Following Twitter and Facebook taking action against Chinese state-backed efforts aimed at discrediting the Hong Kong protests, YouTube has followed on their footsteps. Following Twitter and Facebook dismantling influence campaigns originating from mainland China aimed at disrupting the ongoing Hong Kong protests, Alphabet Inc’s Google also said, its YouTube video streaming service has disabled 210…
It is interesting to note that Tesla is not sourcing its batteries from China but has instead opted to import them from South Korea’s LG Chem to keep its Gigafactory in Shanghai running. On Friday, as per a Bloomberg report report citing sources familiar with the matter at hand, Tesla Inc has agreed to purchase…
Potential headwinds include getting the consent of Volkswagen’s controlling Piech and Porsche families to fund the purchase of the stake. Denying a media report, which stated Volkswagen’s CEO Herbert Diess as wanting to purchase a stake in Tesla, the German carmaker stated, it was not interested in doing so. “The speculation about buying a stake…
Robocalls have emerged as the single largest source of complaints to authorities. In a significant development, the attorneys general from 50 U.S. states as well as from the District of Columbia stated, they are joining forces with major U.S. telecommunications providers, including Comcast Corp, AT&T Inc, T-Mobile Us Inc, Verizon Communications Inc, and Sprint Corp…
ICO Rating has neither admitted nor denied the SEC’s charge that it had included paid-for ICO reviews between December 2017 and July 2018. In a significant development, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated, it has levied “a fine and has settled charges against a Russia-based ratings firm for failure to disclose payments it…
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state, is a leading destination for Tesla’s Gigafactory in the EU. According to a report from German news daily Rheinische Post citing sources familiar with the matter at hand, U.S. electric carmaker Tesla is scouting for a location for a factory in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). According…
Ride-hailing firm Grab plans on investing “several hundred million dollars” in Vietnam since it sees the country as its next growth market. Grab unveilled the plan just weeks after it disclosed a $2 billion investment plan for Indonesia. The proposed investment plan marks Vietnam as one of Asia’s fastest growing economy and underscores Grab’s eagerness…
It is more than once that the idea of purchasing Greenland had been floated by United States president Donald Trump. And in response, Trump’s idea has been called as “absurd” by the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. The issue has however created a unique diplomatic tension between the two countries. But the growing geopolitical importance…
Amazon.com is increasing its footprint in physical retail business in India. According to a regulatory filing late on Thursday by Future Retail, a minority stake of 3.58 per cent in the company is set to be taken up by Amazon. Future Retail owns and operates over 1,500 retail stores in India and is the owner…
There is increasing concern among French wine-makers about the threats by United States president Donald Trump of imposing import tariffs on French wine in retaliation to the tax on global technology giants imposed recently by the French government of Emmanuel Macron. In case such a tariff is indeed imposed by Trump, it could adversely impact…
Those companies that are focused value creation are the preferred choice as partners in business for modern corporations, claimed Salesforce’s Keith Block in an interview to a television channel. That is the reason that Salesforce decided to be part a group of about 200 other companies and businesses that have recently taken pledge to shift…
Failed negotiation between Sony Pictures and Disney has resulted in the exit of the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The discussions between the two studios were being held for the renewal of the deal that would have enabled the web slinger to continue to appear in the money-minting MCU, according to…
