The right for individuals “to be forgotten” online that is now applicable as a rule in the European Union has the possibility of being implemented globally. A ruling on this is being expected in 2019 from the European Court of Justice which is currently hearing evidence on the case. But according to arguments put forward…
More lives are taken away by smoking cigarettes in the United States than the combined number of deaths because of alcohol consumption, car accidents, HIV, guns and illegal drugs combined claims the American Cancer Society. But is smoking electronic cigarettes or e-cigarettes equally catastrophic? The US market has been flooded with e-cigarettes which are also…
Disposing off unsold products by burning them down is a practice in the luxury companies that is practiced widely but rarely discussed. The aim of such a drastic tactic is to uphold the scarcity of their goods and increase the brand exclusivity. Luxury companies also claim tax credits for burning off their inventory in countrie3s…
The increase in the number of ultra-rich people in Asia has forced New York from its leading position as the city that has the largest number of ultra-rich people. A new report states that New York was over taken by Hong Kong to become the city that is home to highest number of people who…
After a series of violent protests in Germany, the employees of Siemens are being urged to speak up by the company. In a letter sent to its 4300 employees in the Saxony state of Germany, the global engineering company urged its employees to fight the xenophobia prevailing there at the moment and thereby uphold the…
An Israeli company has announced that it has been able to develop a chip technology that can serve as a universal solution to the self driving car industry. The company called Autotalks based in Kfar Netter in Israel, is a firm that is engage din the development of technologies that aid in automatic communication between…
Those Australian and New Zealand customers of Uber with low passenger ratings would be barred from availing its services by the ride hailing company. Those customers who have a passenger rating that is four or lower out of five stars will not be allowed to avail the services of the company. The passenger ratings are…
A new form of artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is going to be used by the U.S. tech giant Google so that it is able to adequately to reduce and control the spreading of spurious contents that deal with child sexual abuse online. This announcement was made by the company early this week. The technology that…
China’s leader, Xi Jinping had recently said that he wants to do something about the fact that too many of Chinese children are needing wear glasses. The result was wiping off of billions of dollars from the market value of the biggest video gaming company of the world. Among the solutions recommended by Chinese authorities…
With the aim of tracking the trend of its users in the US in offline spending in stores, credit card data has reportedly been bought form Mastercard by Google. This was claimed by a report in the news outlet Bloomberg even though the report was later denied by both the companies. Any suggestions that it…
