France’s Macron says no political motive behind Telegram CEO’s arrest

A police spokesman said Pavel Durov is under investigation for failing to cooperate over cyber and financial crimes on the messaging app and social media.

Russian consumer electronics retailer M.Video-Eldorado said on Monday that its gross merchandise value (GMV), a measure of transaction volumes, rose 13% in the first half of 2024 from a year earlier to 247 billion roubles ($2.7 billion).

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is still in custody in France and is being investigated by the national cyber crime unit and the national fraud office, a French police spokesman said on Monday.

Canada, following the lead of the United States, on Monday said it would impose a 100% tariff on the import of Chinese electric vehicles and also announced a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum from China.

China is trying to race ahead in humanoid robot development with cheaper and more innovative parts. Some executives say the industry has yet to improve product reliability.

Private equity firms Summit Partners and Vista Equity Partners are exploring a potential sale of Trintech that could value the financial software provider at about $2 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

ChatGPT developer OpenAI is supporting a California bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content, which can range from harmless memes to deepfakes aimed at spreading misinformation about political candidates.

Canada is set to impose new tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, aluminum and steel, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

An Asian industry group that includes Google , Meta and X urged Malaysia in an open letter to pause a plan that will require social media services to apply for a license, citing a lack of clarity over the proposed regulations.

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history this week with the first privately managed spacewalk, a risky endeavour previously undertaken only by government astronauts .

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