Image Source: Bloomberg Some controversial parts of the Online Safety Bill have been amended or outrightly removed. These parts would have forced big tech companies to remove legal but harmful content. People who didn’t like that part of the bill said it was bad for free speech. Michelle Donelan, who is in charge of culture, …
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Image Source: Bloomberg Automaker Rolls-Royce is testing a small jet engine for an airplane in a windy part of a military base on Salisbury Plain. These tests could one day lead to significant changes in the aviation industry. Almost everything about the engine itself is standard. It is a Rolls-Royce AE-2100A gas turbine, a type …
Image Source: Bloomberg Due to its inability to get enough computer chips for new cars, Jaguar Land Rover suspends production at its Solihull and Halewood factories until spring. Because of what happened, the company will make fewer Jaguar F-Pace and Land Rover Discovery Sport cars. The Guardian was the first to say that the move …
Image Source: Credits Strategy British homes could experience power cuts for up to three hours if gas supplies go critically low this winter, National Grid has warned. Despite claiming it was an “unlikely” situation, the business cautioned that supply disruptions would be possible if the energy crisis worsened. Customers would be informed in advance if …
Image Source: Suffolk Edu Former executives of the company that operated the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It paid forcefully 13 trillion yen (£80 billion) for failing to stop a catastrophe. Shareholders filed a lawsuit against the executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco). Because of the meltdown in 2011 that was brought on …
Image Source: Bloomberg After Elon Musk lifted the suspension of the Twitter account of Donald Trump, it is surprising that he has yet to return on the platform. You might have thought that the former president would jump at the chance to come back. But so far, he hasn’t taken him up on that offer. …
Image Source: Bloomberg Lego the biggest toy company in the world has stopped doing business in Russia. The company has pulled out all of its asset after Russia invaded the neighboring Ukraine. Despite not giving a specific explanation for the withdrawal. The company did state that there had been “disruption” in trying to run its …
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Image Source: Bloomberg Videos circulating online show that there have been protests at the biggest iPhone factory in the world, which is in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. On videos, hundreds of workers marched, as people in hazmat suits and riot police accosted them. People who watched the protests on live streams said that police …
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Image Source: Koshi Online The Japan government requests to the residents of Tokyo and the surrounding areas use less electricity on Monday. This is only because the country is experiencing a heatwave, and supplies were not sufficient. According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, power demand is to be “severe” this afternoon local …
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Image Source:Bloomberg Kanye West has declared his intention to run for the office of the president of the United States in 2024. Even though his recent actions have led to several scandals. Kanye West, whose legal name is now Ye, posted a video of his campaign logo with the words “Ye 24” next to it …
Image Source: Forbes For failing to safeguard children’s privacy when they use the app, TikTok could be hit with a £27 million fine by the UK authorities. The video-sharing website may have processed under-13s’ personal data without getting their parents’ permission, according to the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The watchdog stated that the violation …
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Image Source: People The new CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk, said that ex-president, Donald Trump is back on Twitter because a poll showed that most Twitter users wanted him back. “The people have spoken,” Mr. Musk wrote on Twitter. He said that 51.8% of the more than 15 million people who use Twitter voted to …
Image Source: Vox On Twitter today, everyone is saying goodbye. There are a lot of people using the hashtag “RIPTwitter,” and a lot of Twitter users are rushing to save their information. They also tell you where to find them elsewhere (consumer champion Martin Lewis, who has two million Twitter followers, has set himself up …
Image Source: Bloomberg People who had lost their jobs posting on LinkedIn was the first sign that Amazon was cutting jobs. People working at tech companies like Twitter, Meta, Coinbase, and Snap have said they are looking for new jobs. Layoffs.fyi, a website that keeps track of job cuts in tech says that more than …
Image Source: Taste of Country Tickets to see Taylor Swift in concert sold out so quickly on Ticketmaster that most people still need to buy them. Thursday, Ticketmaster, the company selling tickets to the singer’s US tour, stopped selling them to the public. It said that the demand for tickets was very high and that …
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Image Source: Bloomberg Because they didn’t like the strict coronavirus rules, large groups of people in Guangzhou, an industrial city in southern China, broke out of a mandatory lockdown and fought with the police. As shown in a dramatic video, some people flipped over a police car and broke down COVID control barriers. Riot squads …
Image Source: Mashable Soon, you’ll be able to watch even the shortest YouTube shorts videos on the biggest screen in the house, thanks to a player made just for HDTVs. When YouTube Shorts came out for the first time in the fall of 2020, they were made and set up so that creators and viewers …
Ecuadorian actor and publicist Jacobo Cepeda is saying farewell to politics in order to be closer to Hollywood, as he intends to become a full-time actor in the United States. Acting has always been one of his greatest passions in life and he believes that there is still an opportunity waiting for him to showcase …
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Image Source: Global Times Apple told customers to expect delays in getting its products because the world’s largest iPhone factory had to close because of a strict COVID lockdown. The tech giant said that its assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China, is working at a much lower level. On November 2, officials locked down the neighborhood …
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Image Source: Bloomberg Twitter employees have started posting online that they think they have lost their jobs before the company makes an official announcement later on Friday. The big social media company will let its employees know if they still have jobs after Elon Musk takes over. People leaving are tweeting with the hashtag #LoveWhereYouWorked …
Image Source: Vox Even though prices are rising and borrowing costs are rising, the economy is still adding new jobs at a steady, slow pace. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers added 261,000 jobs in October. But the unemployment rate increased slightly to 3.7%. The news comes as voters worry most about …
Image Source: The Hills Times President Joe Biden and his Republican opposition have traded accusations about how his administration has handled the economy. With inflation going up and stock markets going down for most of this year, Republicans have been talking about Joe Biden’s recession. Mr. Biden has argued that there has been good job …
Image Source: Space SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket, a tall, three-legged vehicle that is the world’s most powerful working rocket, took to the skies again for the first time since 2019. At 9:41 a.m. ET, the rocket took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It carried satellites for the US military into space on …
Image Source: Bloomberg After a COVID outbreak caused a lockdown at the workplace, workers have escaped Apple’s largest production plant in China. A video shows people leaping a barrier outside the Foxconn manufacturing facility in Zhengzhou, located in the heart of China. President Xi Jinping’s strict zero-COVID policy is still a problem for the Chinese …
Image Source: NPR At least 149 people died in Seoul in a disaster on Saturday night when a large crowd celebrating Halloween poured into an alley in the South Korean capital’s nightlife district, according to emergency authorities. According to Choi Sung-beom, commander of the Yongsan Fire Station, the melee in Itaewon area of Seoul hurt …
Image Source: PC Mag TikTok has told its users that some of its employees in China have access to users’ data in the United Kingdom and EU. The social media giant said its “privacy policy” was “based on a proven need to do their job.” Authorities like the UK and the US are looking into …
Image Source: Fox Business Elon Musk has cemented his influence over the social media site by dissolving Twitter’s board of directors. After purchasing the business this week, the multi-billionaire will serve as its CEO, ending months of negotiations over the $44 billion (£38.3 billion) transaction. He has worked swiftly to leave his stamp on the …
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Image Source: LA Times With the statement that it “does not allow antisemitism and any other type of hate speech.” The clothing company Adidas has severed its relationship with musician Ye, also known as Kanye West. Adidas reevaluated its partnership with the Yeezy line when Kanye unveiled a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt design. A few …
Image Source: Country Now Leslie Jordan was an Emmy-winning actor, writer, and vocalist. He has passed away. He was 67. Additionally, he won an Emmy for his work on “Will & Grace,” “American Horror Story,” and “Hearts Afire.” Jordan struck the side of a building at Cahuenga Boulevard and Romaine Street while driving in Hollywood …
Image Source: Bloomberg The sharp slowdown in sales at technology behemoths Microsoft and Google has raised concerns about an impending economic downturn. In the quarter that ended in September, sales rose just 6% to $69 billion, according to Alphabet, the firm that controls Google. Outside of the pandemic’s start, it constituted the US company’s worst …
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Image Source: Bloomberg With Xi Jinping’s historic third five-year term officially confirmed, the China Communist Party conference ended on Sunday. His new second-in-command, Li Qiang, was likewise the center of attention. He will oversee the second-largest economy in the world. And he is currently on track to succeed Mr. Xi as Premier. A batch of …
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Image Source: Research Leap TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have refuted the claims that it intended to utilize the app to monitor Americans. The Internal Audit and Risk Control division of ByteDance intended to get TikTok’s data, according to a Forbes article published on Thursday. Concerning the whereabouts of a U.S. citizen who …
Image Source: NBC News On Thursday, Kevin Spacey triumphed as a New York jury declared him not guilty of abuse. For allegedly picking up actor Anthony Rapp and momentarily lying on top of him in a bed after a party in 1986. After an hour of deliberation, the jury decided that Rapp had failed to …
Studies show that the human brain is naturally wired to have prejudice. And although this is generally regarded as a negative trait, it was inevitable during ancient times when it was necessary to live in groups for survival, and outsiders should be treated with caution as they may pose threats. However, in recent years, biases …
Image Source: Global Village Space Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has decided to purchase Parler, a self-described “uncancellable” social networking platform. Following the star’s posting of anti-Semitic remarks, his Twitter and Instagram accounts were closed last week. A “free speech” alternative to popular platforms, US conservatives primarily use Parler. George Farmer, the chief executive, …
Image Source: The Epoch Times Investor stress and selling have increased due to the recent UK financial crisis. There are concerns that the turbulence in the UK could trigger a more significant financial crisis due to the sell-offs, which coincide with high inflation, rising interest rates, and the war in Ukraine. Numerous analysts have stated …
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Image Source: Bloomberg As even the last few nations holding onto COVID restrictions embrace a return to travel, borders are opening, and quarantine procedures are being lifted throughout Asia, except for China, that is. Several nations in the region have reopened their borders in recent months after nearly three years of travel bans devastated their …
Image Source: ISS Africa With the stern warning that “the worst is yet to come, and for many people, 2023 will feel like a recession,” the IMF once again lowered its prediction for the world economy. According to the agency’s report released on Tuesday, there is a 25% chance that the world’s growth will dip …
Image Source: Forbes After Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that Taiwan should become a special administrative region of China, Beijing and Taipei have issued statements in response. In a Financial Times interview, the wealthiest man in the world expressed his optimism that the two countries could come to a “fairly agreeable” agreement. While the Taiwanese …
Image Source: News in Germany One of the three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics is Ben Bernanke, who oversaw the US central bank throughout the 2008 financial crisis. According to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the trio is being honored for research that has altered how we perceive financial crises. The …
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We asked Professional Hair Restoration Surgeon, Dr. Jason Champagne, M.D., about some of the most frequently asked questions on hair transplants, the procedures, and useful home remedies that anyone can do. Is a hair transplant the best option for someone experiencing severe male or female pattern baldness or hair loss? The best candidates for hair …
Image Source: CNN Hong Kong claims it would give away 500,000 airline tickets worth HK$2bn ($254.8m; £224.3m) to resuscitate its COVID-damaged tourism business. Recently, the city loosened several of its coronavirus laws. However, restoring major airlines’ flight schedules to pre-pandemic levels is a challenge. British airline Virgin Atlantic announced on Wednesday that it would cease …
Image Source: Indian Express Just weeks after the far-western region started loosening restrictions from a severely extended lockdown; China has prevented residents from leaving Xinjiang due to a Covid-19 epidemic, stoking public discontent among those who have been affected by shortages and declining salaries. There were 38 new asymptomatic Covid cases recorded on Tuesday in …
Image Source: The Siasat Daily Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, issued a Twitter poll with his ideas for bringing the ongoing Ukraine war to an end, to which President Volodymyr Zelensky responded by criticizing Musk. Voting options presented to Mr. Musk’s 107.7 million followers included giving Russia land. As a retort, Mr. Zelensky published …
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Image Source: Evening Standard The UK government has scrapped the proposed tax cuts and plans to remove the 45p income tax rate for those with higher incomes. The measures, which had only been proposed ten days prior, had been “a significant distraction on what was a great package,” according to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, who spoke …
Image Source: NBC News On Thursday, Kevin Spacey returned to a different courtroom as jury selection gets underway in a civil case brought against him by actor Anthony Rapp. In 2020, Rapp, who is best known for his part in “Star Trek: Discovery,” sued Spacey for battery, assault, and intentionally causing emotional distress. Rapp first …
Image Source: Physics Today The study of quantum mechanics, the discipline that characterizes nature at the tiniest scales, is honored by this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Alain Aspect of France, John Clauser of America, and Anton Zeilinger of Austria each get the honor. Their efforts ought to pave the way for a new wave …
Image Source: Indian Express The Supreme leader of Iran has all the blame for the nationwide protests that have erupted on the US and Israel after a lady died in police custody. In his first public remarks on the disturbance, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated that the “riots” had been “manufactured” by Iran’s opponents and supporters. …
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Image Source: Daily Express Hubble telescope is being examined by NASA and SpaceX to ascertain the viability of operating a private astronaut mission and to prolong the life of the telescope. One of the most crucial scientific equipment ever created, the orbital observatory, is progressively descending. If nothing is done to re-boost the telescope, it …
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Image Source: Gas Strategies A fourth leak in Nord Stream a significant undersea pipeline supplying Russian natural gas to the EU has been identified, this time in Sweden. Sweden and Denmark first reported gas leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines this week. The mishaps, according to NATO, were caused by sabotage that …
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