The confidence of the French drug maker Sanofi has increased during this summer as the company gets ready to begin clinical trials.   The chief executive if the company said in an interview to Reuters that two of the more than 150 potential vaccines against Covid-19 being developed across...

A pig named Gertrude had been implanted with a coin-sized computer chip in its brain about two months ago by neuroscience startup Neuralink owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and the company unveiled the pig on Friday.   This is a very preliminary but important development in the...

Two new uniquely designed vans have been launched in the Japan to specifically cater to the current environment of Cvodi-19.   One of the vans, designed and launched by a Japanese mobility venture will serve both as a mobile workplace as well as a mobile shop and a means of travelling. The...

Amazon.com, the largest e-commerce platform of the world, placed an order for 1,800 electric vans from the German auto manufacturer Mercedes-Benz. The company plans to use these low carbon emission vehicles for expanding its delivery fleet in its European business.    The company will...

Engineers of the popular short-video app TikTok were ordered by its owner, the Chinese company ByteDance, to get ready a contingency plan if the company actually decided to completely shut down its operations in the United States even as the Chinese firm still tries to negotiate a divestment deal...

The changes in the privacy policies of Apple Inc is likely to hit smaller developers such as gaming companies in a disproportionate manner but the company’s own apps will remain mostly unscathed, warned the social media company Facebook Inc on Wednesday.   Facebook itself was making some...

The rising risks of unemployment in the economy, slowing down of novel coronavirus pandemic related stimulus by government and the upending of the global supply chains because of the pandemic induced lockdowns could result in a slowdown in sales growth in the third quarter, warned Best Buy Co Inc....

Japanese car manufacturer Honda Motor Co. will settle an investigation by most states of the United States into the use of defective Takata airbag inflators in its vehicles. According to reports citing a consent order made public Tuesday, several units of the Japnese firm will settle the cases for...

Legal suits and court cases seem to become the norm in recent weeks for the Chinese owned short video sharing app TikTok.   It is now facing a new legal challenge in Vietnam with the Vietnamese technology firm VNG is suing TikTok alleging that the popular short-form video app did not possess...

Legal action is being planned against a demand by Thailand authorities that forced the largest social media company Facebook to block a group that was considered by the country’s authorities to be critical of the monarchy of the country, said Facebook.   "After careful review, Facebook has...

Global companies are reviewing their global supply chains following the continuing trade war between the United States and China trade war and coronavirus pandemic in China and according to a report published by the news agency Reuters quoting sources, shifting manufacturing units in Mexico is...