Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday said it will write 22 billion U.S. dollars off the value of its assets after sharply lowering its oil and gas price outlook in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.The
Developer and programmer Brie Code has worked at the peak of the video game industry – she was responsible for many of the AI systems that powered non-player character (NPC) behavior in the extremely
Amazon said on Monday it has eliminated all single-use plastic in its packaging across its fulfillment centers in India, delivering on a pledge it made last year to achieve this goal by June.The Amer
03:44 As the COVID-19 pandemic deals a crushing blow to businesses and international trade across the globe, one of the worst-hit has been commercial aviation.With passenger traffic al
American Airlines Group Inc expects to have between 10 percent and 20 percent more workers than needed in July 2021, Chief Executive Doug Parker told employees at a town hall this week, and said that
Chinese top-flight clubs are preparing for the delayed 2020 season to restart on July 25, according to local media report on Saturday. The new season of the Chinese Su
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Amazon has announced that it will acquire Zoox, a self-driving startup founded in 2014, which has raised nearly $1 billion in funding and which aims to develop autonomous driving technology, includin
Developing a COVID-19 vaccine in record time will be tough. Producing enough to end the pandemic will be the biggest medical manufacturing feat in history. That work is underway.From deploying expert
by Xinhua writer Wang Jiangang Some 40,000 Chinese "blue helmets" have already been dispatched to conflict-affected countries and areas in 25 UN peace operations over
Lordstown Motors unveiled Thursday a prototype of its electric future, a pickup truck with four in-wheel hub motors and a few other features all aimed squarely at attracting contractors and other buye
"It [Lufthansa] needs it as a war chest to fight off competition, it doesn't need it to survive."A strong accusation from Ryanair's chief legal officer, Juliusz Komorek, who expressed his anger at th
A coal-fired power plant and a BP refinery beside a wind generator in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. /Martin Meissner/AP Photo On Thursday, the UK's Committee on Climate Change released its progress
As perennial front runner for the title of probably-the-most-evil tech company, Amazon has a long way to go to rehabilitate its image as a take-no-prisoners, industry-consolidating wealth machine.In
Frank Patterson, president and CEO of Pinewood Atlanta Studios, said that in March, his studio was “utterly full” with two major films and three streaming shows in production. (Pinewood do
This morning Hopin, a London-based startup building virtual events technology, announced that it has raised a $40 million Series A led by IVP. According to the company, Salesforce’s corporate ve
The streets of Koramangala, one of the largest neighborhoods in Bangalore, are plastered with hoardings and banners of digital payment services. Every few steps, you find a bank, and offices of fintec