Amazon was the last of the big five U.S. tech companies to report its earnings for the first three months of 2021 on Thursday. And like the other four GAFAM companies before it, Amazon reported yet another blowout quarter, flying past analyst expectati…
Many developing nations in the East and Southeast Asia region have taken a major hit economically due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to the latest economic outlook by the Asian Development Bank, all countries are supposed to bounce back in 2021…
Wireless mapping company Opensignal released an analysis of real-world 5G measurements across all frequency bands in mid-April which highlights network speeds in major cities around the world. South Korea has the fastest 5G download speeds of any count…
The number of miles that Americans are covering in airplanes has risen sharply since 1960, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Bus travel has also picked up in recent years as more companies entered the U.S. market. Even though the tota…
As Europe’s vaccine rollout is picking up pace, the European Commission is doubling down on its use of mRNA vaccines, with the Pfizer/BioNTech shot central to its inoculation efforts. According to a statement issued on Friday, the European Commission i…
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic causing the global auto industry to shrink 16 percent, electric vehicle sales actually posted strong growth during the crisis. A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) found that the number of electric cars,…
Joe Biden has been the U.S. president for almost 100 days after taking office on January 20, 2021. Having been nicknamed Sleepy Joe during the election campaign by incumbent President Donald Trump, Biden has woken up to the challenges of the presidency…
Following a strong end to 2020 that saw Apple beat its previous revenue and profit records in the fourth quarter, the world’s most valuable company carried that momentum into 2021. On Wednesday, the iPhone maker reported another blowout quarter that sa…
The Consumer Choice Center has published its second European Railway Index, which ranks Europe’s most passenger-friendly train stations on criteria such as cleanliness, access to destinations and crowd levels on platforms. Leipzig’s impressive Hauptbah…
As President Biden is approaching his 100th day in office, countless articles will recount his first three months in the White House, tallying up his achievements and his shortcomings. One of his most important goals when taking office was to ensure a …