Two weeks after the conclusion of the Epic Games v. Apple trial over the latter’s allegedly anticompetitive app store policies, Apple used its WWDC keynote to defend these policies and tout the App Store’s success. “Since the beginning, we designed the…
Job openings surged to a record high in April as businesses, especially in the hospitality sector, are looking to staff up ahead of what is expected to be a busy summer season. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest Job Openings and Labor …
While the UK has long abandoned the strategy of achieving herd immunity by allowing the virus to spread throughout the least at risk sections of the population, the availability of vaccines finally opened up the possibility of getting there without hav…
ProPublica used IRS documents to carry out a damning investigation into the tax affairs of America’s wealthiest individuals and it found that they paid next to nothing in taxes over a five-year period. Between 2014 and 2018, the 25 richest people in th…
Samsung, Apple, Huawei and Xiaomi were the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world in 2020, together reaching a global market share of almost 60 percent. While these brands are bought and used all over the world, they have still retained certain …
Apple kicked of its annual developers conference with a jam-packed keynote on Monday, introducing a slew of new features for its entire product range. Aside from a focus on health and and privacy, Apple put an emphasis on features that help people stay…
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. economy with full force in March 2020, causing stock markets and economic indicators to plummet and erasing nearly 20 million jobs in a matter of weeks, many had hoped that this crisis would go away as quickly as…
As vaccination rates climb and case numbers drop in many parts of the world, companies are preparing for life after the pandemic. In many cases, that involves bringing workers back to their offices. And while a return to the pre-pandemic working model …
As Apple is kicking off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday, the company is dealing with a little trouble on the home front. Following the company’s internal announcement of its post-pandemic remote work policy, a group of emplo…
G7 finance ministers reached a historic deal on corporation tax at the weekend which will see all seven countries endorsing a minimum rate of 15 percent. The agreement comes after yet another case of a company paying zero tax that raised serious questi…
