According to a survey released on Monday, British employers expect to raise wages for their employees by the most in at least 11 years, but the 5% pay increases would still fall well short of expected inflation. The Chartered Institute… Read More ›
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UK Activists Demand Stricter Regulations For E-Cigarettes To Match Those For Tobacco
Health campaigners and councils have urged taxing vapes and displaying them in plain packaging behind the counter to decrease their appeal to children. Action on Smoking and Health (Ash) is urging Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, to impose an additional £4… Read More ›
Air India Places A Record Order With Airbus And Boeing For About 500 Aircraft
In an effort to reinvent itself under its new owners, Air India has signed a jumbo deal for about 500 new planes worth more than $100 billion at list prices. According to industry sources, this could be the airline’s single… Read More ›
As Part Of The Final Critical Step Before Orbital Launch,Starship Booster Successfully Tested By SpaceX
SpaceX tested 31 of the 33 engines in its Starship prototype’s towering rocket booster on Thursday, as the company prepares to launch the rocket into orbit for the first time. The “static fire” test is the final major hurdle before… Read More ›
15% Of Staff Axed By Zoom As Rejig In Post-Pandemic Environment
Zoom, a well-known provider of video conferencing services that saw a surge in remote work during the Covid pandemic, is dismissing 1,300 employees. About 15% of its staff will be impacted by the change, which comes as user growth and… Read More ›
Some Twitter Users Informed They Tweeted Over The Daily Tweet Cap As Twitter Outages
Following technical issues on Wednesday, some Twitter users were unable to post tweets. “You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets,” read the message sent to account holders. Just before 22:00 GMT, the glitch was reported by the outage-tracking… Read More ›
7,000 Jobs To Be Axed By Disney As The Company Conducts Major Restructuring, Says CEO
Disney will announce a significant restructuring in which it will eliminate 7,000 jobs and save $5.5 billion. Disney had previously stated that it intended to restructure into three segments while also laying off thousands of employees and reducing expenses. According… Read More ›
UN Report States North Korea’s Crypto Theft Set A New Record In 2022
According to a currently confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Monday, North Korea stole more cryptocurrency assets in 2022 than in any other year and targeted the networks of foreign aerospace and defense companies. “(North Korea) used increasingly… Read More ›
To Avoid A Repeat Of The COVID ‘Failure,’ The Draft WHO Pandemic Agreement Advocates For Equity
According to an early draft of a global pandemic agreement, governments may have to reserve drugs and vaccines for the World Health Organization to distribute in poorer countries to avoid a repeat of the “catastrophic failure” during the COVID-19 pandemic…. Read More ›
EU To Consult Whether Network Costs Should Be Paid By Big Tech: Reports
According reports quoting information from a document of the European Commission, the European Union (EU) plans to consult companies in the technology and telecoms sectors about whether tech behemoths such as Alphabet Inc’s Google, Meta, and Amazon.com Inc should be forced to subsidize network costs…. Read More ›