Unboarding — Microsoft co-founder exits the board 45 years after starting the company. Eric Bangeman - Mar 13, 2020 9:46 pm UTC Enlarge / US Microsoft founder, Co-Chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, poses for a picture on October 9, 2019, in Lyon, central eastern France, during the funding conference of…
FILE PHOTO: Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates, who made the company one of the world’s most valuable technology firms, stepped down from the board on Friday to focus on…
Image copyright EPA Image caption India has stopped exports of masks to make sure there are ample domestic supplies India has recorded its first death linked to the coronavirus, officials confirmed. The 76-year-old man, from the southern state of Karnataka, returned from Saudi Arabia on 29 February after a month-long visit. People who came in…
Apple Prime — News+ publishers already agreed to a bundle, but music labels are holding out. Samuel Axon - Mar 12, 2020 9:59 pm UTC Jimmy Iovine announces Apple Music in 2015.For months, we've seen reports and rumors that Apple is on the brink of introducing its own answer to Amazon Prime: a bundled subscription…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump faced one of the gravest threats of his political career as the coronavirus pandemic spread, leaving fellow Republicans to worry that the White House’s response and the hit to the economy would harm his re-election prospects. U.S. stock market indexes that Trump has touted throughout his term as evidence…
Image copyright AFP Image caption A number of Shia militias in Iraq receive weapons, training and financing from Iran Air strikes in eastern Syria killed 26 Iraqi fighters from an Iran-backed paramilitary force after a deadly attack on US-led coalition forces in Iraq, a monitoring group has said.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Popular…
Info dump — Two sites are publishing leaked info but aren't forthcoming about the source. Samuel Axon - Mar 11, 2020 8:37 pm UTC Enlarge / The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max running iOS 13.Over the past few days, two Apple rumor sites (MacRumors and 9to5Mac) have published exclusive details…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday she hopes the Trump administration will back the coronavirus package that House Democrats will bring to the floor for a vote on Thursday. Reporting by Eric BeechOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Image copyright SGIRPC Image caption The two trains collided at Tacubaya station One person has been killed and more than 40 injured in a collision between two trains on Mexico City's underground system. It is not clear yet what caused the collision but footage shows one of the trains mounted on top of the other.…
S-3-X-Y — Tesla originally said Model Y would begin production in fall 2020. Timothy B. Lee - Mar 10, 2020 7:49 pm UTC Enlarge / Tesla's 1 millionth car.Tesla has made 1 million electric cars, CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter on Monday evening. Musk shared an image of the vehicle, a red Model Y—Tesla's…
