When the Nintendo Switch was released back in March 2017, many fans and critics called it one of the most (if not the most) powerful handheld gaming consoles ever made. And so far, the sales figures haven’t disappointed most of its followers. (Photo : (Photo by Chukrut Budrul/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images))HONG KONG, CHINA – 2021/02/24: People are seen at a store selling Japanese multinational video gaming brand, Nintendo Switch products in Hong Kong. GameSpot reports that total sales of the Nintendo Switch now sit at a massive 84.59 million units, which experts believe will put the Switch at a record-breaking…
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The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to 498,000, the lowest point since the viral pandemic struck 14 months ago and a sign of the job market’s growing strength as businesses reopen and consumers step up spending.Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that applications declined 92,000 from a revised 590,000 a week earlier. The number of weekly jobless claims — a rough measure of the pace of layoffs — has declined significantly from a peak of 900,000 in January as employers have ramped up hiring.At the same time, the pace of applications is still well above…
France and Britain deployed maritime patrol vessels to the waters off the Channel island of Jersey on Thursday as a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights escalated.The European Union called for calm over the row, which on Thursday saw a flotilla of French trawlers sail in protest to Jersey’s main harbour and a French minister suggest earlier in the week that Paris might cut electricity to the island.French fishermen say they are being unfairly deprived of access to rich fishing grounds off the coast of Jersey, a self-governing British Crown Dependency.Jersey says it is following the rules for issuing licenses set…
Google Pixel 6 has been rumored to come with an in-house chipset for quite some time, but a recent leak suggested that it is currently in the works. Dubbed as Whitechapel, the rumored chipset, which is reportedly being developed in partnership with Samsung. Google Pixel 6’s Whitechapel Leak Another round of rumors about Google Pixel 6’s custom chipset started with a code change submitted to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The submitted code change aims to update the SELinux policy of the OsloFeedback app, which is responsible for Soli radar gestures on the Pixel 4. According to XDA-Developer’s report on Wednesday, May…
President Joe Biden is running out of Americans willing to roll up their sleeves for Covid-19 shots, dragging out his bid to vanquish the pandemic and forcing the administration to refocus its vaccination strategy.Biden and his aides detailed the latest phase of his pandemic response this week as domestic demand for vaccinations dries up and inoculations slide. The U.S. is now giving an average of 2.13 million shots a day, down from 3.37 million about three weeks ago. And on Tuesday, which has the lowest shots of any day of the week, fewer than a million were given for the…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Wednesday warned about the worrying surge in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in Nepal. The Himalayan nation, which shares an extensive border with India, is reporting around 230 daily confirmed Covid-19 cases per million people, a similar number India was reporting two weeks ago.”What is happening in India right now is a horrifying preview of Nepal’s future if we cannot contain this latest Covid surge that is claiming more lives by the minute,” Dr Netra Prasad Timsina, chair of the Nepal Red Cross, said in a statement.Across Nepal, 44%…
For those of you who have been struggling to get a PlayStation 5 console, perhaps Sony has a solution for you, and it’s rumored to be coming next year. (Photo : (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images))Undated photo shows Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 5 video game console to be launched on Nov. 12, 2020, with its digital-oriented version without a disc drive (L) priced at $399.99, or 39,980 yen, and the other model equipped with an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive (C) at $499.99, or 49,980 yen. WCCFTech states that Sony plans to have the PlayStation 5 undergo a small yet…
Russia has authorised the one-shot Sputnik Light version of its Covid-19 vaccine for use, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Thursday, a move that could help vaccine supplies go further in countries with high infection rates.Developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, the slimmed-down vaccine, which the RDIF said is 79.4% effective against Covid-19 and costs under $10 a dose, has been earmarked for export and could increase the number of people with partial immunity.One of its main potential uses is as a vaccine that can be shipped to a country in the grip of an acute outbreak which needs…
US government support of a waiver of patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization could weigh on Moderna’s shares. Bloomberg | PUBLISHED ON MAY 06, 2021 05:28 PM IST Moderna Inc. said studies of its Covid vaccine in teenagers showed that it was 96% effective and raised its product sales projections for the year as it reported its first-ever profitable quarter.Total revenue for the quarter was $1.94 billion, Moderna said, versus the average expectation of $2.22 billion. Moderna reported earnings of $2.84 a share; analysts had expected adjusted earnings of $2.34 a share.The company raised its product…
China on Thursday “indefinitely” suspended all activity under a China-Australia economic dialogue mechanism, the latest sign of increasingly strained diplomatic ties between Beijing and Canberra.The dialogue is jointly held by China’s top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and ministries of the Australian government.“The decision was made based on the current attitude of the Australian Commonwealth government towards China-Australia cooperation,” the NDRC said in a statement on its website on Thursday.“Recently, some Australian Commonwealth Government officials launched a series of measures to disrupt the normal exchanges and cooperation between China and Australia out of Cold War mindset…