Amazon reportedly in talks to offer mobile service for Prime members
Amazon may be looking to offer a new service for its Prime members. Bloomberg News is reporting Amazon is in early talks with wireless companies to offer mobile phone plans for its U.S. Prime members. Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley explains why Amazon may want to expand its Prime offerings. Video Transcript – Amazon […]
Apple WWDC preview: Will there be a mixed reality headset?
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicks off on Monday, June 5. Many are expecting the consumer tech giant to release a mixed reality headset that could compete against Meta’s Quest VR devices. Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley previews the big event. Video Transcript – Meanwhile, investors believe Apple will unveil its new mixed reality […]
Apple WWDC preview: Will there be a mixed reality headset?
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicks off on Monday, June 5. Many are expecting the consumer tech giant to release a mixed reality headset that could compete against Meta’s Quest VR devices. Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley previews the big event. Video Transcript – Meanwhile, investors believe Apple will unveil its new mixed reality […]
Bank of America seven stocks driving 2023 market gains
Most of the stock market gains this year have been powered by a handful of tech-focused names that have posted outsized increases, according to Bank of America. Call them the S & P 7 — or, as the firm’s chief investment strategist, Michael Hartnett, labels them, the “Magnificent Seven.” Jim Cramer also named his “Magnificent […]
Super App to boost govt-people linkage
(UPDATE) THE government on Friday launched the eGov PH Super App, an integrated platform designed to make it easier for the public to do business with state agencies. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Information and Technology Secretary Ivan John Uy led the launching of the mobile application in a ceremony in Malacañang. In his speech, […]
What Is Temu and Is it a Scam?
Screenshot: Temu.com Launched less than a year ago, e-commerce site Temu has quickly established itself as the online world’s new favorite jumble sale—the destination of choice when you’re looking for an impossibly wide array of incredibly cheap products. The Chinese-owned digital flea market, available as a website and in app form, offers free shipping to […]
Calvin Lunt: Social media encouraged me to be a trans woman – the truth is I was gay
Calvin Lunt was in a hospital clinic discussing the timing of his breast construction surgery when he decided that, after more than a year of taking hormones to transition, and over two years wearing dresses and make-up, he no longer wanted to be a woman. His consultant had told him he would need to wait […]
Morning Bid: Markets feel Friday cheer as signs point to Fed pause
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee A risk-on rally fuelled by rising expectations the Federal Reserve will stand still on interest rates in two weeks, and by relief that the congress approved a U.S. debt-limit suspension, took hold in Asia and looked set to continue as Europe […]
Canadian Gen Zs more likely to invest than peers in U.S., China, survey says
Canadians between the ages of 18 to 25 are far more likely to be investors than their peers in the United States, Britain and China, and parental influence may be a driving factor behind the trend, according to a new survey. The study from CFA Institute and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which was conducted […]
Nova Scotia officials knew of Paper Excellence’s ties to controversial conglomerate
Senior members of Nova Scotia’s government knew B.C. forestry giant Paper Excellence was ultimately controlled by a Chinese-Indonesian conglomerate accused of widespread deforestation and human rights abuses, documents show. Paper Excellence is currently facing a parliamentary investigation into its corporate structure and business ties after a a series of journalistic reports found a nexus of […]
BLACKPINK’s Jisoo Tests Covid-19 Positive, To Skip Concerts In Japan | Official Statement
Social media is flooded with fans wishing speedy recovery to Jisoo. (Photo: Twitter) Jisoo will not be able to join BLACKPINK’s Japan concerts which are scheduled to take place on June 3 and 4. Popular K-pop group BLACKPINK member Jisoo has been tested positive for coronavirus. On Thursday, the group’s agency YG Entertainment shared the […]
Best breakfast ramen in southern Japan? Taste-testing Fukuoka’s super-convenient Morning Ramen
A perfect place for your last, or first, meal in Japan’s southern ramen capital. Generally speaking, ramen isn’t considered a breakfast meal in Japan. All over the country, you’ll see college students and office workers at their local ramen joint for lunch, people of all stripes getting it for dinner, and even clubbers and bar […]
Watch: Elon Musk Visits Tesla’s Gigafactory on China Trip
Reuters Videos Musk wraps up very quick, oddly quiet China visit STORY: Elon Musk has wrapped up a very quick and oddly muted visit to China. The Tesla billionaire was seen departing from Shanghai on Thursday (June 1) in his private jet. That brought to an end a whirlwind two-day tour that started in Beijing. […]
Nvidia CEO eyes China talks despite US curbs
Chunying Zhang Jun 1, 2023 – 5.51pm Shanghai | Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang is heading to China to meet with tech executives in the world’s biggest chip market, despite rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, according to people familiar with the matter. Mr Huang, who headlined a trade show in Taiwan this week, plans […]
Elon Musk is the world’s richest person again
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is the world’s richest person again, after shares of the electric car maker rose about 24% in May, according to Eikon data. Musk’s wealth jumped 40.3% year-to-date to $192 billion, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index showed. Musk previously lost first place to LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault after shares of Tesla fell after […]
Thanks but no thanks; Three reasons why India will never join ‘NATO-Plus’ or any other US-led mutual security alliance
A particularly bad idea refuses to go away. A high-level committee of American lawmakers at a meeting held on 24 May as recommended strengthening the ‘NATO-Plus’ framework by including India in the grouping. NATO-Plus is a five-member security arrangement that brings together NATO, the 31-member post-War military alliance between the United States and Europe, and […]
Tensions between US, China likely to loom over Asia’s top security meeting this week
Singapore: Tensions between the United States and China are expected to loom over Asia’s top security meeting this week, as China has declined a bilateral meeting between the superpowers’ defence chiefs. The Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts top defence officials, senior military officers, diplomats, weapons makers and security analysts from around the globe, will take place […]
Singapore PM Lee tests COVID-19 positive after ‘rebound’ infection
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has tested positive for COVID-19 again due to a ”post COVID rebound”. ”I feel fine but I am afraid I have turned COVID-19 positive again,” Lee said in a Facebook post on Thursday (Jun 1). ”My doctors say it is a post COVID rebound, which happens in 5 to […]
Elon Musk told officials in Beijing that he is opposed to the US and China breaking down economic ties
Elon Musk’s company seems to have found its biggest fans in China.Getty Images Elon Musk told Beijing officials that he’s against the US and China decoupling their economies. In a visit to the country, he described the US and China as “conjoined twins,” per a statement from China’s foreign ministry. That comes as US-China relations […]
Canadian Gen Zs more likely to invest than peers in U.S., China, survey says
Open this photo in gallery: Bitcoin coins at a stand during Bitcoin Conference 2023 in Miami Beach, Fla., on May 19. Crypto – a notoriously risky bid – is the most popular investment among Canadian Gen Zs, with 57 per cent holding this asset, according to the report.MARCO BELLO/Reuters Canadians between the ages of 18 […]
Acton regeneration row: residents clash with developers and Ealing council
S ean Fletcher moved from Wales to London in 2010 to pursue a career in television. With the aid of a “massive mortgage” he and his wife, a TV producer and director, bought a home in Acton for their young family. “We couldn’t afford to buy our house now,” said Fletcher, who currently appears on […]
Radio broadcaster shot dead in the Philippines, say police
A radio broadcaster was shot dead outside his home in the central Philippines on Wednesday, police said, the latest in a long list of journalists killed in the country. Cresenciano Bunduquin, 50, was killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Calapan City in Oriental Mindoro province, Colonel Samuel Delorino told Agence France-Presse. One of the assailants died […]
Scientists reveal Earth has a new “moon” that will stay with us for at least another 1500 years
Scientists recently found an extraterrestrial body that displays the same qualities as our Moon. Because of the similarities that the space rock shares with our Moon, the space rock named 2023 FW13 has been designated as a quasi-satellite or a quasi-moon A recent study has unveiled that Earth possesses a new moon or rather a […]
Crowd in China clashes with police over plans to demolish mosque
China’s government is calling on protesters to turn themselves in after a crowd clashed with police over plans to demolish a mosque in the country’s southwest as President Xi Jinping’s government tightens control over religion and society. Protesters threw water bottles at officers with helmets and shields outside the blue-domed Najiaying Mosque in Yuxi, a […]
Extreme text scams in China are threatening execution if people don’t pay up
Open this photo in gallery: People use their mobile phones outside a mall at a business district in Beijing on May 16, 2022.WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images Even in China, the global leader in executions, the threat of armed police going door-to-door and carrying out the death penalty against delinquent debtors is ludicrous – and yet, the […]
In The News for May 30 : Alberta UCP wins majority government
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 30 … What we are watching in Canada … Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it’s time to put personal and political attacks in the […]
Chinese Social Media Influencer Dies after Drinking Several Bottles of Baijiu
China’s live-streaming industry faces scrutiny following the death of an influencer who drank several bottles of Baijiu during an online competition. (Image: Reuters) Wang, known as “Sanqiange,” passed away after consuming multiple bottles of strong alcohol during an online challenge. A Chinese social media influencer died soon after he live-streamed himself drinking several bottles of […]
Elina Svitolina urges tennis to focus on Ukraine support, not issues from war
Elina Svitolina urged tennis to focus on the suffering in Ukraine rather than issues the war is causing within the sport after reaching the second round of the French Open. One of Ukraine’s highest-profile sports stars, Svitolina is playing her first grand slam since the Australian Open last year after giving birth to baby Skai […]