The trend of working from home that came into prominence during the Covid-19 pandemic is here to stay, said the chief of Zoom Eric Yuan. The company that offers video conferencing services grew at an unprecedented rate during the pandemic with people working from home and therefore required a medium to hold virtual meetings. Sales…
A case was filed against the largest online retailer of the world Amazon.com Inc by a manager of the company over discrimination. In the litigation, the manager has alleged that the company hires Black people for lower positions while also promoting them more slowly compared to white workers. The manager also alleged that she was…
On Tuesday, in a statement Boeing Co and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) said, they had completed the first flight test on a pilotless fighter jet, designed to operate in conjunction with crewed aircraft. The fighter jet, dubbed as the “Loyal Wingman”, is the first military aircraft to be designed and manufactured in Australia…
In a statement cybersecurity startup Axonius said, it has raised $100 million through a private funding round which was led by New York-based growth equity firm Stripes; the funding round valued the startup at $1.2 billion. The funding round, which came less than a year after Axonius’ last raise saw the startup’s total funding touch…
Citigroup Inc was forced to revise its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2020 as the company said that it had recorded an additional $390 million in operating expenses during the quarter following a ruling by a federal judge in the United States which barred the banking company from recouping any money from the amount…
A national digital payment network in India is set to be formed in a partnership between India’s largest conglomerate Reliance Industries and tech companies Facebook Inc, Google and fintech firm Infibeam, according to reports. An invitation to private companies to form new umbrella entities (NUEs) for creating a payments network was given by the…
On Friday Toyota Motor Corp said, it has developed a packaged fuel cell system module that cuts carbon footprint midst the industry’s tilt towards electric vehicles (EVs). Toyota Motor, which launched a revamped version of the Mirai in December has not been successful in winning drivers over to fuel cell vehicles (FCV). The FCV segment…
According to a document filed in the U.S. District Court in Illinois, China’s ByteDance has agreed to settle a $92 million class-action lawsuit from U.S. TikTok users who had alleged data privacy concerns. ByteDance, TikToko’s owner, has agreed to the settlement after more than a year of litigation. “While we disagree with the assertions, rather…
On Friday, in a statement French industrial gas giant Air Liquide said, it has entered into a collaboration with Japan’s Itochu Corp, a trading house, to further develop the hydrogen mobility markets in Japan. Initially, both companies will focus on the development of hydrogen retail infrastructure in Japan for both commercial and for passenger vehicles,…
In a statement Fisker Inc’s chairman and CEO Henrik Fisker said, the electric vehicle startup is weighing options to set up a battery cell manufacturing facility with a major supplier in either Europe or the United States. The move is aimed at securing components in its supply chain. Earlier Fisker had struggled with the recall…
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