San Francisco: Half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees were laid off on Friday, an internal document showed, as new owner Elon Musk began a major revamp of the troubled company.

Kuwait: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced a strategic partnership with VO, the first Kuwait-based integrated youth platform for incubating young talents, aiming towards scaling the impact of youth initiatives developed and executed by the non-profit incubator.

DAYTON, US: In a US workshop echoing with the sound of steel girders clanging into each other, Zachary Williams is learning a trade.

NIAGARA FALLS: In the US border town of Niagara Falls, residents accustomed to the soothing roar of the famous waterfalls recently discovered a much less pleasant sound: the “haunting hum” of bitcoin mining farms.

LISBON: A lobbyist who leaked thousands of compromising documents on Uber detailed his efforts to bring change to one of the world’s leading companies at an annual tech summit in Lisbon.

KUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company (stc), a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers and enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced its financial results for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2022, highlighting the most significant achievements, financial and operational performance in addition to the social initiatives made by the company during the first nine months of 2022.

RIYADH: Saudi Aramco on Tuesday posted a 39-percent jump in third-quarter profits year-on-year boosted by higher oil prices resulting largely from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

BEIJING: The world’s largest iPhone factory in central China told staff Tuesday it would quadruple their bonuses if they remained at the plant after scores of workers fled a COVID outbreak at the facility.

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said the world needs to keep investing in oil production on Monday, just days before the COP27 climate summit aimed at curbing global warming.