Tue, 21-Oct-2025

BTS’ V rolled to elude fans and reporters at the airport

BTS V

V, also known as Kim Taehyung, eluded his supporters and reporters at the Seoul Gimpo Business Aviation Center. Some BTS fans have defended V against the bad press. Police were called to break up a fight between latecomers and those who were supposed to be at the front of the line. BTS members RM, V, … Read more

‘Everything Everywhere All At Once,’ platform release from A24, has crossed the $25 million mark (update)

Everything Everywhere All At Once, A24’s SXSW opening, grossed an estimated $5.4 million in its sxth session, bringing its total to $26.9 million. Following two years of the pandemic, A24’s SXSW opening Everything Everywhere All At Once has crossed the $20 million mark at the North American box office, a remarkable milestone for a platform … Read more

Car crashes into tram tracks due to a driver’s mistake in Istanbul

Car

After the fire service and police were notified, the car was eventually taken out. Fortunately, no one was injured. Surveillance video from Istanbul, Turkey’s capital, shows a car driving on tram lines, much to the surprise of people who are on the platform waiting for a tram. Read more: Murree Incident: How to survive in … Read more

Switzerland’s largest online bank to launch its crypto trading platform

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RIYADH: Switzerland’s largest online bank, Swissquote, is preparing to launch its own cryptocurrency trading platform, Arab News reported. The company plans to open its crypto exchange before the end of the first half of 2022, Jan De Schepper, chief sales and marketing officer at Swissquote, was quoted as saying by Finews.asia publication. Swissquote wants to become “the … Read more

EasyJet warns ‘too soon’ to assess omicron impact, cuts losses

omicron

LONDON: British airline EasyJet warned on Tuesday that it was “too soon” to assess the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant on the aviation sector, after logging narrowing annual losses as skies reopened. The emergence last week of Omicron, a new concerning Covid variant first detected in southern Africa, has prompted some nations including Britain … Read more

Zoom loses $100 billion of its market value

Zoom

US video conferencing platform Zoom has lost around $100 billion of its market value since its October 2020 peak, a decline of 64 per cent for the stock, Bloomberg reported. The video communications company fell 15 per cent on Tuesday to close at the lowest level since June 2020. Despite the decline, the stock was still up … Read more

Saudi Arabia offers 15 investment opportunities for poultry projects

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RIYADH: Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture has announced the launch of 15 investment opportunities for poultry project schemes in Al Madinah province as of December 6, 2021 for a period of one month, SPA reported. The opportunities announced cover the Al Khobar, Al Hinakiyah and Shajwa governorates. Investors can apply through Aradi (lands) platform, the … Read more

Twitter joins forces with Reuters, AP to tackle disinformation 

Twitter website unavailable to some users, company is working to resolve the issue

Twitter, an American micro blogging and social networking service first-ever announced to work together with two of the largest international news providers, Reuters and the Associated Press, to debunk disinformation on its messaging site. The news agencies will help it give more context and background information on events which create a high volume of tweets, agencies quoted … Read more

Investment platform launched in Hong Kong 

HONG KONG: Former chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited Charles Li announced Tuesday the launch of an investment platform to channel international capital to mainland small firms. Speaking at a press conference, Li highlighted the vitality and growth potential of mainland’s small businesses and said he hopes to develop a revolutionary investment … Read more

Apple, Google & Microsoft Collaborate for a “common vision” on extensions

Browser makers collaborated for a "common vision" on extensions

The foremost browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have joined hand “to establish a common browser extension platform” and also have a “common vision” on extensions. According to the details, these tech giants “plan to specify, standardize or coordinate around extension signing or delivery,” while still making it easier for developers to write the tools … Read more

Tiktok reduces its employees in India due to a countrywide ban

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Tiktok has announced they are reducing their staff members in India. The news came after the social media platform was banned in the region, implying that the company might be withdrawing from the country. According to the reports, Tiktok officials confirmed that the company is reducing its workforce in India. In the statement, the representative told … Read more

HEC announces Certification from Home Platform across Pakistan

HEC announces Certification from Home Platform across Pakistan

Pakistan has joined the league of some of the top countries of the world by providing a Certification from Home Platform for Microsoft Certifications for its students. An agreement was reached between the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and Microsoft to provide this Certification free of cost to the first 2000 students who register … Read more

Twitter Bans Posts that promotes Hateful Content

Twitter Bans

Micro-blogging Site Twitter bans hateful content that targets people for their disease of disability. As per details, Twitter bans posts that “dehumanise” people. Twitter Bans Posts that promotes Hateful Content. This step is taken happens to correspond to an explosion of tweets about the spreading coronavirus. The company detailed its policy to Reuters. Twitter briefed … Read more

Twitter’s hide-away feature rolls out globally

Twitter

Twitter on Thursday started letting customers “hide” tweeted replies that could possibly be seen as abusive or harassing within the newest effort by the net platform to create an extra welcoming setting. The transfer is a part of an effort to assist customers “feel safe and comfortable while talking on Twitter,” head of product administration … Read more