Slack Technologies Inc. JOB, -1.10% said Wednesday that it filed a competition complaint against Microsoft Corp. MSFT, + 0.35%, alleging the illegal and anti-competitive practice of abusing their market dominance, before the European Commission. “Microsoft has illegally linked its Teams product to its market-dominant Office productivity suite, forces millions to …
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United CEO expects revenue to stabilize at 50% of 2019 levels until vaccine is available
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said Wednesday that he expects air fares to drop as the pandemic continues to depress demand for flights. “I guess prices will go down in the short term,” Kirby told CNBC’s “Squawk Box”. All the normal price metrics … in this pandemic are a little …
Read More »Chinese military threat on the rise, warns Taiwan foreign minister
TAIPEI (Reuters) – China is stepping up military readiness to overtake Taiwan, the island’s foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said Wednesday after a recent surge in Chinese exercises near the island that Beijing considers its own. Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks to the media during a press conference in Taipei, …
Read More »Death of Harry Dunn: closure of the American immunity standard used by Anne Sacoolas
Image copyright Justice4Harry19 Screenshot Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorcycle was involved in an accident outside RAF Croughton The United Kingdom and the United States agreed to amend an “anomaly” that allowed Harry Dunn’s death suspect, Anne Sacoolas, to claim diplomatic immunity. Ms Sacoolas, the wife of a …
Read More »Scientists design the small first-of-a-kind video camera backpack to film the ‘Ant-Man’ perspective from the insect’s back
Attach the camera system to a Pinacate beetle. Credit: Mark Stone / University of Washington. In the movie Ant Man, the title character can reduce its size and travel by flying on the back of an insect. Now researchers at the University of Washington have developed a small, steerable wireless …
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