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[ad_1] Seoul, Jan 29 (IANS): Samsung Electronics said on Friday that its new flagship line of smartphones was officially launched globally, as the South Korean tech giant hopes its latest phones can boost the company’s mobile business amid fierce challenges from rivals. Sales of the Galaxy S21 series have started …

[ad_1] Diageo plc (LON: DGE) has announced its interim results for the six months ended December 31, 2020. Financial highlights • Reported net sales (£ 6.9bn) were down 4.5% as organic growth of 1.0% was more than offset by an unfavorable trade. Reported operating profit (£ 2.2bn) was down 8.3%, …

[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL: The first crew of the private space station showed up on Tuesday: three men who pay $ 55 million each to fly a SpaceX rocket. They will be led by a former NASA astronaut who now works for Axiom Space, the Houston company that organized the trip …

[ad_1] On Friday morning, Microsoft announced that it was increasing the price of its Xbox Live Gold subscription service. By Friday night, he reversed that decision and something else. In an update to its news post about the price change, the company explained that it was “wrong.” And according to …

[ad_1] Google has announced a plan to address privacy concerns in online advertising, as the company attempts to strike a middle ground between Apple’s privacy approach and the needs of advertisers, including itself. Google will use AI to group an individual user with similar visitors in an attempt to convince …

[ad_1] For Ambassador Eitan Na’eh, the excitement of being Israel’s first high-ranking diplomat in the UAE began even before he landed in the Gulf state this week. Speaking from self-quarantine in Abu Dhabi on Monday, Na’eh spoke of “mixed national and personal emotion,” which began “from the first time the …

[ad_1] A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled a record 143 small satellites into polar orbit on Sunday in the company’s first dedicated “carpool” mission, a response to growing demand for low-cost access to space from companies and smaller, non-traditional institutions. The “Transporter 1” mission also served as a reminder of …

[ad_1] Tech platforms like Google and Facebook are fighting an Australian bill that will force them to pay Australian media companies. The Australian Government introduced the Digital Media and Platforms Mandatory Trading Code in December 2020 after more than three years of extensive public consultations to “address the bargaining power …

[ad_1] Larry King, who lived through the ages of radio and networks, the cable boom, and saw the birth of the age of social media, was one of the last remaining links to various eras past. Image from The Associated Press Larry King interviewed more than 50,000 people for more …

[ad_1] 6.04 a. M. GMT 06:04 That’s it for tonight. Thanks as always for sticking with us and be sure to check out the full fight report here. 5.54 a. M. GMT 05:54 “It’s hard to get over being inactive for long periods of time,” says McGregor. “It’s just that. …