US President Barack Obama has vowed that America will respond to Russian hacking undertaken during the country’s presidential campaign. Yet the public may never hear about it. During his presidency, Obama favoured a policy of deterrence when it came
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In a year when populist voters reshaped power and politics across Europe and the US, the world’s wealthiest people are ending 2016 with $237bn more than they had at the start. Triggered by
The second major hack of Yahoo user accounts is unlikely to derail Verizon Communications’ US$4,8bn acquisition of the tech giant, with investors and the public becoming inured to near-daily disclosures
The gaming year in 2016 was dominated by massive shooters and the eventual release of titles that have spent ages in development, including Final Fantasy XV, The Witness, The Last Guardian and Owlboy. It was the best year for
Bitcoin headed for its biggest weekly jump since June as rising geopolitical risks boosted demand for alternative assets. The cryptocurrency surged 15% this week to US$900,40 as of 2.38pm in Hong Kong, taking its gain this year
Ever since the former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong and handed hard drives filled with highly classified documents to the journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras, there has
When Paulina Sliwinska, a fund manager at Edinburgh-based Baillie Gifford & Co, made the trip to Silicon Valley looking for the next big thing in technology, she found it – not in a hot start-up run by a
Nokia has sued Apple, saying the iPhone maker infringed several mobile patents, turning simmering tension between the companies into a bitter public legal battle on multiple fronts. The Espoo, Finland-based
Billion-dollar juggernauts like Captain America: Civil War and Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice ruled the box-office this year. But amid the noise and spectacle, there were also some good films tailored to audiences