Prosus NV said it struck a $1.8 billion deal to acquire Stack Overflow; an online community for software developers; in a bet on growing demand for online tech learning. Moreover, Based in New York, closely held Stack Overflow operates a question-and-answer website used by software developers and other types of workers such as financial professionals […]
The Chinese government announced Tuesday that a man in Jiangsu province, northwest of Shanghai, had become the first person known to have been infected with the H10N3 strain of bird flu. In a statement, China’s National Health Commission emphasized that there was no evidence that the strain had the ability to spread among humans, adding […]
Youngest congresswoman elected. At the age of 29, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) made history as the youngest woman elected to 116th Congress and the youngest woman ever to serve in the US congress. In the biggest surprise of the 2018 midterm election primaries, she had upset 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley, the Democratic Caucus chair who […]
Vietnam’s Health Ministry announced Saturday that it had detected a highly transmissible new variant of the coronavirus that has helped fuel a recent wave of infections in the vietnam. Genetic sequencing indicated that the new variant was a mix of the coronavirus strains first detected in the United Kingdom and India, said Health Minister Nguyen […]
As far as new announcements go; this one is pretty impressive. China is home to the largest automotive market in the world; it might surprise some of you to learn that Genesis hasn’t been a part of that growth. That’s changing; the automaker put on one hell of a light show over Shanghai to let […]
Japan has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in just over 50 days. Cases remain high and medical systems in Osaka, the hardest-hit area in western Japan, are still overburdened, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga […]
Elsewedy Electric, Egyptian engineering services company; is keen on expanding production in Pakistan after acquiring Validus Engineering Pakistan. This was announced by the Minister of State and Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman, Atif Bokhari. Atif took to Twitter and said that the Managing Director of Elsewedy Electric; Sherif Abo Elhassan, reached out to him to […]
Nissan will invest more than 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion); in building new electric-vehicle battery plants in the U.K. and Japan, according to a report. The Japanese automobile giant and a Chinese-owned battery maker aim to start delivering batteries. Also, to power 700,000 electric vehicles a year from two plants as early as 2024, the […]
An Indian YouTuber; has been arrested for making a video; after tying his pet dog to several helium gas balloons in a bid to make it “fly”. Guarav, who has four million subscribers; was detained after attaching his pet dog ‘Dollar’; to helium balloons in Delhi. Secondly, Footage shows the Pomeranian mix flying into the […]
The Korean supergroup broke their own record Friday for most YouTube views in the first 24-hours of release with their new English-language single “Butter;” hitting approximately 113 million views by midnight ET; according to the platform’s public views counter. BTS had set the previous record with their 2020 single “Dynamite,” their first entirely in English. […]
