British Hospitals Use Blockchain To Track COVID-19 Vaccines
Two British hospitals are using blockchain technology to keep tabs on the storage and supply of temperature-sensitive COVID-19 vaccines, the companies behind the initiative said on Tuesday, in one of the first such initiatives in the world
Bijay Pokharel,
January 19, 2021
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Samsung Heir Sent Back To Prison For 30 Months In Bribery Case
Samsung Electronics Co. heir Jay Y. Lee was sentenced to 30 months in prison over bribery charges.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 18, 2021
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Shopify Removes Stores Affiliated With Trump
Shopify took down stores affiliated with U.S. President Donald Trump from its e-commerce platform on Thursday, a day after hundreds of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Trump, who has refused to concede his loss to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden, had urged his supporters to...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 8, 2021
1 min read
Elon Musk Becomes World’s Richest Person
A 4.8% rise in Tesla’s share price was enough to push Musk into the top spot according to the Bloomberg billionaires index, which tracks the daily changes in the fortunes of the world’s 500 wealthiest people.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 8, 2021
1 min read
Facebook And Instagram Ban Trump For 24 Hours
The social media giant Facebook has blocked President Trump from posting on the site for 24 hours, the company said Wednesday evening.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 7, 2021
1 min read
Alibaba Group Founder Jack Ma Suspected To Be Missing
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who has been under China government's scrutiny since the abrupt suspension of Ant's blockbuster $37 billion initial public offerings (IPO) in Shanghai and Hong Kong has not been seen in public for more than two months
Bijay Pokharel,
January 4, 2021
1 min read
Samsung Will Reveal Its Flagship Smartphones On January 14th
Samsung confirmed that its latest Galaxy Unpacked event -- and its first major smartphone launch of the year -- will take place virtually at 10AM Eastern/7AM Pacific on Thursday, January 14th.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 4, 2021
1 min read
Here’s Everything Coming To Netflix In January 2021
53 new arrivals just hit Netflix as part of the January 1st additions including 45 movies and 8 new TV series to kickstart the year. Let’s take a look at the full list of what’s new on Netflix in January 2021, followed by a list...
Bijay Pokharel,
January 3, 2021
3 min read
Bitcoin Passes $30,000 For The First Time
The price of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency traded as high as $33,099 on Saturday, with almost all other markets closed over the first weekend in 2021. It was last up about 12% at $32,883.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 3, 2021
1 min read
Sony To Launch PlayStation 5 In India On February 2
The PlayStation 5 is priced at Indian rupees 49,990 ($685), while the digital edition of the console will sell at Indian rupees 39,990 ($550).
Bijay Pokharel,
January 2, 2021
1 min read
Amazon to Acquire Podcast Studio Wondery
Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it would acquire podcast startup Wondery, aiming to beef up non-musical content on its Amazon Music app.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 31, 2020
1 min read
ESPN Plus To Hike Price For Its Annual Subscription To $59.99 In 2021
New subscribers will start paying $59.99 on January 8th, 2021, and the new price will reportedly trickle down to existing subscribers a few months later in March.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 31, 2020
1 min read
France Rewards Frontline Immigrant Workers With Citizenship
“Foreign workers gave their time and swung into action for all of us during the COVID crisis,” said Marlène Schiappa, France’s junior minister for citizenship.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 24, 2020
1 min read
Joe Biden’s @POTUS Twitter Account Will Have Zero Followers
The micro blogging site Twitter is planning to wipe out all followers from the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts once Biden is sworn in on January 20th, rather than transferring the accounts’ existing followers over to the new administration, according to Rob Flaherty, Biden’s digital director. In...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 23, 2020
1 min read
Facebook Removes Anti-Vaccine ‘Fake News’ In Israel
Such “fake news” included arguments that vaccines would be used to plant government tracking chips in recipients’ bodies, to poison them and thus cull the population or to subject them to medical experimentation, the ministry said in a statement.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 21, 2020
2 min read
Global COVID-19 Cases Surpass 75 Million
There have been 18.65 million new cases in the past month, the highest reported for a 30-day period since the pandemic started.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 20, 2020
2 min read
Google Is Offering Free Weekly Covid-19 Testing For Employees
The tech giant Google is offering free weekly Covid-19 tests for 90,000 Google employees.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 19, 2020
1 min read
Spotify To Launch In South Korea In 2021
Music streaming giant Spotify said on Friday it will launch its service in South Korea in the first half of 2021. The launch will give South Korean listeners access to its over 60 million tracks and over 4 billion playlists, the company said.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 18, 2020
1 min read
Oracle Moves Its Headquarters To Texas
Software giant Oracle moved the company headquarters from Redwood City, California to Austin, Texas, as reported by Bloomberg. The move to Austin from Redwood City “means that many of our employees can choose their office location as well as continue to work from home part...
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2020
1 min read
Workers Protest At Wistron iPhone Manufacturing Plant In India Over Pay Issues
A majority of the nearly 2,000 employees, who were exiting the facility after completing their night-shift, went on a rampage destroying the company’s furniture, assembly units and even attempted to set fire to vehicles.
Bijay Pokharel,
December 14, 2020
2 min read
