Google latest US tech giant to invest in India’s Jio
Google has become the latest US technology giant to invest in Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries’ digital business. The Alphabet-owned search engine has agreed to pay $4.5bn (£3.6bn) for a 7.7% stake in Jio Platforms. Reliance’s…
Biden to Call for $2 Trillion in Spending on Clean Energy
(Bloomberg) — Joe Biden on Tuesday will call for setting a 100% clean-electricity standard by 2035 and investing $2 trillion over four years on clean energy, three people familiar with his plan said Monday. The Democratic nominee’s new commitments…
Instead of Criticizing Tech Valuations, Embrace Them
(Bloomberg Opinion) — The Covid-19 pandemic may have hurt the economy, but for technology stocks it feels like 1999 again. The Nasdaq Composite Index just reached a record high having rebounded about 50% from its low of the year in March. The stock…
Commercial Energy Storage Reaches Major Milestone In The U.S.
The energy storage industry is booming. This is not new news — the up-and-coming sector has been on a swift upward trajectory for quite a while, but now there are some new developments in the works that are set to catapult the industry into new…
Baltimore City Schools Offer Free Wireless Hotspots To Families
BALTIMORE, MD – As schools across Maryland consider how they will educate students this fall as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues, Baltimore City Public Schools is assisting families who do not have internet service at home with remote learning.…
Reuters Sports News Summary
Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. Australian PM says no evidence coronavirus originated in China laboratory, urges inquiry Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who has angered Beijing by calling for a global inquiry into the…
Stocks mostly lower after Nasdaq sets record high
Stocks abruptly turned negative Thursday as fears over the economic outlook following an increase in coronavirus cases resurged. The Dow and S&P 500 wiped out its week to date gains, while the Nasdaq held higher and hit a record. [Click here to read…
The anatomy of a fake news headline
As confrontations between Black Lives Matter protesters and police erupted across the country earlier this month, some Oregonians, mostly older people, saw a Facebook ad pushing a headline about how a Republican politician “Wants Martial Law To Control…
Everything to know about Quibi, the short-form video startup that raised $1.75 billion before launch but has struggled to break through
Sophie Turner stars in “Survive” on Quibi. Quibi It’s a moment of truth for Quibi, the mobile-video startup that launched in April after raising $1.75 billion to try and revolutionize TV for smartphones. Quibi’s early sign ups are…
Famous Twitter Accounts Hacked to Spread Bitcoin Scam
Click here to read the full article. This is not the kind of change Barack Obama was asking for: On Wednesday afternoon, Twitter users en masse saw a whirlwind of scam tweets from famous accounts, urging followers to send money by clicking suspicious…