A very recent and wide-ranging study in Britain has revealed how the technology is helping smokers to give up harmful tobacco even as the United States cracks down on rules governing e-cigarettes. In the United States, the sales of e-cigarettes, cigars as well as pipe and hookah tobacco will now also be governed by the…
The move is aimed at reducing the churn of customers. In a strategic development aimed at boosting consumer loyalty and its broadband business, Comcast Corp has launched a new cloud-based service that its users to monitor and control their Wi-Fi usage. Called XFi, the service is a boon to parent since it allows them to…
As you might expect, prompted by the success in the U.S. elections, the same players tried the same tactics in France. Computer security researchers have come to the conclusion that far-right activists from the United States, armed with automated bots, along with WikiLeaks, have helped amplify the leak of hacked emails belonging to the French…
Noting a key milestone for a country seeking a place in the global aviation market, the first large Chinese-made passenger jet has taken off on its maiden flight. At the Pudong international airport in the commercial hub Shanghai as a crowd of thousands cheered, the C919 single-aisle jet, which can hold up to 168 passengers,…
High-profile physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that humans need to colonize another planet within 100 years or face the threat of extinction. A press release from earlier this week said that the professor will “present his predictions that the human race only has 100 years before we need to colonize another planet” in a new…
This is a significant achievement for China since it wants to put to use Syngenta’s top tier Chemicals and patent-protected seeds to improve its agricultural output. In a significant development, ChemChina has managed to win enough support from Syngenta’s shareholders to approve its $43 billion takeover bid. With this strategic move, China has secured a…
This is welcome news for Britain: despite Brexit it is continuing to be the recipient of funds to create new technologies. Amazon plans on opening a new centre in Cambridge wherein it plans on deploying scientists and technicians to develop its future technologies, including ones for Alexa, its digital assistant that it currently uses in…
With the already announced aim of providing high-speed internet to Earth, Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to start launching satellites into orbit in 2019. In a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filing in November, the company outlined plans to put 4,425 satellites into space. But very little detail was available about the planned timeline in the document. However,…
Shaking off “fake news” controversy and posting revenue that topped estimates, Facebook smashed analysts’ earnings estimates in the first quarter of the year. Even as ad revenue popped 51 percent from a year ago, the company added 80 million monthly users in the first few months of the year. But as investors digested a new format for…
It is likely to be the first U.S. company to receive the anti-corruption compliance certificate from the world certification body Wal-Mart is considering getting certified under a new international program that is designed to help companies defend themselves against stray cases of poor business practices or corruption. Wal-Mart aims to be the first U.S. company…
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