Airbus unveils technology demonstrator ‘blended wing body’ aircraft

On Tuesday, Airbus SE unveiled its latest concept “blended wing body” design aircraft that could slash carbon emission by as much as 20%. Since 2019, Airbus has been carrying out flight tests of the 10.5 feet (3.2-metre-wide) technology demonstrator, code-named Maveric, at a secret location in central France. The “blended wing body” design has been…

Huawei increases domestic marketshare at the cost of its domestic rivals

Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi and Apple, together, controlled 50% of the Chinese market. On Wednesday, according to market data released today, China’s Huawei Technologies has increased its footprint in its domestic smartphone market, with shipments rising by 66% in the third quarter. Although the Chinese smartphone market contracted by 3% in the third quarter in comparison…

Facebook to launch new video chatting devices in 2019 Autumn

The chat devices fits snugly into Facebook’s focus towards private messaging by encryption of conversations on more of its messaging services. In the autumn of 2019, Facebook Inc plans to release new versions of its Portal video chatting devices, said Andrew Bosworth, Facebook’s vice president of AR/VR, in an interview at the Code Conference in…

Tesla Inc hires Snap Inc’s VP of Monetization Engineering

Tesla has hired Snap Inc’s Stuart Bowers who will now be its vice president of engineering. Electric carmaker Tesla Inc stated it has hired Stuart Bowers, Snap Inc’s vice president of monetization engineering, as its VP of engineering. He will work on Tesla’s Autopilot software and other projects. In recent days, several senior executives have…

IBM sues Lindsay-Rae McIntyre for breach of 1 year non-competitive agreement

Lindsay-Rae McIntyre has been barred from joining Microsoft, pending a court review of the lawsuit. On Tuesday, International Business Machines (IBM) Corp sued Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, a former executive alleging violations of its 1-year non-competitive agreement. Over the weekend McIntyre was named by Microsoft Corp as its new chief diversity officer. According to documents that were…