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Researchers Suggest Previous Studies On Smartphone Addiction May Be Flawed

Researchers Suggest Previous Studies On Smartphone Addiction May Be Flawed
Researchers are now suggesting the there are some serious flaws in a large majority of studies and surveys that have been conducted in recent times which examines the impact on the psychological...

Myth Of Positive Health Impact Of Moderate Drinking Debunked In New Study

Myth Of Positive Health Impact Of Moderate Drinking Debunked In New Study
Earlier studies which had given rise to the notion that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke have been negated in the results of a major genetic study which has also claimed a very...

10 Steps To Reduce Cancer Risk Suggested By Global Experts In A Cancer Prevention Report

10 Steps To Reduce Cancer Risk Suggested By Global Experts In A Cancer Prevention Report
The vital relationship between cancer diagnoses and diet, physical activity and weight were confirmed in a new study that examined the lifestyle factors that could prevent cancer. The study was...
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Application For Tech Export Licence Filed By ByteDance In China Amid TikTok Deal Talks

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Talks For Sale Of Loss Making HSBC’s French Retail Business In Final Leg: Reports

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Talks For Sale Of Loss Making HSBC’s French Retail Business In Final Leg: Reports

Talks For Sale Of Loss Making HSBC’s French Retail Business In Final Leg: Reports

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According to a report published in the news agency Reuters, French retail arm of the lender HSBC has been agreed to be bought by Cerberus and a rival investment firm for a symbolic one euro. However the precondition of the prospective buyers is that the British bank also makes an investment of more than 500 million euros or $582.70 million into the business.   The sale of its 270 retail...
A Range Of New Vehicles To Be Launched By Nissan In China In Five Years

A Range Of New Vehicles To Be Launched By Nissan In China In Five Years

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Over the next five years, a number of new vehicles in the growing Chinese market is being planned to be launched by Japan’s Nissan Motors. The company’s chief executive said that the he planned launch included those for electrical cars that could be crucial for the Japanese automaker to return to the path of profits.    "The recovery in the Chinese market has been very remarkable, and...
Thailand Initiates Takes Legal Steps Against Facebook, Twitter Over Illegal Content

Thailand Initiates Takes Legal Steps Against Facebook, Twitter Over Illegal Content

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In the first move by Thailand in taking legal action against major internet firms, the government of the country initiated legal action on Thursday against Facebook and Twitter over charges that the two companies had ignored repeated requests to take down content that the government perceived as objectionable.   The country’s digital minister, Puttipong Punnakanta, said that after the two...
Application For Tech Export Licence Filed By ByteDance In China Amid TikTok Deal Talks

Application For Tech Export Licence Filed By ByteDance In China Amid TikTok Deal Talks

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The Chinese owner of the popular short video sharing app TikTok, ByteDance, has been reported to have applied with the Chinese authorities for a tech export license as is now required under the emended tech export low of the country even as it is trying to seal a deal with two American companies Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc, both of which have agreed to take a share in the app, which the Chinese...
Elon Musk Says Tesla’s Cheaper Battery 3 Years Away, Firm Loses $50B In Market Cap

Elon Musk Says Tesla’s Cheaper Battery 3 Years Away, Firm Loses $50B In Market Cap

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United States listed electric car maker Tesla lost $50 billion of its market value on Tuesday with investors losing confidence despite company C EO Elon Musk pledging to radically cut down on costs of electric vehicle making possible a $25,000 car that drives itself but after at least three years.   After trading closed on Tuesday, Tesla's market capitalization dropped $20 billion in just...
US Urged By Huawei Chairman To Reconsider Restrictions Imposed On It

US Urged By Huawei Chairman To Reconsider Restrictions Imposed On It

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While claiming that its supply chain was being targeted and attacked by the United States, the Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone maker Huawei on Wednesday also called on the US president Donald Trump’s administration to reconsider the trade restrictions that it had imposed on the firm which were crippling its global suppliers.   The restrictions and sanctions imposed on Huawei by...
Three Concepts For Hydrogen-Powered Plane Unveiled By Airbus

Three Concepts For Hydrogen-Powered Plane Unveiled By Airbus

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Three visual concepts of plane with "zero-emission" that will be powered by hydrogen was unveiled recently by Airbus.   This unveiling is being viewed as the latest effort of the European plane making giant to draw attention of the public towards its "zero-emission" ambitions in the wake of European governments pushing companies to shift to cleaner energy as a part of the recovery plans...
Impact Of Acquisition Of Arm By Nvidia To Being Assessed By Britain

Impact Of Acquisition Of Arm By Nvidia To Being Assessed By Britain

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The effect of the sale of the British chip designer Arm to the United States based chip maker Nvidia will be assessed by the United Kingdom. This assessment will include commitments made by the companies of retaining the head office of the new merged company in Cambridge, Eastern England, said digital minister Caroline Dinenage said.   “We are currently working very hard to understand the...
Major Cost Cutting Initiative Launched By Shell To Transition Into Renewable Energy Business: Reuters

Major Cost Cutting Initiative Launched By Shell To Transition Into Renewable Energy Business: Reuters

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In a major push to conserve cash so that a complete overhaul of the business is possible and greater focus is to be laid on renewable energy and power markets, up to 40 per cent off the cost of producing oil and gas is being targeted to be slashed by Royal Dutch Shell, claimed a report from the news agency Reuters quoting sources.   Project Reshape is the name that Shell given to its new...
With Case Over Ban In US Court, Getting New US Users For WeChat To Be Tough, Says Tencent

With Case Over Ban In US Court, Getting New US Users For WeChat To Be Tough, Says Tencent

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Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd, the owner and operator of the messaging app WeChat, has said that it could find it difficult to convince new users to join its platform in the United States while a challenge a ruling by court in the US in favor of the company that prevents a ban on the messaging app is challenged by the White House.   Since the US Department of Commerce has issued...
WeChat Rebranded By Chinese Owner Tencent Prior To Its Ban In US

WeChat Rebranded By Chinese Owner Tencent Prior To Its Ban In US

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Days prior to a ban of WeChat, owned by the Chinese tech giant Tencent, in the United States, the name of the messaging app WeChat Work office collaboration app has been changed to WeCom and it is being presented as a potential alternative to the messaging app WeChat.   According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Chinese firm had registered the WeCom trademark on August...
Shanghai Exchange Grants Permission To Jack Ma’s Ant For A Record Dual IPO

Shanghai Exchange Grants Permission To Jack Ma’s Ant For A Record Dual IPO

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The Chinese financial technology firm Ant Group moved a step closer to making a dual listing as the company managed to get an approval from the Shanghai Stock Exchange for a domestic initial public offering. This as announced by the bourse said on Friday.   Analysts expect that the combined worth of the dual listings of Ant will be about $30 billion.   According to the plans of the...

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UK Set To Cancel Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong, Says British Newspapers

UK Set To Cancel Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong, Says British Newspapers
Taking its dispute and tensions with China a step further, the UK government decided to suspend an extradition treaty that its it had with Hong Kong because of the imposition of the new controversial...

Virus Pandemic Forces Japanese Government To Declare Emergency For Tokyo, Osaka

Virus Pandemic Forces Japanese Government To Declare Emergency For Tokyo, Osaka
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and its surrounding regions over the growing threat of the coronavirus pandemic and warned that capacity...

Study Warns Of Second Waves Of Covid-19 Due To Early Lifting Of Lockdowns

Study Warns Of Second Waves Of Covid-19 Due To Early Lifting Of Lockdowns
According to researchers, a second wave of infection of the coronavirus could be delayed in China by extending the closures of school and work at the ground zero of the pandemic. Researchers also...

Japan's Abe Hints At Postponement Of Coronavirus

Japan's Abe Hints At Postponement Of Coronavirus
It there is a possibility that the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo could get delayed or get postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world, said the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

Italy Surpasses China In Number Of Coronavirus Deaths

Italy Surpasses China In Number Of Coronavirus Deaths
The number of people who have now died in Italy because of the novel coronavirus outbreak has crossed that of mainland China even as the richest countries of the world announced assistance packages...

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More Than 1,200 Ventilators Donated To California By Tesla CEO Elon Musk

More Than 1,200 Ventilators Donated To California By Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Even though he had initially been skeptical of the coronavirus pandemic, Tesla chief executive office Elon Musk has since helped the authorities in California to acquire much needed medical supplies...

Teenage Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Wants Ot Trademark Her Name

Teenage Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Wants Ot Trademark Her Name
Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is looking to trademark her own name as well as that of her movement as she says that the names are being misused by ‘impostors’ and marketers. This...

Jeff Bezos' Phone Hacking Allegedly By Saudi Hackers Needs To Be Investigated, Says The UN

Jeff Bezos' Phone Hacking Allegedly By Saudi Hackers Needs To Be Investigated, Says The UN
Reports of the alleged use of a WhatsApp account belonging to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for delivering a malware to the mobile phone of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has made experts at the...

Facebook's Zuckerberg Will Focus On Long Term Goals Instead Of Annual Ones

Facebook's Zuckerberg Will Focus On Long Term Goals Instead Of Annual Ones
No more annual targets for Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. The co-founder of the largest social media company of the world said on Thursday that he would no longer focus on the...

Japanese Prosecutors Want To Arrest Ghosn’s Wife To Rein In The Former Nissan Boss

Japanese Prosecutors Want To Arrest Ghosn’s Wife To Rein In The Former Nissan Boss
An arrest warrant on charges of alleged perjury was issued against the wife of Carlos Ghosn by Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday in an effort of the prosecutors to bring back Ghosn into Japan and make...

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