‘You’re The Kind Of Customer I’m Happy To Lose’, Says Amazon’s Bezos To Racist Customer

A customer of Amazon who was angry as he criticized the company’s support of the Black Lives Matter movement was given a befitting reply by the company’s CEO Jeff Bezos trough an e-mail. In an Instagram post late Sunday, Bezos described the customer’s email as “sickening” and added that the individual was just the kind…

Labels on state controlled media from Russian, China and others will be placed by Facebook

Facebook Inc said that it will start labeling media organizations that are that are state controlled by governments such as in Russia, China and other countries and will start blocking any advertisements from these media outlets that are targeted at users of the largest social media platform n eh United States later this year. According…

Astrazeneca Increases Potential Covid-19 Vaccine Production Capacity Two Folds To 2bn Doses

Following agreements with a number of entities, which includes two health organisations backed by Bill and Melinda Gates, pharma giant AstraZeneca has said that it has now managed to double its manufacturing capacity for its potential Covid-19 vaccine to 2 billion doses. The company had said last week that its capacity of manufacturing the vaccine…

France, Germany back efforts to create cloud computing ecosystem Gaia-X

In a significant development, France and Germany have thrown their weight behind plans to create a cloud computing ecosystem aimed at reducing Europe’s dependence on established tech giants including Google, Microsoft and Amazon. The project, dubbed Gaia-X, aims to establish common standards for storing and processing data on servers that are sited locally and comply…

Australian graphite explorer EcoGraf Ltd signs graphite supply agreement with Germany’s Thyssenkrupp AG

On Thursday, Australian graphite explorer EcoGraf Ltd stated, it has signed an agreement with German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp AG for the supply of graphite products that are used in making batteries. EcoGraf’s supply agreement is with Thyssenkrupp Materials Trading GmbH, a unit of Thyssenkrupp AG. In a statement EcoGraf said, Thyssenkrupp Materials Trading GmbH would…

Bell Canada and Telus Corp choose Nokia & Ericsson for 5G telecom equipment

In a development that marks a turning of the tide, two of Canada’s largest telecoms companies have opted to team up with Ericsson and Nokia Oyj to build their 5G telecoms networks and ditching Huawei Technologies for the project. Telus Corp and Bell Canada have eschewed Huawei. According to analysts, the development will help the…

Reserve Bank of Australia weighs options to use regulatory powers to reduce cost of e-payments

On Wednesday, Michele Bullock, the Assistant Governor of Australia’s central bank stated, the central bank is weighing its option of using its regulatory powers to slash the cost of electronic payments for merchants and consumers. The development comes in the wake of consumers becoming wary of using cash in these times of the coronavirus pandemic.…

WhatsApp, PayPal, Google & Tencent among investors in Gojek’s latest funding round

On Wednesday, WhatsApp, Facebook’s messaging platform, and PayPal Holdings Inc said, they have invested in ride-hailing, payment, and food delivery app operator Gojek, in the Indonesian firm’s latest funding round. Although WhatsApp and PayPal did not disclose the size of the investment nor their stakeholdings, according to a Gojek investor, WhatsApp’s investment was “meaningful”. In…