Chinese iPhone shipments could decline up to 30 per cent if Apple is forced to remove WeChat from its App Store, an analyst has predicted. The removal of the massively popular chat platform, owned by Chinese tech giant Tencent, could adversely impact iPhone sales in the country. Annual shipments of other Apple hardware devices, including AirPods, … Read more
Trump walks out of his COVID relief press conference after a reporter pressed him on his claim that he created the Veterans Choice program – which was passed under Obama in 2014 Trump abruptly left signing ceremony of executive orders on Saturday Reporter pressed him on his false claim that he signed Veteran’s Choice Act … Read more
President Donald Trump is moving to suspend payroll taxes and extend expired unemployment benefits after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed. Trump signed four executive orders related to what he called ‘China virus relief’ during a press conference at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday afternoon. It came hours … Read more
TikTok is reportedly planning to sue the Trump administration over the president’s executive order banning the Chinese app from the US. The video-sharing service is prepared to file a federal lawsuit as early as Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of California, NPR reported Saturday, citing an unnamed source who was … Read more
Is Instagram biased towards Trump? Facebook-owned firm blames ‘bug’ for promoting negative hashtags about Biden while HIDING same ones about the President Instagram has disabled its ‘related hashtags on its platform as of Tuesday The move follows a report that suggests the firm was favoring Donald Trump The report found related hashtags were removed from … Read more
MEMOIR SHOTS IN THE DARK: A DIARY OF SATURDAY DREAMS AND STRANGE TIMES by David Kynaston (Bloomsbury, £16.99, 272pp) About halfway through this delightful book David Kynaston glumly observes, after yet another scathing tirade about the failings of Donald Trump, that, ‘ “Bleatings of a liberal wimp” is shaping up to be the subtitle of … Read more
Hydroxychloroquine could prevent tens of thousands of people from dying from coronavirus but the drug has been too politicised, scientists have warned Hydroxychloroquine could prevent tens of thousands of people from dying from coronavirus but the controversial malaria drug is being discarded prematurely, top scientists have warned. While studies have proven it cannot treat patients … Read more
As the fall semester fast approaches, schools, public health officials and President Donald Trump are scrambling to work out a way to reopen academic institutions. A new study by Yale University experts suggests it is possible after all – but only if every student gets tested every two to three days. Keeping infections and potential … Read more
The US government is investing a cumulative $248.7 million in seven biotech companies making next-generation coronavirus tests, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Friday. Contracts are being awarded through the RADx program, announced in April, after the Trump administration and US health agencies were panned for shortages of and flawed tests. The US is … Read more
Microsoft is ‘in talks’ to buy Chinese-owned TikTok after Trump said he is considering banning the video app in the US Sources told The New York Times that Microsoft could take over TikTok The tech firm is in talks with the Chinese-owned app to purchase the service The news comes as President Donald Trump is wrestling … Read more