Category: NEWS

Amazon announced it would spend more than $500 million on one-time bonuses for its front-line employees in the United States who are working the holiday season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m grateful to our teams who continue to play a vital role serving their communities, Amazon...

Boris Johnson has announced the details of a stricter three-tier system – medium (tier 1), high (tier 2), or very high (tier 3) – for England. The prime minister confirmed the news during an appearance in the House of Commons via video link on Monday,...

Foxconn is moving some iPad and MacBook assembly to Vietnam from China, Reuters reports. The assembly lines are set to start production in the first half of next year at Foxconn’s Bac Giang province, according to Reuters’ source, who notes that Apple wants to diversify...

Undertaker, one of the most iconic Superstars in WWE history and a pop culture phenomenon, made his official debut on TikTok. In his first-ever TikTok video, the “Phenom” watches on as his wife Michelle McCool imitates his iconic sit-up pose while while at home. @Undertaker joins...

The Argentina government has declared three days of national mourning for the death of football legend Diego Armando Maradona, the office of the presidency has said. Diego Maradona, who captained the 1986 World Cup-winning team, died from a heart attack at the age of 60 on Wednesday. Argentina’s President...

Square Enix, the studio behind the Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Tomb Raider games says it’ll allow most of its employees to work from home permanently. Status changes will be allowed on a monthly basis depending upon the intensity of an employee’s duties. The Company...

YouTube has temporarily suspended One America News Network (OANN) from posting new videos for a week after uploading a video promoting a phony cure for COVID-19, Axios reported. OANN’s one-week suspension from posting new videos or livestreams is the result of a “strike” YouTube issued...

Zoom is lifting the 40-minute time limit on Thanksgiving Zoom meetings so family members and friends can virtually spend the holiday together. Health officials advise people to not take part in large Thanksgiving family gatherings, especially with older family members, many are planning on hosting...

The government of Indian has banned another 43 Chinese mobile apps on the grounds of national security, including AliExpress and TaoBao Live. “This action was taken based on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of...

Tesla founder Elon Musk surpassed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to become the second-richest person in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.  Musk added $100.3 billion to his net worth in 2020, more than any other person on Bloomberg’s ranking of the top 500 richest people in the world, Bloomberg...

Charli D’Amelio is the first TikTok creator to hit 100 million followers. On TikTok, that makes her more than twice as big as Will Smith, three times as big as The Rock, four times as big as Selena Gomez, and five times as big as Kylie...

The social media giants will transfer presidential accounts to President-elect Joe Biden the moment he’s sworn in at noon on January 20, 2021. The @POTUS account on both platforms is the official account of the President of the United States. It is separate from the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account and...

The microblogging site Twitter will automatically transfer presidential accounts to President-elect Joe Biden the moment he’s sworn in at noon on Inauguration Day, as reported by Policito. Twitter will transfer the account to Biden even if President Donald Trump hasn’t conceded. Twitter will transfer @POTUS, @whitehouse, @VP, @FLOTUS, and a...

President Trump has fired Chris Krebs, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), after Krebs disputed claims that the U.S. 2020 Presidential Election was insecure and fraudulent. Trump appointed Krebs as the first director of CISA after it was established on November 16,...

Adobe is releasing first beta version of Photoshop on Apple Silicon hardware! The beta releases will allow owners of a Surface Pro X or Apple’s new M1-powered MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini to run Photoshop natively on their devices. Native versions of Photoshop...

Actor Asif Basra was found hanging in a private complex in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. Reportedly he died by suicide. Asif had worked in several popular films like ‘Kai Po Che’, ‘Black Friday’, ‘Jab We Met’, ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’, ‘Krrish 3’, and...

A former Microsoft software engineer that was convicted for stealing more than $10 million from the company has been sentenced to nine years in prison, zdnet reports. The judgment, made by a jury, found that the charged individual, Volodymyr Kvashuk, committed 18 felonies. This consisted of five...