LOS ANGELES: Google’s Maps app will start directing drivers along routes estimated to generate the lowest carbon emissions based on traffic, slopes and other factors, the company announced on Tuesday (Mar 30). Google, an Alphabet Inc unit, said the feature would launch later this year in the US and eventually […]
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SUEZ, Egypt: The massive Ever Given container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been turned in the “right direction”, Egyptian authorities said on Monday (Mar 29), raising hopes the busy waterway will soon be reopened. “The position of the ship has been re-orientated 80 […]
NEW YORK: Pfizer will develop new vaccines targeting other viruses and pathogens using the messenger RNA technology behind its COVID-19 shot, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (Mar 23), citing the drugmaker’s chief executive officer, Albert Bourla. The drugmaker declined to say which viruses it is pursuing, the Journal […]
NEW YORK: In January, just weeks after Twitter permanently banned former President Donald Trump following the storming of the US Capitol, the social media company started asking US users to help identify and fact-check misleading tweets in a new pilot program. But Birdwatch, which has about 2,000 participants and is […]
WASHINGTON: Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Thursday (Mar 18) it plans to invest over US$7 billion in offices and data centres across the United States as it takes on a surge in internet traffic after pandemic restrictions drove more users and advertisers online. The company’s investment related to US offices […]
Apple Inc said on Wednesday (Mar 17) it allotted US$2.8 billion raised from “green bonds” that last year funded 17 projects. It said these projects will generate 1.2 gigawatts of renewable energy. It said the projects will avoid an average of 921,000 metric tons of carbon emissions each year, which […]
China’s government has asked Alibaba to dispose of its media assets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (Mar 15), citing people familiar with the matter. Discussions over the matter have been held since early this year, the report said, adding that officials were shocked at how expansive Alibaba’s media […]
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance Holdings Ltd is being probed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over concerns that it allowed Americans to make bets that violated U.S. rules, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. REUTERS: Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance Holdings Ltd is being probed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]
NEW DELHI: Apple has started the assembly of iPhone 12 in India, the US tech giant said, as the company ramps up manufacturing operations in the world’s second-biggest smartphone market. “We are proud to be starting production of iPhone 12 in India for our local customers,” Apple said in a […]
Kia Motors Corp said it will recall nearly 380,000 Sportage and Cadenza vehicles because an electrical circuit could cause a fire in the engine compartment. WASHINGTON: Kia Motors Corp said it will recall nearly 380,000 Sportage and Cadenza vehicles because an electrical circuit could cause a fire in the […]