LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Workers at Amazon’s (AMZN.O) new distribution centre in Birmingham, England have decided to join ongoing strike action at the company over pay and working conditions, the GMB trade union said on Tuesday. Workers at the warehouse will take strike action on Jan. 25, said GMB, which has not been publicly … Read more
KYIV: Ukraine’s power grid operator said on Tuesday (Jan 9) severe winter weather left more than 1,000 towns and villages without electricity in nine regions and urged people to conserve power as the energy system has been weakened by Russian strikes. Electricity usage was at this week’s highest levels as temperatures fell to about -15 … Read more
BOSTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) is set to go before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday in a trial over claims that processors it uses to power artificial intelligence technology in key products infringe a computer scientist’s patents. Singular Computing, founded by Massachusetts-based computer scientist Joseph Bates, says Google copied his … Read more
Juniper Networks’ shares climbed 23 per cent in premarket trading on Tuesday after reports Hewlett Packard Enterprise was nearing a $13 billion deal for the networking gear maker to capitalize on the boom in artificial intelligence. A deal could be revealed as early as this week, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on … Read more
PARIS: Taiwan’s Eva Airways Corp has finalised an order for 33 Airbus aircraft, the French plane maker said on Tuesday (Jan 9), with the airline previously saying the deal was worth up to US$10.1 billion. The deal, originally announced in November last year, included 18 long-range A350-1000 and 15 single-aisle A321neo flights. Airbus did not … Read more
Apple’s Vision Pro will officially launch in the US on February 2nd, and starting that same day, you’ll be able sign up to try the headset out for yourself at the company’s retail shops, Apple said in an email today. “Starting at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, February 2, we invite you to sign up for … Read more
Town councils and relevant agencies may act directly during disputes over common spaces if parties are unwilling to compromise despite exploring all options, said Minister of State for National Development Associate Professor Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim in parliament on Tuesday (Jan 9). “Some interventions may seem harsh. But they are necessary to balance the interests of … Read more
DUBAI : The pitch in Cape Town, where India beat South Africa inside five sessions of a test match last week, has earned one demerit point after being rated “unsatisfactory”, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday. The Newlands contest lasted 642 balls with India recording a series-levelling victory in the shortest ever test … Read more
Intel is presenting its full 14th Gen mobile and desktop processor lineup today, including the latest HX-series mobile processors that will power some of 2024’s gaming laptops. Not to be confused with Intel’s new Core Ultra CPUs for laptops, the 14th Gen models are a refresh of the Raptor Lake 13th Gen mobile versions we … Read more
OLED TVs are getting exciting at CES this year. Asus has just announced three new OLED TVs, and two of them are capable of hitting 480Hz refresh rates. Much like LG, Asus has a dual-mode 32-inch OLED monitor that can offer 240Hz frame rates at 4K resolution, or 480Hz at 1080p. Asus is also announcing … Read more
