FEBRUARY 2, 2021
In yet another blow to Alibaba co-founder and billionaire Jack Ma, the Chinese state media on Tuesday removed his name from list of the country's pioneering tech giants. Ma's archrival and Ali Baba’s co-founder Pony M was lauded by , who the Shanghai Securities News for “rewriting the mobile age”.
According to Bloomberg, Beijing’s official newspaper carried the...
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Carmaker signs deal with Alphabet in latest sign of tech firms’ interest in automotive sector
Ford will install Android in all its cars outside China from 2023 for at least six years. Photograph: Piotr Molęcki/East News/Rex/Shutterstock
Google and Ford have signed a deal under which the Android operating system will be installed in most of the US carmaker’s vehicles...
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Jeff Bezos. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images
Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO in Q3 2021, the company announced on January 3.
CEOs are taking to Twitter to send their congratulations to both Bezos and his successor, Andy Jassy.
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Andy Jassy, CEO of AWS,...
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
FILE: Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., listens during an Economic Club of Washington discussion in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, the worlds richest person, and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after 25 years. Bezos, 54, is worth $137 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a ranking of...
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 1: White House press secretary Jen Psaki participates in a briefing at the White House on Monday, Feb 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
The White House is open to narrowing eligibility for the next round of stimulus payments but not lowering those payments below $1,400 per person,...
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House is examining whether former President Donald Trump should continue to receive intelligence briefings now that he is out of office, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.
Psaki told reporters during the White House press briefing she raised the issue of Mr. Trump's access to the nation's secrets with President Biden's...
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
The whole world is still struggling with the coronavirus pandemic but in the meantime, scientists have warned of a fungus which is even more dangerous than COVID-19. The name of this fungus is 'Candida auris', and it is considered to be extremely dangerous.
The Sun cited scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) saying that...
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding Air Force One for his last time as President on January 20, 2021 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. - Pete Marovich/Pool/Getty Images
One week ahead of former President Donald Trump's upcoming impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, polling data suggests that nearly half of...
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Former President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak at a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., on June 20, 2020. - Evan Vucci/AP
Former President Donald Trump has blamed the election results on unfounded claims of fraud and malfeasance. But at the top levels of his campaign, a detailed autopsy report that circulated among his political aides...
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. - Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said "loony lies and conspiracy theories" are a "cancer" on his party.
The statement, first reported by The Hill, appears to be in reference to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
McConnell said conspiracy theorists like her are "not living in reality."
Rep....
