- A team of experts has revealed that children living in poorer neighborhoods score low on an array of cognitive tasks such as verbal ability, memory, reading skills, and attention. Experts have claimed that these children as well have smaller brain volumes in the key cognitive region as compared to children living in more affluent neighborhoods. […]
- New Spicy Ghost Pepper Donut of Dunkin’ has set the social media ablaze with everyone talking about it ahead of Halloween. This is the first ‘pepper-packed’ offering by the Canton-based company. The new offering made its debut at all participating locations in the United States on October 14. It is made of the classic yeast […]
- US Senator Elizabeth Warren has written a letter to Walt Disney slamming it for job cuts. She also slammed the company for giving priority to packages of shareholders and CEO over the well being of its employees. The letter comes after Disney said that it will lay off around 28,000 employees because of the COVID-19 […]
- After offering Travis Scott’s meal, which was a massive hit, McDonald’s has not collaborated with Latin pop superstar J Balvin to offer another celebrity meal. The fast-food chain has named the meal ‘J Balvin Meal.’ The meal will have items that are already being served by McDonald’s. The meal has a Big Mac, an Oreo […]
- The Seattle City Council has approved a minimum hourly wage for Uber and Lyft drivers, becoming the second major city in the United States to do so. The new law mandates that ride-hailing companies must pay drivers a minimum wage of USD 16.39. This is the minimum wage for businesses having more than 500 employees. […]
- The US government has sanctioned China’s biggest chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC). The move has dealt further damage to the Chinese semiconductor industry as the United States has already removed Huawei from the list of its chip suppliers. SMIC has been added to the entity list by the US Department of Commerce. This effectively […]
- Uber has won a legal to its operation in London as a judge overturned a decision by Transport for London (TfL). The judge has granted the ride-hailing app a license to operate for 18 months. London’s transport authority had stripped the company of its license in November last year. It had cited a ‘pattern of […]
- An uncertain future looms for Nikola as its founder Trevor Milton has decided to voluntarily step down from his role as executive chairman effective immediately. Milton has also resigned as a member of Nikola’s board. The resignation came close on the heels of a short-selling firm accusing Nikola of making ‘an Ocean of Lies.’ Milton […]
- The United States Department of Defense has said that it is standing with the decision of awarding the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract to Microsoft. The decision is a setback to Amazon in the ongoing legal battle over the lucrative USD 10 billion infrastructure project. The Pentagon, in a statement, said that the investigation […]
- When it comes to controversies, President Trump has always been in it by way of tweets or statements. Recently the President walked out of a very long ores conference held on the current coronavirus outbreak issue when a reporter asked him a question. The question wasn’t controversial, but the reporter who asked it made Trump […]
- From the last few days, the social media platform is getting quite into the controversial topic relating to Musk trying to reopen the Tesla Factories by defying local government orders. For the last few days, there has been a verbal battle between the tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and the California government about the reopening of […]
- Every major company is fighting this epidemic situation in their way, and now grocery chain company Kroger has also joined this list. Recently the company released an official new notice for all of its employees working. This further notice mentions the fact that every employee will now be required to wear masks and cover their […]
- When it comes to the chairman of Feds and the president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, these two shares quite different opinions of each other’s policies. Even though the current situation in the US because of the coronavirus outbreak is not right, the Trump administration is thinking of reopening the economy in […]
- The Asian stock market, exceptionally Chinese performed better than anyone’s expectations, especially when the country recorded the lowest manufacturing purchasing managers index. Mainland China stock market went up after facing a massive amount of losses on Friday’s intraday trading. Shanghai composite went up by 3.15%, and Shenzhen Component also went up by 3.769 percent. The […]
- A German court has allowed Electric Vehicle maker Tesla to go ahead with the cleaning of a forest to set up its factory. The forest is located near the capital city of Berlin. The approval to raze the forest area was granted by the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg. The court said Tesla can continue […]
- Microsoft is mulling to launch dedicated antivirus software for Android and iOS platforms. According to Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Solutions Group, the antivirus software will be called Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP). Microsoft said the software will offer preventive protection and post-breach detection services. Other services will include automated investigation and responses. Most Android devices have Google […]
- Online furniture retailer Wayfair has announced that it would cut 550 jobs worldwide, with around 350 in Boston Headquarters. The announcement has been made as the company’s chief executive officer acknowledged that the home retailers had grown too swiftly and become less efficient. The development comes after the company has doubled its workforce in the […]
- In various surveys, it’s been found that US students fear the most about their financial freedom because the majority of them are having a tremendous amount of education loan on their name. Even though the number of students applying for loans went down, it still doesn’t solve the overall problem. A report shows student loan […]
- As 2020 comes, it’s also bringing one of the most anticipated things for Americans, and that’s presidential re-elections. Donald J. Trump, who is currently the president of the USA, is heading towards his next re-election by the end of 2020. Trump got elected as president in 2016, which shocked many democrats and people who did […]
- John Schnatter, the founder and former CEO of Papa John’s, gave his first interview after getting out of the company. John answered various questions regarding the pizza quality and top management’s work system. While giving the interview, he was asked about the current taste of pizza, and John said that he had eaten 40 pizzas […]