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Smart glasses: Optic 2000 celebrates 50 years of innovation

Smart glasses: Optic 2000 celebrates 50 years of innovation
The last edition of Las Vegas’ global innovation exhibition has been marked with French eyewear specialist Optic 2000’s 50th anniversary. After decades of focusing mainly on optics and design, the French firm is now addressing the next era of glasses: technology integration.

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...
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Amazon Raises Overtime Pay As American Choose To Shop Online

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

'Buy America' Order Would Hit Pandemic Response, Warns US Business Groups

Nationwide Lockdown In India Causing Disruptions For Operations Of Amazon, Flipkart

Japan's Abe Hints At Postponement Of Coronavirus

Coronavirus Forces H&M To Scrap Dividend, To Review All Costs

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

UK’s High Street Retailer Next Shuts Down Online Shopping Due To Coronavirus

Streaming Quality In Europe Cut By YouTube And Netflix In Europe To Reduce Network Load

Investors Say Reopening US Economy Early Could Cause More Harm Than Good To Humans And Markets

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Nationwide Lockdown In India Causing Disruptions For Operations Of Amazon, Flipkart

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Nationwide Lockdown In India Causing Disruptions For Operations Of Amazon, Flipkart

Nationwide Lockdown In India Causing Disruptions For Operations Of Amazon, Flipkart

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Just three days into the 21 day national lockdown in India to prevent the fast spread of the coronavirus, e-commerce companies operating in the country, including the leaders Amazon and Flipkart, are troubled by disruption in their business despite assurances from the government, according to reports.    According to reports quoting sources with knowledge of the matter, the...
UK’s High Street Retailer Next Shuts Down Online Shopping Due To Coronavirus

UK’s High Street Retailer Next Shuts Down Online Shopping Due To Coronavirus

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United Kingdom’s high street retailer Next has decided to temporarily stop all of its operations to protect its staff from being infected with the coronavirus.     With the number of people catching Covid-19 – the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the UK and the number of deaths on an upward curve, the company had to take the “difficult decision” of shutting down its...
'Buy America' Order Would Hit Pandemic Response, Warns US Business Groups

'Buy America' Order Would Hit Pandemic Response, Warns US Business Groups

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More than 80 business groups in the United States has warned that shortages of urgently needed medicines and medical equipments to fight coronavirus pandemic in the country could be worsened while also delaying the discovery of a vaccine for the new coronavirus because of the plans of the White House to expand "Buy America" mandates to the medical equipment and pharmaceutical sectors.   US...
Investors Say Reopening US Economy Early Could Cause More Harm Than Good To Humans And Markets

Investors Say Reopening US Economy Early Could Cause More Harm Than Good To Humans And Markets

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Despite clear signals that the coronavirus pandemic is spreading across the United States, the desire of the US President Donald Trump to reopen the economy could be bad for the economy, said investors, with the death rate due to the virus going up and Americans still unwilling to go out because of fear of contracting the disease.   Many of the states of the country have shut parts of...
Coronavirus Forces H&M To Scrap Dividend, To Review All Costs

Coronavirus Forces H&M To Scrap Dividend, To Review All Costs

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The coronavirus pandemic spreading all across the world has forced Sweden's H&M, the world's second largest clothing retailer, to announce on Monday that it would be scrapping its proposed dividend. The company also added that all parts of the company’s operations were also being reviewed by it, which will include all costs incurred by it. .      Currently about 68 per cent...
Streaming Quality In Europe Cut By YouTube And Netflix In Europe To Reduce Network Load

Streaming Quality In Europe Cut By YouTube And Netflix In Europe To Reduce Network Load

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The quality of videos that are streamed by Netflix Inc. and Google’s YouTube will be reduced by both the companies in Europe so that pressure on the networks is relieved as more people go online because of lockdown in many cities in the region to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic.   This decision was taken by the tech giants after separate meeting between the European Industry...
Amazon Raises Overtime Pay As American Choose To Shop Online

Amazon Raises Overtime Pay As American Choose To Shop Online

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With a large spike in the growth of demand for online products by people who are stuck at home because of lockdown in cities in the United States because of the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s largest online retailer Amazon.com has said that it will be increasing its overtime pay for those associates who are working in its warehouses in the US to that the company is able to cope up with the...
Emergency Ventilator Making Being Explored By VW And Other Auto Companies

Emergency Ventilator Making Being Explored By VW And Other Auto Companies

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Investigations into the use of 3D printing in order to help the hospital ventilators to combat the coronavirus are being carried out by the German car making giant Volkswagen Group along with other manufacturers round the world.   Auto manufacturers such as Ford, General Motors, Ferrari and Nissan are being enlisted by governments to increase the production of ventilators and other medical...
Amid The Coronavirus Rout, Zoom Video Stands Out As A Lone Performer

Amid The Coronavirus Rout, Zoom Video Stands Out As A Lone Performer

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Amid the rout in the global financial markets because of the coronavirus pandemic, Zoom Video Communications has stood out among the crowd.  There has been a 20 per cent growth in the stocks of the company over the past month even as the S&P 500 has plunged by almost 30 per cent.   Actually the very coronavirus pandemic that has brought in woes to almost all other companies has...
$2 Billion In Funds Added By World Bank For Its Members Bit By Coronavirus

$2 Billion In Funds Added By World Bank For Its Members Bit By Coronavirus

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The amount of money that the World Bank has set aside for fast-track financing available to members to respond to the global coronavirus pandemic has been augmented by another $2 billion with the total amount now at $14 billion. The bank had announced the initial package on March 3.    The bank said that after this addition, its International Financing Corp will now have a total of $8...
Joint Task Force To Limit Coronavirus Spread Formed By Auto Companies And Union In The US

Joint Task Force To Limit Coronavirus Spread Formed By Auto Companies And Union In The US

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In the United States, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is joining hands with country’s top automakers General Motors, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to form a coronavirus task force that is aimed at bettering protection for their employees as well as take measures so that the spread of the highly contagious virus could be limited.   The parties to the task force said...
Germany Attempts To Stop US Poaching A Firm Of The Country Developing A Coornavirus Vaccine

Germany Attempts To Stop US Poaching A Firm Of The Country Developing A Coornavirus Vaccine

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German is trying to prevent the United States from coaxing a German company that is currently in the process of developing a coronavirus vaccine to shift its research work to the America. This development has resulted in German politicians stressing that there should not be monopoly of any one country over any future coronavirus vaccine that is developed.   According to reports quoting...

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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...

The New Coronavirus Outbreak Declared As A Pandemic By The WHO

The New Coronavirus Outbreak Declared As A Pandemic By The WHO
After declaring the fast spreading and deadly coronavirus as a global epidemic last month, the World Health Organization (WHO) has now declared the virus outbreak that causes the disease Covid19 as a...

$50bn To Address Coronavirus Outbreak To Be Provided By IMF

$50bn To Address Coronavirus Outbreak To Be Provided By IMF
Countries that have been hit by the coronavirus outbreak will be given financial aid of $50bn the International Monetary Fund (IMF). At the same time, the global institution also warned that the...

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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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