The UK treasury department said in a statement that the agreement among the G7 countries delivers on Sunak’s promise for “big international companies to start paying their fair share.” By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Kunal Gaurav, Hindustan Times, New Delhi PUBLISHED ON JUN 05, 2021 10:02 PM IST The Group of Seven (G7) wealthy countries on Saturday agreed on the outline of a historic deal to deter multinational companies from avoiding taxes stashing profits in low-rate countries. The foreign ministers and central bank governors of the G7 met in London for two days of talks, chaired by the UK Chancellor…
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Apple is going to bring some serious changes to their software ecosystem soon, and it’s going to start with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. According to AppleInsider, Apple is changing the way notifications behave on their upcoming iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, as part of their drive to push for enhanced user privacy measures. For the aforementioned mobile operating systems, a certain user’s “status” will now dictate which notifications will show up. (Photo : Getty Images ) These “statuses” will include anything from mundane tasks such as driving, being in a meeting, or even sleeping. Every single notification not allowed…
The country’s chief legal officer did not provide details on the prosecution and who will be targeted. Reuters | , Abuja PUBLISHED ON JUN 05, 2021 09:44 PM IST Nigeria’s attorney general has ordered immediate prosecution of those who break rules banning Twitter, after telecoms firms on Saturday blocked access following a government regulation aimed at suspending the US social media giant indefinitely.The country’s chief legal officer did not provide details on the prosecution and who will be targeted. Get our daily newsletter Subscribe Thank you for subscribing to our daily newsletter. Close World News
CNN and the Washington Post have said the Trump administration had secretly tried to obtain the phone records of some of their reporters over work they did in 2017. Reuters | PUBLISHED ON JUN 05, 2021 09:18 PM IST worlThe US department of justice said on Saturday that it would no longer seek source information from reporters in leak investigations after recent revelations that former President Donald Trump’s administration had secretly obtained phone and email records from a number of journalists.CNN and the Washington Post have said the Trump administration had secretly tried to obtain the phone records of some…
Samsung’s alleged Sam virtual assistant is supposedly one of the most popular smartphone features right now. It all started after various people were able to grab the photos developed by Lightfarm. (Photo : Screenshot from Twitter post of @SuperSatanSon)Leakers Claim Samsung Sam’s Appearance Might Be Unreal: Here’s Lightfarm’s Backstory Sure I want to draw #SamsungSam , but I’m on a short hiatus due to wrist pain 😢Have some references I found on the now archived Lightfarm project page pic.twitter.com/89x6Smfk8M— SuperSatanSus🔞 (@SuperSatanSon) June 1, 2021 Because of this, some leakers and other sources published Samsung’s Sam on the internet. However, is…
NVIDIA has been trying its absolute best (hopefully) to try and limit the mining performance of their latest RTX 3000 series cards. And with the RTX 3080 Ti, maybe they’ve succeeded in some way. A certain cryptocurrency miner who goes by the online handle @I_Leak_VN claimed that the hash rate limiter for the new NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti is working like a charm after putting the card through its paces, as reported by NotebookCheck.net. Some 3080Ti cryptocurrencies mining benchmark… pic.twitter.com/8BTkM48L2Z— I_Leak_VN (@I_Leak_VN) June 4, 2021 Given that the RTX 3080 Ti performs more or less on par with the previous NVIDIA…
Suspected jihadists have massacred at least 114 civilians in Burkina Faso’s volatile north in the deadliest attacks since Islamist violence erupted in the west African country in 2015, officials said Saturday.President Roch Marc Christian Kabore denounced an attack near the borders with Mali and Niger where jihadists linked to Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have been targeting civilians and soldiers.”We must remain united and solid against these obscurantist forces,” Kabore said, condemning a massacre that left at least 100 people dead in Solhan as “barbaric” and “despicable.”The worst attack occurred during the night of Friday to Saturday when “armed individuals staged…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a new version of popular diabetes medicine to be sold as a weight-loss drug in the United States. In addition to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity, the doctors will now be ableto prescribe injectable drug Wegovy, a higher-dose version of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug semaglutide, for chronic weight management.Wegovy is the first approved drug for chronic weight management in adults with general obesity or overweight since 2014. The drug is indicated for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or overweight with at least one weight-related condition like…
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday urged the rich nations to take responsibility for climate change, reduce their carbon emissions and help poor countries to face the challenge.Khan spoke at an event held virtually on the occasion of World Environment Day, hosted by Pakistan this year in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program.”This is a chance for the world to correct its course. Now we have the next decade for ecosystem restoration,” Khan said.He said although Pakistan’s contribution to global carbon emissions was quite low as compared to advanced nations, yet the country was one of the most…
NASA’s new chief, Bill Nelson, claimed that there would be a more serious space race if Russia decides to leave ISS (International Space Station). As of the moment, Russia is still included in the countries that are working in the giant space station. (Photo : Photo by Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images)The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft onboard, launches from Pad-0A on February 15, 2020 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wattsville, Virginia. Northrop Grumman’s 13th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver more than 7,500 pounds of science and research,…