Seoul, South Korea’s capital as well as its surrounding areas have reportedly banned gatherings of 4 or more people over the holidays of Christmas and New Year after the country recorded its highest daily death count from the novel coronavirus December 21st, 2020.
The national government has been resisting calls to enforce a strict national lockdown, however the governments of Incheon City, Gyeonggi Province, and Seoul have ordered unparalleled restrictions on gatherings starting from 23rd December to 3rd January.
A bipartisan legislative deal reportedly revealed by the United States legislators on Sunday would grant U.S. airlines nearly $15 billion in a novel payroll assistance, which would allow them to bring back approximately 32,000 workers furloughed to payrolls through 31st March.
The support is part of $45 billion reserved for the transportation industry in the $900 billion economic relief package proposed for coronavirus relief.
As per sources, Amtrak, the leading passenger railroad company, is expected to receive $1 billion mean
On December 21st, 2020, Europes medicines regulator is expected to assess the COVID-19 vaccine which has been jointly developed by the US firm Pfizer and BioNTech, its German partner, with an approval to put Europe on course to start inoculations within a week.
Countries across the European Union, including Germany, Austria, and Italy have stated that they plan to commence vaccinations from December 27th as Europe tries to catch up to the United States and Britain where the vaccine roll-ou
The new telehealth platform helps in identifying if the individual is medically qualified to receive hormonal contraception.
OvaryIt has tied up with several non-hormonal contraceptive manufacturers as well as distributors.
OvaryIt Holdings Inc. has reportedly introduced a telehealth platform for women looking for focused specialty care associated with non-hormonal and hormonal contraception. The new platform will allow women to safely engage through a telehealth interface which is b
FreeWheel, a San Francisco-based Comcast Company, is reportedly planning to acquire Beeswax Inc., a SaaS (software as a service) advertising firm.
According to reliable sources, the acquisition will allow FreeWheel to expand its existing programmatic marketplace capabilities across all types of video and television advertising, such as Set-top Box Video on Demand (STB VOD) and Connected TV (CTV).
Notably, Beeswax specializes in providing programmatic advertising services through an advanced BaaS (Bidder-as-a-Service) customizable bidding
The UK Supreme Court has reportedly made a verdict in favor of the construction of third runway at Heathrow Airport. Reportedly, the scheme was earlier blocked by the Court of Appeal, who said the government’s airports strategy did not meet up-to-date climate targets of the UK. However, the Supreme Court has ruled that the plan was legitimately based on earlier, less strict, climate goals when it was agreed.
Although the firm behind the construction of Heathrow runway can now seek planning permission for the same, it faces certain obstacles, such as the need to persuad
Several of Silicon Valley’s largest enterprises could reportedly face hefty fines under newly proposed rulebook changes the European Union announced December 15th, 2020. The main intension of these changes primarily revolve around protecting people across Europe from online harm and boosting digital competition.
According to reports, the rulebook changes represent a watershed moment for the European Commission, which helmed by Ursula von der Leyen, has made efforts to consolidate the bloc’s role within digital markets or ‘technological sovereignt
SolarWinds Inc., has recently been hit by a cybersecurity breach where the hackers at the apex of sprawling spy campaign used the company’s dominance against it. The company has reportedly confirmed that Orion, its flagship network management software tool, has proven to be the unwitting channel for an expansive international operation of cyberespionage. The hackers apparently inserted a malicious code in the software updates of Orion which was pushed out to around 18,000 customers.
It has been reported that the hackers have already augmented their access into importan
Honda Motor Co., the leading Japanese manufacturer of motorcycles, automobiles, and power equipment, has reportedly announced that it is recalling nearly 1.79M vehicles across the world in mainly 4 separate campaigns, which includes some associated to reported fires. The recalls cover nearly 1.4 million Honda vehicles in the U.S.
Honda stated that one U.S. recall covers nearly 268,000 CR-V vehicles that are between 2002-06 model year to substitute their power window switches. The automaker further added no injuries have been reported, however 16 fires were reported linked to
