It’s been 18 years since Gmail came into service. Since then it has taken shape of the largest email service on the planet with 1.5 billion daily users. Now, to celebrate its 18th birthday Google is giving the mail service a new look by integrating its other platforms like Meet, Chat, and Space with it.
The planned takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk is in “serious jeopardy”, according to a report, sending shares in the company 4% lower in after-hours trading on Wall Street.
Musk’s team has stopped certain discussions around funding for the $44bn deal, according to a report, citing three people familiar with the matter. The report said Musk had concluded that Twitter’s figures on spam accounts – a bone of contention in the deal – were not verifiable.
Black holes are the gluttons of the cosmos, devouring everything that veers too close — including light itself. Now, an international team of researchers says they have discovered a supermassive black hole that gobbles up the equivalent of one Earth every second.
An experimental cancer-killing virus has been administered to a human patient for the first time, with hopes the testing will ultimately reveal evidence of a new means of successfully fighting cancer tumors in people’s bodies. The drug candidate, called CF33-hNIS (aka Vaxinia), is what’s called an oncolytic virus, a genetically modified virus designed to selectively infect and kill cancer cells while sparing healthy ones.
In an effort to capitalize on the booming market for non-fungible tokens and complement its digital pivot into e-commerce, GameStop Corp will partner with blockchain startup Immutable X to launch its NFT marketplace later this year. In addition, the companies have announced the launch of a $100 million fund in Immutable X tokens, dedicated to
Southern African countries have been hit by a deadly storm this week that shows the reality of climate change, according to a UN official. The death toll has risen to 86 in the wake of Storm Ana. As roads and bridges have washed away in Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi, rescue workers are trying to reach
The HP Corporation has won a multibillion-dollar lawsuit on Friday against a British businessman that it charged with fraud after acquiring his software company Autonomy a decade ago. Michael Lynch, the British entrepreneur who founded Autonomy, now faces a much lower hurdle for extradition to the U.S. with the decision by the U.K.’s High Court.
Less than a month after being found guilty on sex trafficking charges, Gislaine Maxwell has requested a new trial. Bobbi Sternheim, the lawyer for Maxwell, wrote to U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan on Wednesday to inform her that the motion for a new trial had been filed under seal and to ensure that everything
A 14 billion dollar grant to the Army Corps of Engineers has been released by the Biden administration to fund 500 projects, with a focus on easing supply chain issues. The administration is trying to highlight how the projects will alleviate supply chain backlogs, and the spending stems largely from president Joe Biden’s $1 trillion
A fire has been reported at a factory owned by ASML Holding NV in Berlin, Germany, the company said Monday. Nobody was injured and it is too early to tell the impact of the blaze on the company’s operations. It currently operates at full capacity because of a global shortage of semiconductors. ASML is a
In the United States Of America, for the week ending Dec. 25, 58.6% of the coronavirus variants were identified as being Omicron variants, according to data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On Dec.1, a fully vaccinated person who had traveled to South Africa was identified as the first person
On Tuesday morning, the NYPD busted an off-duty cop for DUI after he crashed into a car in Queens. According to police, officer Patrick Gross, 32, was involved in an accident at the intersection of the Long Island Expressway and Cross Island Parkway at 3:50 a.m. Gross is accused of striking a vehicle. The other
