Italy’s school shutdown is driving a surge in internet traffic as kids turn to online video games to stave off boredom. From a report: With schools, shops and restaurants closed in an attempt to limit Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreak, the amount of data passing through Telecom Italia SpA’s national network has surged by more than two-thirds in the past two weeks,…
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Tesla Posts Its First Annual Profit
140Mandak262Jamuna writes: Tesla announced its 2019 Fourth Quarter results. “Expectations were high this quarter after Tesla destroyed earnings expectations with surprisingly high profits last quarter. Today, Tesla announced that it made $7.384 billion in revenue and it reported surprising profits of $2.14 per share (Non-GAAP) in Q4 2019 — over expectations for both revenue and earnings. The automaker continues to improve…
White House Tells Airlines It May Suspend All China-US Flights Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The White House has told airline executives it’s considering suspending flights from China to the U.S. amid an escalating outbreak of a new coronavirus that has infected thousands of people across the world. CNBC reports: The Trump administration is looking at a variety of measures to contain the fast-spreading virus that has infected roughly 4,700 people across the globe, U.S. health…
John Legere To Step Down As T-Mobile CEO Next Year
T-Mobile President and COO Mike Sievert will succeed John Legere as CEO on May 1, 2020, the company announced Monday. CNBC reports: Sievert has been the heir apparent as Legere was expected to step down as CEO once T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint is completed. Legere’s contract ends on April 30, 2020, according to the announcement. Leger tweeted Monday that the decision…
Goldman Sachs CEO Says Apple Card is the Most Successful Credit Card Launch Ever
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon called his bank’s rollout of the Apple Card “the most successful credit card launch ever.” From a report: Solomon provided investors with an update on the bank’s new initiatives at the start of a conference call Tuesday. “We believe Apple Card is the most successful credit card launch ever,” he said. Continuing on the Apple Card,…
HP Names Head of Printer Division As New CEO
Longtime HP veteran Enrique Lores, who runs the $20 billion printer business, is succeeding Dion Weisler effective November 1. Weisler, who was named CEO in late 2014 after the computing behemoth was split into two companies, is returning to Australia for a “family health matter.” He will remain on the company’s board. MarketWatch reports: Lores, a native of Spain who started…
Boeing Says It Might Have To Shut Down 737 Max Production
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg warned investors Wednesday that the company might need to further slow or temporarily halt its 737 Max production. Boeing has continued to build the 737 Max, its bestselling jet, although at a slower pace. The plane has been grounded since mid-March because of two fatal crashes that killed more…
Sneaky Chrome Extension Disguises Netflix As a Google Hangout To Help You Slack Off At Work
Netflix Hangouts is a new Chrome extension that tries to make it easier to get away with watching Netflix while you’re supposed to be working. Just go to the show you want to catch up on during work hours, and press the extension’s icon in your Chrome menu to bring up a fake four-person conference call. Then you can sit back…
I Tried Skype’s New 50-Person Video Calling Feature, My Personal Hell
Humanity has dreamed of live video calling between groups of people since the late 19th century—almost since the invention of the telephone. Today, in the comparatively futuristic year of 2019, what we’ve been granted are a slew of imperfect video conferencing applications like Skype, Google Hangouts, and Zoom. It’s rare that I’ve seen someone successfully… Continue reading I Tried Skype’s New 50-Person Video Calling Feature, My Personal Hell