New data from Counterpoint Research today highlights the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on smartphone sales. According to the data, direct smartphone sales volumes in the United States fell 25% year-over-year during the second quarter of 2020, but the iPhone SE represented a “bright spot” for the market. Samsung …
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The congressional coronavirus response oversight panel questioned Monday why the Treasury Department loaned $ 700 million to a cash-strapped shipping company in an effort to protect national security. In a report released Monday, the Congressional Oversight Commission tasked with monitoring trillions of dollars in emergency aid said it would further …
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An explosion hit a power plant in central Iran’s Isfahan province on Sunday, the state-run IRNA news agency reported, saying it was on faulty equipment and caused no casualties. A “worn-out transformer … at Isfahan’s Islamabad Thermal Power Plant exploded around 5:00 am today,” Isfahan Electric Company Managing Director Said …
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The strike, called Strike for Black Lives, will take place in more than 100 cities in the United States. Protesters include black and brown fast food workers, home health aides, janitors, and others in industries where black workers are disproportionately represented. The Movement for Black Lives is organizing the protest, …
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July 20, 2020 3:08 PM Brandon Arbuckle Aware: July 20, 2020 3:08 PM Updated: July 20, 2020 3:34 PM This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow), also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue …
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