A very dissatisfied owner of a Tesla climbed on a Tesla Model 3 during a car show in Shanghai. The woman was wearing a shirt that read, loosely translated in Chinese characters, “brake didn’t work” and shouted, “Tesla’s brake didn’t work”. This can be seen in a video from […]
Instagram Says Sorry for Diet Promotion to People With Eating Disorders
Instagram says it has fixed a bug that caused users with eating disorders to be automatically recommended posts for potentially harmful diets. The company apologizes. A new search function that, like that, provided search terms via AI, appears to recommend a variety of diets and potentially harmful weight loss […]
Law Against Racist Violence Passed A Hurdle in the US Senate
Legislation designed to crack down on violence against Asian Americans passed a significant hurdle in the United States Senate on Wednesday. A minority of 40 senators can prevent a bill from being put to the vote at all, but in this case, an overwhelming majority of 92 senators voted […]
Oil Demand Will Increase More This Year Due to Vaccinations
Global oil demand will grow more strongly this year than previously thought, thanks to the coronavirus vaccination campaigns and the crisis’s economic recovery. That says the International Energy Agency (IEA). However, according to the IEA, the rising number of corona infections in certain large countries may pressure that recovery […]
Strong Business Results Advance the Japanese Stock Market
On the Tokyo stock exchange, the mood on Tuesday was buoyed by strong corporate results. Also, investors processed the latest trade figures from China. We also looked forward to US inflation figures, which will be released later today. A rapid rise in the price level can cause interest rates […]
Deposed Myanmar Leader Wants to Speak to Lawyers
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi, deposed in a military coup, has asked to speak to her lawyers in person in a short court hearing. She has been imprisoned, and the new rulers have made a series of charges against her. On Monday, another one was added that, like […]
Another Record Number of Corona Deaths in Brazil
Brazil again registered a record number of deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday. Brazil’s Ministry of Health announced that 4,249 deaths had been reported in the past 24 hours. This brings the official death toll to over 345,000. In the past 24 hours, more than 86,000 new corona infections […]
Twitter Does Not Allow Publication of Trump’s Archived Tweets
Twitter will not allow the US National Archives to republish former President Donald Trump’s archived tweets on the microblogging platform, news site Politico reports. Trump has had a Twitter ban since his supporters stormed the Capitol in January, and his page has since been taken offline. Twitter announced to […]
Instructor USA: Officer Used the Bad Technique Against George Floyd
On Tuesday, an American police instructor stated in the criminal trial surrounding the death of black detainee George Floyd that police officer Derek Chauvin used an illegal technique when he pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck to get him under control. According to the instructor, officers are trained to […]
ABN AMRO Will Offer Google Pay
ABN AMRO will offer Google Pay via its own app in the second quarter. According to the bank, there is a great demand among customers for mobile payment options that work on the Android operating system. “With Google Pay, customers will soon be able to quickly and easily make […]