Amazon has had a solid quarter. Sales are rising, profits are rising even more, and Amazon Web Services plays a major role in this. In the fourth quarter of 2021, Amazon had revenue of $137.4 billion, an increase of nine percent year-over-year. Net profit rose to $14.3 billion, nearly […]
More than 250,000 households are without power, and more than 5,500 flights have been cancelled in the United States due to wintry weather. More than 100 million Americans in an area stretching from the southern state of Texas to Maine in the northeast of the country are currently on […]
At least twelve people have been killed by adulterated cocaine in a suburb of the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. The authorities report that more than fifty others had to be hospitalized after using the contaminated drugs. They warn not to use drugs that have been purchased in the past […]
The lifeless body of an 8-year-old girl was found on Tuesday evening in a forest near Köniz, in the Swiss canton of Bern. An investigation has been opened. At this stage, the investigators consider both a possible accident and the possible involvement of another person. Police received a report […]
A pregnant New Zealand journalist in Qatar can return to her own country. She was previously banned from entering New Zealand because it has closed its borders due to the coronavirus. Still, the government has now allowed her to come after much commotion over the refusal. Charlotte Bellis, 35, […]
Chinese tech giant Huawei is taking Sweden to court. The company does not accept that it will be excluded from the rollout of 5G in the Scandinavian country. Specifically, Huawei is starting arbitration proceedings against the Swedish authorities at the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes. […]
The United States has asked the United Nations to call a public meeting of the Security Council on Monday about the Ukraine crisis because of the threat Russia poses to international peace and security. The US announced this on Thursday. “More than 100,000 Russian troops are stationed on the […]
French authorities have arrested five alleged fraudsters who allegedly produced some 62,000 fake vaccination certificates. Three of the suspects are said to have hacked the data of 35 doctors to make the evidence. The case came to light after a health insurance company discovered that a doctor was in […]
Google stops with the ‘FLoC’ technology after criticism. However, the company also has an alternative ready to replace cookies, a new system called ‘Topics’. Those Topics should also allow advertisers to target specific users based on their interests. The updated system would be in the Chrome browser by the […]
Large parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan – three countries in Central Asia – will be without power on Tuesday. Much of Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, is without power. The same goes for Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. According to the Kyrgyz Ministry […]
