Airbus meets 2018 delivery target of 800 aircrafts, subject to ongoing audit

This delivery record marks a new high for Airbus and comes despite the recent delays in its supply chain. According to sources briefed on the matter at hand, Airbus has already achieved its main industrial target of delivering 800 aircraft in 2018 after record handovers in December. The final published number is subject to ongoing…

Hackers distrupted U.S. newspaper distribution system using malware

The cyber attack caused disruption to production systems in the Saturday edition of a number of newspapers, all of whom shared a common production platform. According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, a cyber attack, that appeared to originate outside the U.S., caused significant printing and delivery disruptions at several U.S. newspapers including…

Groceries delivery startup wins extra $271 million in new funding round in November 2018

Tiger Global Management hedge fund led the funding round along with existing investors Coatue Management and Valiant Capital. As per a source familiar with the matter at hand, Grocery delivery startup Instacart has raised an extra $271 million in its latest funding round to $871 million with U.S. hedge fund Tiger Global Management leading the…

Groceries delivery startup Instacart launches pickup service across the United States

This new service deepens Instacart’s relationship with existing partnerships including Germany’s Aldi. Groceries delivery startup Instacart stated it is in the process of launching a new service, Instacart Pickup, across the United States; the service will enable customers to order groceries and choose either delivery or store pickup options. The nation-wide rollout of the new…

Nokia signs $2.3 billion deal with China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom

The development comes midst efforts by China to merge two of the nation’s top wireless carriers to speed up the development of 5G mobile services. 5G will play a strategic and significant role in the coming years. On Wednesday, Finland’s mobile telecom network maker Nokia stated, it has signed a $2.3 billion (2 billion euros)…

Amazon’s drone delivery service could drop-off your package with a parachute

Although Amazon has successfully tested its drone delivery service in a remote area in the UK, doing so in an urban cityscape is lot more challenging. Rest assured that Amazon’s engineers are slaving away at a solution to this complex problem. Amazon’s much anticipated drone deliveries have finally become reality. Going by a new patent…