The deep slump in demand for air travel because of the novel coronavirus pandemic globally has forced German airline Lufthansa to say that it will be slashing 22,000 jobs. While expecting the very slow recovery in demand for air travel, the German anticipates that it will be left with about 100 fewer aircraft after the…
Allegations against the video conferencing company Zoom had temporarily shut down the account of a United States based group that supports human rights in China after the group had organized an event on the platform to remember the Tiananmen Square massacre of China. The group described the incident of blocking their account as outrageous. The…
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill which aims to provide more than $22.8 billion in aid to U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturers. The development comes at a time when the Trump Administration is making efforts to spurr the construction of chip factories in the United States. Chip factories come with a hefty price…
A new study has suggested that the novel coronavirus pandemic could have hit the Chinese city of Wuhan as early as in late summer of 2019. This was the conclusion of the study that was conducted by Harvard and Boston University and was based on an analysis of satellite imagery and search engine trends. The…
In a significant development, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to a proposal which sets a record $225 million in fine against Texas-based health insurance telemarketers for allegedly making around 1 billion illegal robocalls. The FCC’s orders named John C. Spiller II, and Jakob Mears, who used businesses, including Rising Eagle and JSquared Telecom…
According to a report from The Times, the contact tracing app of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) is scheduled for launch for the next tranche of easing lockdown restrictions at the start of July. Late last month, Britain had said it was dealing with technical issues related to the app, which was seen as a…
Alphabet’s Inc’s Google Inc stated, it is adding features to its Maps app which will alert users about COVID-19-related travel restrictions to help better plan their trips. The Google Map update also allows users to check how crowded a train station is likely to be at a particular time, or whether buses running on a…
In a letter to the U.S. Congress, International Business Machines Corp’s new Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said, it will no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software; IBM is also calling for efforts to pursue justice and racial equity. IBM will stop offering facial recognition software and opposes any use of the technology for…
Late on Monday, the U.S. unit of China Telecom Corp pleaded with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to not revoke the company’s authorization to provide international telecommunications services in the United States. The development comes in the wake of the U.S. Justice Department along with other agencies asking the FCC in April to revoke the…
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…
