Thursday, March 28th, 2024

Google Glass is being discontinued, again

Google will no longer sell the latest Enterprise Edition of Google Glass, the company announced this week, effectively killing off an innovative but failed wearable product line from another era that many consumers may...

Dutch to restrict semiconductor tech exports to China, joining US effort

The Netherlands’ government on Wednesday said it plans new restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology to protect national security, joining the US effort to curb chip exports to China. The announcement marked the first...

CT is owed $95 million by Purdue Pharma. Here’s why the state is still waiting for its money

A year ago this week, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced that the state would settle one of its longest-running and most-contentious lawsuits. Today, the state still awaits the tens of millions of dollars...

“Right now, we have 600 million euros of social investment”

The Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, Ana Mendes Godinho, revealed, this Thursday, that the social sector has 600 million euros of investment underway at the moment. “At this moment, we have 600...

TAP regrets strike. “We are doing our best to reach an agreement”

TAP said today that it respects and regrets the decision of the National Civil Aviation Flight Staff Union (SNPVAC) to go on strike this month and assured that it is doing everything possible to...

Angola and Equatorial Guinea “must save” 5 to 10% of GDP per year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) advises African oil-producing countries such as Angola and Equatorial Guinea to set aside 5 to 10% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to manage price fluctuations. “Oil exporters in...

Musk says he will reinstate suspended journalists’ Twitter accounts

Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, said he will reinstate the accounts of several US journalists on the social network after a wave of criticism following the suspension. “People have spoken. The accounts that posted...

More money for four million employees

The breakthrough comes in the middle of the night: IG Metall and employers agree on significantly more money for millions of employees. After twelve hours of negotiations and a threatened breakdown, IG Metall and...

How the stock market has moved with all 5 of the Fed interest rate increases

Even with worries about an impending recession, investors have been surprisingly upbeat on the days when the Fed has increased interest rates. Investors were unhappy. On Sept. 21, just minutes after the Federal Reserve...