With parents choosing to stock up on toys to keep children busy through the Covi-19 pandemic related school closures, Barbie hit sale figures of $1.35bn last year which was the highest for the company since at least 2014. There was… Read More ›
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With Carmakers Struggling With Shortage, Auto Chip Production Ramped Up By TSMC
Amid a global shortage of chip, one of the market leaders of the industry the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) has said that it is “expediting” auto-related products through its wafer fabs while also reallocating wafer capacity. The worst… Read More ›
Tough Position Taken By China’s Diplomat In First Telephonic Call With New US Secretary Of State
The blame for pushing the bilateral relationship between the United States and China to its lowest point in decades was squarely put on Washington by China’s top diplomat in his first phone call with new United States Secretary of State… Read More ›
Covid-19 Spread Could Be Substantially Cut Down By Oxford Vaccine
Scientists say that there can be a “substantial” fall in the spread of the novel coronavirus from usage of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The future of the Cvoid-19 pandemic is critically dependent on the effect of the vaccines that have been… Read More ›
Ford Will Manufacture Electric Versions Of Its Mustang SUVs In China
United States based auto giant Ford will begin manufacturing of its iconic Mustang cars in China for the first time. With the company aiming to benefit from the booming electric vehicle (EV) market of China, Ford will start production of… Read More ›
Its Vaccine Will Still Protect Against Virus Variants, Says Moderna
United States based pharma company Moderna said that its Covids-19 vaccine that is already being used in a number of countries is effective against the new variants of the virus that have been detected in Britain and South Africa However… Read More ›
Alibaba’s Jack Ma Appears In Online Meet In His First Public Appearance In Three Months
Setting aside months of speculation of where Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma was after he was not seen on a public platform for months, the Chinese billionaire appeared on a public platform through a video meeting with 100 rural teachers… Read More ›
£600m Lawsuit Over Overcharging Customers To Be Filed Against BT
A law suit is slated to be filed against British telecom (BT) over charges that the telecom company did not adequately compensate its elderly customers even after overcharging them fpr their landlines for years. Those BT customers who only had… Read More ›
Facebook’s WhatsApp Delays Update Of Business Features After Privacy Backlash
Following a huge amount of concerns from millions of its users who feared that the messaging platform was loosening its user data privacy policies, the Facebook Inc. owned messaging app WhatsApp has decided to delay its planned and announced update… Read More ›
WhatsApp’s Separate User Data Privacy Policy For Europe And Other Countries Like India
The Facebook owned messaging app WhatsApp is applying double standards for implementation of its changes in data privacy policy and sharing of user data. The messaging app has confirmed that its policies on data-sharing remain unchanged for users in Europe… Read More ›