United Airlines to divert its India flights around Afghanistan airspace

United Airlines has reportedly started rerouting its India flights to steer clear of the Afghan airspace after the Taliban took control of the capital city Kabul, taking over the entire country. The airline will work closely with Internati....

U.S. Senates eyeing Google, Apple app stores with a new bipartisan bill

A bipartisan Senate bill introduced recently is likely to change the way app stores operate and the limits that businesses like Google and Apple can impose on developers. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal, both Democrats, have ....

eBay forecasts lackluster sales amidst slowdown of the pandemic boom

eBay Inc. has recently forecast its current-quarter revenue below market estimates, indicating that vaccine rollouts and reopening economies could bring an end to the pandemic instigated shopping boom. During the coronavirus pandemic last ....

Volkswagen unites with Tesla in seeking lower EV import tax in India

Volkswagen AG, the second-largest carmaker in the world, is calling for a reduction of import duties on electric vehicles in India to propel the demand for clean vehicles, resonating with Tesla’s recent pitch which has divided the aut....

Instagram testing new ads feature in its shop tab with U.S. brands

Popular social networking site Instagram is reportedly working on expanding its eCommerce business by introducing new Ads feature in its Shop tab. The addition enables users to shop online with an integrated checkout experience. This initi....

Norwegian Cruise Line now requires Floridians to give vaccination proof

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. has recently announced that it received a favorable ruling from Judge Williams, granting a preliminary injunction for the company to require proof of its guests’ vaccination status before boarding, ....

Amazon defers its work-on-site plans to January amid COVID-19 spread

Amazon had previously asked its U.S.-based employees to resume working on-site from September 6, 2021. This news comes amid rising COVID-19 infections from the Delta variant in the U.S. Amazon has reportedly postponed the requirement f....

WHO asks high-income countries to stop giving COVID-19 booster shots

In a bid to bridge the global supply gap, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on the high-income nations to halt the distribution of COVID-19 booster jabs. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of WHO stated that the halt shou....

Brazilian startup InstaCarro secures USD 23 million in Series B funding

InstaCarro, a São Paulo-based digital automotive marketplace, has reportedly raised USD 23 million in a Series B funding round led by U.S.-based investment firms such as Rise Capital, FJ Labs, and J Ventures. Big Sur and All Iron Ve....

Twitter introduces third-party signup, login support for Apple, Google

The new feature eliminates the need to enter email and password to sign in. Signing in using your Apple ID is currently available only on iOS devices. Popular microblogging platform Twitter has reportedly introduced third-party login s....