Month: December 2018
Trump Says GM Will Have To Pay For Its Mistakes
US President Donald Trump lashed out on GM (General Motors) CEO and said that what she did was “nasty”. Mary Barra had recently decided to stop all the production work at 5 places of Northern America with intent to re-model their worldwide business. This step taken by the GM CEO has affected the people working…
Read MoreJungle Friends’ New Members Are Moneys Used For Nicotine Research
Over two dozen monkeys are now housing in a Florida primate sanctuary after enduring the tests on nicotine addiction research, which is denounced by Jane Goodall, the British primatologist. According to Gainesville Sun, the squirrel monkeys are dwelling at the Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary of the city. The study of nicotine addiction by the USFDA…
Read MoreApple Plans An Investment Of $1Bn For Its New Campus In Texas
Apple in planning to invest a billion dollar in its new campus that is located in the Austin of Texas, Apple said in its statement which was released on last Thursday. The planned new campus in the North Austin is said to be spreading across 133 acres and will have a capacity of accommodating somewhere…
Read MoreNIH To Fund $20 Million To Search Substitutes To Fetal Tissue For Research
The NIH (National Institutes of Health) wants to contribute up to $20 Million worth of investigation into substitutes for using human fetal tissue to analyze disease, the agency declared recently. The announcement is mainly preliminary. The formal funding prospect announcements will be revealed soon, the agency said, and researchers cannot yet present proposals to be…
Read MoreMicrosoft 365 Subscription Package For Customers In Progress
Microsoft is operating to roll out a user edition of its Microsoft 365 package that might be the user-aimed complement to its current Microsoft 365 subscription package for business consumers. The 365 plan by Microsoft for businesses presently comprises packages for Office 365, Windows 10, and Azure for some plans. A job listing seen by…
Read MoreOrange Collaborates With Amazon Over Voice Assistant Technology
Orange, a telecommunication firm from France, recently announced the collaboration with Amazon. Stephane Richard, Chief Executive Officer, proclaimed that the latest partnership will unite their respective voice assistant technologies. The earlier dominator in the field, with its own voice assistant named Djingo, is said to be the subsequent French telecom operator to collaborate with Amazon…
Read MoreResearchers Identify Gene That Differentiates Primates From Mammals
The researchers from the University of Otago have found more about the gene that separates the humans and the great apes, also known as primates, from the other mammals. Dr. Adam O’Neill executed the study as a part of his Ph.D. program. It was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Stephen Robertson, which has proven…
Read MoreExcess Body Fat Post Menopause Increase Breast Cancer Risk—Study Reveals
According to study published in medical journal JAMA Oncology, post-menopausal women that have excess body fat are at a greater risk of breast cancer. Dr. Andrew Dannenberg, one of the study’s authors who is also the director of cancer prevention and Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, women with excess body fat who are in…
Read MoreAT&T Now Shows Support For eSIM On Latest iPhones
AT&T is the first primary carrier in the U.S. to include support for eSIM on the iPhone XR and XS, permitting its network to be employed in a dual-SIM arrangement. One of the XR and XS’s headline functions was dual SIM cards support, permitting the handsets to be linked to two networks at the same…
Read MoreVW Plans To Increase Its Production In The U.S By Teaming Up With Ford
Herbert Diess, the CEO of automobile giant Volkswagen had a talk with the president of the United States, Donald Trump on the last Tuesday. After the meeting he has announced that the company has several options before it owing to which it can increase the production capacity in the U.S. He has said that potential…
Read MoreNexstar To Buy Tribune Media For $4.1bn
Nexstar, American media group, is ready to become the largest local TV stations operator in the country following a deal to purchase Tribune Media for around $4.1 billion. This deal comes 3 months after failure of Tribune’s sale to Sinclair Group because of regulatory hurdles. Sinclair Group is presently the largest local TV operator in…
Read MoreMike Ashley Wants To Introduce A New Tax On Online Retailers To Save Town Centers
Mike Ashley, the owner of Sports Direct has asked for the introduction of a new tax on the online retailers so the town centers can revive at a faster pace. He stated that imposing a new tax on all the retailers result in 20% of the total revenue earned from the online platforms and not…
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