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How Microsoft’s Twitter bot quickly became racist

It took only a few hours for Twitter users to turn Microsoft’s AI bot into a genocidal racist, the New York Times reports.

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Ackman’s fund cooperating with drug pricing probe

Billionaire investor William Ackman told investors that his hedge fund is cooperating with a pharmaceutical industry probe.

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Report: 1.5 million Verizon customers hacked

A security flaw in the Verizon Enterprise site permitted hackers to steal customer information.

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VIDEO: Developing medical tourism in Mauritius

In a bid to attract more visitors and investors, Mauritius has turned to medicine.

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El-Erian: Markets could fall 10% in coming months

A “range-bound” market could soon swing more dramatically in either direction, Mohamed El-Erian says.

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Fed has turned U.S. into ‘roach motel’: Peter Schiff

Euro Pacific Capital’s Peter Schiff explains why he thinks the Fed will need to cut rates once again.

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How Europe can defeat ISIS

European agencies are too fragmented to tackle terrorist threats, a former U.S. naval intelligence officer says.

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VIDEO: Insurance schemes for India’s farmers

Can a new government initiative give farmers in India the safety net they need?

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Don’t refund victims of online fraud, says Met chief

Victims of online fraud who have failed to protect themselves should not be compensated, U.K.’s most senior police officer has said.

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Serb leader guilty of genocide, jailed for 40 years

Radovan Karadzic sentenced to 40 years in jail by U.N. judges for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and of nine other war crimes charges.