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September 2, 2021 By Norihiko Shirouzu HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – “Do you know how big Volvo is?” asked Don Leclair, finance chief at Ford Motor Co.. It was 2008, and Leclair was responding to an offer from a little-known Chinese businessman to purchase the Swedish carmaker, which Ford owned. The businessman, Li Shufu, had a […]

September 1, 2021 By Silvia Aloisi VENICE (Reuters) -Decked out in a black and white Chanel gown, Oscar-winning actress Penelope Cruz led the comeback of movie stars to the red carpet of the Venice film festival on its opening night on Wednesday, as cinema hopes to shake off the gloom of the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike […]

September 2, 2021 By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Liz Cheney will serve as vice chairwoman of the congressional select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, the panel announced on Thursday. The announcement is likely to increase criticism of Cheney, a three-term House member and the daughter […]

September 2, 2021 BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romania’s centrist ruling coalition faced possible collapse on Thursday as a junior party withdrew support for the prime minister in a row over the sacking of its justice minister, threatening economic recovery and prolonged instability. The dismissal of Stelian Ion deepened rifts in the centrist coalition formed between Prime Minister Florin […]

September 2, 2021 By Yiming Woo and Lea Guedj PARIS (Reuters) -Twelve million French children returned to school on Thursday, wearing facemasks, using sanitizer as they arrived and standing distanced from each other in schoolyards under strict rules aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. President Emmanuel Macron, who visited a school in the southern […]

September 2, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s communications watchdog threatened on Thursday to fine Apple and Google unless they removed an app created by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny from their stores, the Interfax news agency reported. A Russian court declared the jailed opposition politician’s movement extremist this summer in a crackdown ahead of parliamentary elections […]

September 2, 2021 BERLIN (Reuters) – Deutsche Bahn said it would take the German train drivers’ union GdL to court after it rejected an improved pay offer and stepped up industrial action with a strike that paralysed a large part of the country’s passenger traffic on Thursday. The strike, the third and longest in the […]

Rumored iPhone 13 features – Released September 2021 – Price starts at $699 / £699 – Possibly two new colors – Design largely unchanged – Smaller notch – Upgraded camera – Biggest camera upgrade for Pro – Smooth-scrolling screen on Pros – New, powerful A15 chipset – More storage, up to 1TB models – Larger […]

Vodafone is often one of the best providers when it comes to cheap fibre broadband deals and its latest offer is no exception. But you'll have to act fast as this promotion is set to end soon. To be exact, Vodafone has set a countdown ending on Friday, September 3 at 11.59pm. Both of Vodafone's […]

Even seven years after its launch, The Sims 4 continues to be one of the biggest PC games ever made. After a bit of a rocky start, with long-time franchise fans (known affectionately as ‘Simmers’) complaining when it first released that it was smaller in scope, and with fewer features, than the previous games. However, […]

Even seven years after its launch, The Sims 4 continues to be one of the biggest PC games ever made. After a bit of a rocky start, with long-time franchise fans (known affectionately as ‘Simmers’) complaining when it first released that it was smaller in scope, and with fewer features, than the previous games. However, […]

The LG B1 OLED has come to the US, meaning any North American shoppers are able to order the budget OLED TV through the LG website. The surprise listing seems to contradict previous communications from LG, which previously only planned to release the LG B1 in the UK, preferring to push its 48-inch OLED, the […]

Is an OLED TV right for you? Or should you choose a QLED TV instead? If you’re looking for a new television, it’s time to learn the difference between these two TV tech terms because you’re likely to see them everywhere.  There have been countless TV tech advances over the years. This is fantastic news […]

Criminals are actively recruiting native English speakers, in order to craft more believable business email compromise (BEC) campaigns, according to cybersecurity researchers. While BEC scamsters are finding innovative ways to circumvent security checks and make their way to your inbox, quite a few fall flat on their face thanks to their poorly worded message, which […]

While 5G in India is still a distant dream, telecom companies, including Jio and Airtel, have already started conducting trials to test the feasibility of the high-speed mobile network. Once launched, 5G is expected to solve internet connectivity related issues and will help devices connect to each other seamlessly, apart from offering high-speed internet to […]

The LG B1 OLED is coming for 2021, but has its thunder been stolen? That's the question on our lips right now, with a BX OLED successor confirmed by LG even as an even cheaper A Series model is set to undercut it on price. The B Series has, for the past few years, been […]

EVGA has conducted an investigation into the incidents where some of its RTX 3090 graphics cards ended up being bricked for the players of the beta of Amazon’s MMO, New World. If you recall this affair – which at the time was thought to supposedly affect other cards aside from EVGA’s, including AMD Radeon GPUs […]

Mini LED is a term that’s used to describe the tech inside many of the best TVs of 2021. But what is Mini LED? And do you need it?  First up, let’s look at where you’ll find Mini LED. This term is most often used to describe TVs. Most major brands, like TCL, Philips, LG […]

September 2, 2021 By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Apple Inc is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market by forcing developers to use its proprietary in-app purchase system, according to a source and documents seen by Reuters. The allegations are similar to a case […]

September 2, 2021 By Michele Kambas and George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) – Composer Mikis Theodorakis, whose life and music mirrored Greece’s soul and crossed international boundaries in his captivating score for the film ““Zorba the Greek”, died on Thursday, plunging the country into three days of mourning. A towering man with a brooding presence and […]