While Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors Inc., was never known to be shy of making a bold prediction, this time he seemed to stun many. In his attest of predictions Musk believes that that most cars won’t have drivers in three years and people will arrive on Mars by 2025. The colonization…
As the German carmaker Volkswagen pushes for a strategic shift in the wake of its emissions scandal, one of its top executive said that the scandal hit company is looking at on-demand mobility services such as smartphone ride hailing to earn a “notable share” of future revenues. A deal of cooperation was signed on Wednesday…
A 5000 year old beer recipe uncovered in China shows that people there were importing a critical ingredient from thousands of miles away which has made the finding “surprising” according to researchers. Jugs, pots and funnels — containing remnants of mashed grains and other starches – all parts of cache of ancient brewing equipment were…
Owners of Model 3 sedan of Tesla Motors Inc. would most likely be charged for using the network of Supercharging stations of the company. At present this service comes free to the owners of current models of the company, said Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk. “Free Supercharging fundamentally has a cost,” Musk, 44, said on…
No what you looks are and what others think of your looks, you CAN be smart and good-looking. That would be the message that one would receive when one stands in from of a mirror that Microsoft has turned up with. Called Microsoft’s Magic Mirror looks just as any other regular mirror about with special…
Chief executive of Troubled commodities trading firm Noble Group, Yusuf Alireza had quit for “family reasons,” the company has said. The stock of the company went down more than 3 percent in early trade soon after the announcement. With Jeff Frase, a former JPMorgan banker who joined Noble as president of its Americas business in November,…
Both the US IT giants Facebook and Microsoft have decided to go underwater. To help speed up their global internet services, the two technology companies recently made the announcement that they are going to install an undersea cable from the east coast of the US to Spain. Facebook, which wants to encourage users across the world…
The call by 150 health experts to postpone or move the Olympics from Rio de Janeiro because of the Zika epidemic has put Brazil under pressure even as the country is coping with the hit of recession and political turmoil. The current plans for the Games needed to be revised “in the name of public…
As India’s Tata Group seeks to cash in on rising purchasing power in a market dominated by deep-pocketed international retailers and startups backed by global tech investors, the biggest industrial conglomerate of India launched an e-commerce venture on Friday. With the aim of making its website a marketplace for in-house and partner companies to sell…
In a move that could seem strange to many, the iconic 122-year-old candy giant Hershey Co. whose annual revenue swelled to more than $7 billion selling chocolate with peanut butter, chocolate with almonds, and just plain chocolate, is now putting a lot of its fortunes at stake on a snack that’s not chocolate. Hershey saw…
