News Around the Globe
By Manskar Disney’s stock price took off like the Mandalorian’s jetpack early Friday after the Mouse House laid out ambitious plans for its Disney+ streaming service. Shares in the Hollywood …
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By Vega Mastercard and Visa have dumped Pornhub following an expose that revealed the site was infested with videos of rape and child sex abuse. Mastercard confirmed “the presence of …
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By Manskar Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated $15 million to help US cities send their residents regular checks as they navigate the coronavirus pandemic. It’s the tech tycoon’s second …
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By Vega Apple isn’t the only one getting rid of the freebies that come along with its $1,000 phones – Samsung is cutting back as well. The South Korean tech …
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By Vega The ride-hail giant on Monday announced that it sold its Advanced Technologies Group to self-driving car startup Aurora for $4 billion, ridding itself of a source of major …
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By Neill About 150 General Motor Co. dealers are parting ways with Cadillac instead of investing in costly upgrades required to sell electric cars, according to FOX Business. GM recently gave …
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By Melanie Germany is restoring Jewish names that Nazis stripped from its phonetic alphabet more than 75 years ago. Adolf Hitler changed the alphabet in 1934, a year after he …
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By Carl A top Google scientist on ethical artificial intelligence says she was fired after criticizing the company’s diversity efforts, a claim the Alphabet Inc unit disputed on Thursday, in …
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By Lisa Jeff Bezos has been put on notice by 400 politicians worldwide who are demanding that Amazon clean up its act as a global corporate citizen. In a letter …
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By Jenne Discovery is launching a new streaming service, called discovery+, and has a US distribution deal with Verizon Communications that will make the service available to 50 million customers on day one, …
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By Vega Uber has officially gobbled up its $2.7 billion Postmates order. The tie-up, which had been on hold from its announcement in September until earlier this month as both …
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By Kosman Preet Bharara and his tech entrepreneur brother have been slapped with an explosive lawsuit that accuses them of stiffing a podcast producer out of more than $2 million. …
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By Steigrad Former Google boss Eric Schmidt has just plowed cash into a British-based venture capital fund. The 65-year-old tech billionaire, who is finalizing a plan to become a citizen …
Read MoreBy: Shubham A. Home Truth: A peek inside Livspace reveals a trail of commitments that have not been honoured, leaving several customers, vendors and ex-employees livid. Why is this home …
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By Vega Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is set to make its debut in early 2021. The digital token from the world’s largest social network could launch as early as January — …
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By Steigrad Universal Pictures’ release of “The Croods: A New Age” logged $2 million in ticket sales at its opening, a paltry sum by industry standards that nevertheless marked the …
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By Manskar Tesla is recalling more than 9,500 vehicles over concerns about parts of their roofs flying off and loose bolts messing with the driver’s ability to steer. The electric-car …
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By Vega Sony promised frustrated gamers that more units of its impossible-to-find PlayStation5 console will arrive at stores by year’s end. “We want to thank gamers everywhere for making the …
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By Ellie JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay $250 million for risk management and other control failings in its asset and wealth management business, a US regulator said Tuesday, in …
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By Fonrouge Facial recognition software isn’t just for humans anymore — new technology can also recognize bears, CNN reported. Melanie Clapham, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Victoria and …
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