The American online retailer Amazon will increase the prices for its delivery and streaming service Prime in Europe. In a statement, Amazon cited “high inflation and operating costs,” as well as faster deliveries and more content to stream as reasons for the price hikes. In some countries, it is […]
Medical technology company Philips sold less in the second quarter. The company suffered a lot from the lockdowns in China and supply problems for parts and materials. Because of this headwind, Philips is also becoming more negative about this year as a whole. The company expects comparable sales to […]
Tesla was almost 5 percent higher on the stock exchanges in New York on Thursday. Investors processed the quarterly figures of the electric car manufacturer, which turned out somewhat better than expected. Tesla saw profits more than double in the second quarter compared to a year ago but made […]
The heat in Great Britain has partly caused the data centres of Oracle and Google to collapse. The Google Cloud status page stated for British customers that there were problems due to a ‘cooling-related failure’ in one data centre. As a result, virtual machines were shut down, and several physical […]
Inflation has been soaring over the past few months in the UK as well as the U.S. and other countries. UK inflation has hit an astounding 9.1% as the Guardian reports, and consumers suggest that they are more concerned about the “negative impact of rising household bills on their personal […]
Islands in the Pacific asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday to rule on countries’ legal obligations to stop climate change. With that move, the islands hope to increase pressure on polluting countries and “protect the rights of present and future generations from the adverse […]
Sixteen dead koalas have been found on a eucalyptus plantation in Melbourne, Australia. This was announced by the conservation agency of the state of Victoria on Monday. The sudden death of the animals puzzles animal conservationists. Thirteen cadavers were already discovered in mid-June, and now three more have been […]
The owner of the so-called clone site MyStalk has been sued by Meta. The parent company of Instagram and Facebook claims that the man collected unsolicited data from 350,000 people through automated Instagram accounts, including photos and videos. A supplier of software with which such data can be collected […]
The Hoover Dam, a hydroelectric power station near Las Vegas, is in danger of being shut down soon. Due to years of drought in the western United States, the volume of the water reservoir has been greatly reduced. The plant is to provide electricity to hundreds of thousands of […]
A massive outage at KDDI, Japan’s second-largest telecom operator, left nearly 40 million people around Tokyo without data or phones over the weekend. The breakdown started on Saturday morning after maintenance in a building west of Tokyo. The outage made it difficult to call, send messages or use data. […]
