Kevin Mayer, the high profile head of Disney’s streaming business, is set to join TikTok, the popular short-video app that has run into controversy in the United States because of concerns over national-security and privacy issues. Mayer will not only head the app but will also be appointed as the chief operating officer of ByteDance,…
A move to completely block the Chinese telecom company Huawei, blacklisted by the United States government, from chip supplies was initiated by the Trump administration which ignited fears of a Chinese retaliation and pulling down shares of chipmaking equipment makers of the US. The authority of the Trump administration to require licenses for sales to…
A significant drop in demand for its main client Apple and a forced closure of manufacturing at its main production unit in China because of the novel coronavirus outbreak resulted in the Taiwanese firm Foxconn reporting the lowest first quarter profit in at least two decades. In fact, its profits have all but but wiped…
Riders are now going to get a new experience of availing am Uber ride. Uver has made it mandatory from its drivers to take selfied in the app to verify they are wearing a mask or face covering, starting this Monday, before they pick up any passenger, the company has announced. Drivers will also need…
The hit from the coronavirus pandemic has put the German economy – the largest in Europe, into a technical recession. In the first quarter of 2020, there was a contraction 2.2 per cent in the German economy which was the worst since the global financial crisis of 2007-08. Experts had expected a contraction to be…
The largest cruise ship company of the world Carnival announced its plans for wide spread axing of jobs and pay cuts in its efforts to cut down on costs as its business is hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. After implementing the job and salary cuts, the company would be able to save “hundreds of…
Brazil’s oil producing giant Petrobras has warned of the likelihood of the changes in consumer demand and behavior because of the novel coronavirus pandemic to be permanent, even as the company took a 65.3 billion real ($11.2 billion) impairment on its exploration and production assets on Thursday. The company, which is formally known as Petroleo…
The first annual loss in its 48 year history was reported by Singapore Airlines on Thursday. the airline blamed the crippling of demand for air travel because of the novel coronavirus pandemic,. The national carrier of Singapore also said that internal task force to review its operations has been set up by it which will…
Amid the coronavirus pandemic chaos, semiconductor chip making firm Nvidia Corp announced the launch of a new chip which can be split up digitally to allow the running of more than one programs on just one physical chip. This was the first of its kind product from the company and is set to rival similar…
With lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by governments all across the world during most part of the first quarter imposed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic, there has been a drop of one fifth in the passenger travel through Dubai International Airport, one of the largest travel hubs of the world, during…
