Social media giant Facebook has launched its much-awaited smart glasses. The company has partnered with eyewear Ray-Ban to bring smart glasses. This is Facebook’s first smart glasses. The new smart glasses will be called Ray-Ban Stories. The glasses are available for USD 299. Ray-Ban Stories will be available for purchase online. The company is offering […]

Wells Fargo has been fined USD 250 million by a top US banking regulator. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has also placed new restrictions on the business of the bank after it failed to make any improvement in the oversight of its mortgage business. It was also founder that there were […]

There are many people whose craving can only be satisfied by the sweet, candy-filled ice cream served by McDonald’s. But most of the time people have witnessed very irritating situations as they are often told that McFlurry machines are out of order. After years of broken ice cream machines across the country, it has drawn […]

Ireland has imposed a fine of USD 267 million or 225 million euros on WhatsApp for breaching privacy rules. The privacy watchdog of Ireland said that users of WhatsApp had not enough information about how the company uses their data. Data Protection Commission of Irelands said that WhatsApp did not tell citizens of the European […]

Chip shortage seems to be far from over and the auto industry is apparently the worst affected. Several car manufacturers are short of their task and have no option but to halt production. General Motors too is facing a shortage and has now announced some drastic measures. In the face of renewed chip shortage, the […]

Google’s return-to-work date has been pushed back, CEO Sundar Pichai announced in a blog post that staff will not have to go to work before January 10, 2022, at least.  According to Pichai, “after January 10, we will allow countries as well as locations to make decisions about when to conclude voluntary work-from-home depending on […]

When the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, an Afghan female reporter claimed she was prevented from work at her Television channel and asked for support in a clip released on the internet. In a video posted to social media, Shabnam Dawran, a famous news presenter, declared that their lives are in peril while wearing a hijab and flashing her […]

Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s COO and President, claims that over 500,000 preorders of Starlink’s satellite internet service have been placed over the last nine months. Following several months of incremental Starlink internet distribution to potential users in New Zealand, the network will finally be made available. This is the next milestone in SpaceX’s gradual yet consistent progress toward […]

Fast food companies have made several changes over the past year and a half in order to adjust to the new environment. Ever since the coronavirus pandemic struck, these food giants have been doing everything to draw the attention of customers again. The latest one to make changes is Wendy’s. The company has been extremely […]

Troubled electric vehicle company Lordstown is looking to fix things with the help of new chief executive officer Daniel Ninivaggi. The EV startup has hired auto sector veteran Ninivaggi for the top post almost two months after Steve Burns resigned from the post of CEO. The company was founded by Burns in the year 2019. […]

In a bid to strengthen cybersecurity in the United States, several tech giants have joined hands and committed billions of dollars. Top executives of companies like Google and Microsoft are among those who recently met President Joe Biden at the White House. They discussed ways in which both government and private sector can work together […]

Major League Baseball or MLB has decided to end the 70-year-old relationship with trading card company Topps. The two companies were in partnership since 1952 and Topps had exclusive rights for producing trading cards. Memorabilia leviathan Fanatics has managed to become the new partner. According to people familiar with the development, Fanatics has got the […]

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. recently dismissed a manager charged with rape, attempting to minimize the damage following an employee’s description of her trauma became public on the internet, exposing “issues” within Alibaba’s workplace. The accuser has claimed that her boss came into her hotel room and raped her when she was inebriated after a night […]

In yet another incident of a data breach, hackers have stolen the personal information of tens of millions of former as well as prospective customers. The wireless carrier said that information that has been leaked include social security number along with driver’s information. The company said that it is investigating the data breach since the […]

DHL Express has become the first express service provider to order 12 all-electric cargo aircraft from startup Eviation. DHL plans to use these electric aircraft to start delivery in 2024. The company is working on building the world’s first electric air cargo network. The unit of German logistics group Deutsche Post is acquiring electric planes […]

Foot Locker is expanding its business by acquiring two smaller show store chains. The American footwear retailer would be investing around USD 1.1. billion in cash for the acquisition. The move will help the retailer to expand its business beyond malls. The company is already operating in around 28 countries and now shifting focus towards […]

Private aerospace company Blue Origin has suffered a setback. The company’s protest against a NASA contract has been squashed. The Government Accountability Office has denied Blue Origin’s challenge to the contract. Blue Origin had protested against NASA’s decision to award a contract to SpaceX. The contract was a part of the agencies’ Artemis program. NASA […]

Electric vehicle startup Rivian is focusing on expanding its footprint beyond the United States. According to reports, the EV manufacturer has been discussing with the British government for weeks about setting up its first international manufacturing plant near Bristol. The talks are still in mid-stage and nothing has been finalized yet. The company is reportedly […]

Scientists from UT Health San Antonio have been analyzing patients who have recovered from COVID19 and are dealing with lingering memory issues to find out why their memory issues persist for so long. They have been looking at the changes their brains go through after recovering from COVID19. They have been examining whether these brain […]

Days after his space trip, billionaire Jeff Bezos has put a USD 2 billion offer to get a contract of NASA’s Human Landing System program. Bezos said that his company Blue Origin will not charge anything for up to USD 2 billion from the US space agency in the current and next two government fiscal […]