.The ministry added that the Black Sea Fleet has become less active after its commander was replaced.Russia's navy...

Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of Meta's latest generation of its Llama model on Thursday.STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty ImagesMeta launched the latest iteration of its chatbot, Llama 3, on Thursday.Mark Zuckerberg said the chatbot is "state-of-the-art" and has improved reasoning.However, no model, including Meta's, poses "existential risks," he...

Iranians are waving Iranian flags and a Palestinian flag while one of them is holding a portrait of Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) Quds Force, in celebration of Iran's IRGC UAV and missile attack against Israel, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 14, 2024.Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesExplosions...

Liz Humphreys and her family are going through reverse culture shock after returning to New York from Berlin.JF GrossenLiz Humphreys moved to Europe with her husband and raised her son in Berlin until he was 6.After moving back to New York, she was surprised by all of the rules surrounding kids.She has found that there are advantages to raising children...