SAN FRANCISCO: Wearables shipments topped 104 million units worldwide in the first quarter of 2021, according to figures from IDC. That represents a 34.4 per cent increase on Q1 2020. With its range of Apple Watch and AirPods products, the Cupertino tech giant continues to rule over the wearables market […]
Day: May 28, 2021
Microsoft says another wave of Russian cyber-attacks has targeted government agencies and human rights groups in 24 countries, most in the US. It said about 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organisations had been attacked this week. The group responsible was the same one that carried out last […]
Oil and gas giant Total will be rebranded as TotalEnergies as it shifts some of its focus towards renewable energy sources. Shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move and approved the firm’s environmental goals. “We want to become a sort of green energy major,” said chief executive Patrick Pouyanné. […]
BEIJING: The foreign ministers of Ireland, Poland, Hungary and Serbia will visit China from Saturday (May 29), the Chinese foreign ministry said, in a sign of a push to strengthen ties with Europe after an investment treaty was frozen. The European Parliament this month halted ratification of the investment pact […]
In the new Loki clip, Tom Hiddleston’s supervillain Loki asserts that he is a “bit of both” when it comes to the question as to whether he is good or bad. A new clip from the upcoming MCU TV series Loki is out. Titled Chaos, the 21-second clip shows the […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Olympic chief Thomas Bach has told athletes that they should travel to Tokyo with “full confidence” that the delayed 2020 Games will be safe for competitors and will not jeopardise the health of the Japanese people. Speaking in a Q&A session during an online conference of the Athletes’ […]