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Japanese billionaire responsible for the most retweeted tweet ever
Maezawa , who founded Japanese online clothing retailer Zozotown, posted a tweet on January 5 revealing that his firm had made 10 billion yen ($92.4 million) in sales over the holiday period. Before Wilkinson, the leading tweet was actor and presenter Ellen DeGeneres' viral selfie with Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie from the 2014 Academy Awards. [Full Article...]
Supermarkets announce fuel price cuts amid overcharging claims
The official statement stated, "As the fuel prices declined after fall in crude oil rates in the overseas market since November, the state tax has been revised 2 per cent to 32 per cent on petrol and to 21 per cent on diesel since January 1, 2019". [Full Article...]
Brexit: PM Theresa May 'very unlikely' to win vote
May's party itself is divided over her deal, with many fearing that an insurance policy created to avoid the re-emergence of a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland could leave Britain subject to European Union rules indefinitely. [Full Article...]
GM Cruise and DoorDash partner for self-driving food deliveries
DoorDash is a company that specializes in delivering food from local restaurants to someone who lives nearby. Cruise Automation was founded in 2013 by Kyle Vogt and Dan Kan, with a shared a vision to transform mobility through the large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicle technology . [Full Article...]
Elon Musk scrambles to keep Grimes, Azealia Banks out of investor lawsuit
Elon Musk has arrived in China for the groundbreaking ceremony of Gigafactory 3. The Tesla shareholders say the former girlfriend, Canadian singer Claire Elise Boucher, also known as Grimes , may have first-hand knowledge about what Musk was thinking August 7 when he shocked the world with a tweet: "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420". [Full Article...]
Massive tuna nets $3.1 million at Japan auction
Kimura had held the record for top price paid for a single fish at the new year's auction for six straight years until 2017. Bidding stopped at a whopping 333.6 million yen for the enormous 278-kg (612-pound) fish - an endangered species - that was caught off Japan's northern coast. [Full Article...]
Strong December hiring unlikely to change Fed's policy stance
Head of the US Federal Reserve, which sets interest rates in the world's largest economy, has said he is "listening carefully" to market fears of a global slowdown, suggesting there would not be an imminent rate hike despite "very good" domestic jobs data in the US. [Full Article...]
ITunes & AirPlay 2 Are Coming to Samsung TVs
The iTunes app and Airplay update will be deployed to 2018 Samsung TVs via a firmware update starting this spring, and presumably be included on 2019 TVs at launch. Moreover, AirPlay 2 support will go live on the aforementioned models in 190 countries. In addition, Samsung noted the 2018/2019 TVs will also be graced AirPlay 2 support and be able to stream content from your iPhone or iPad to th... [Full Article...]