Category Archives: Tech News

Leftist Teachers Pushing CRT and ‘White Privilege’ Should be Reported as ‘Extremists’, Tory MP Says: Claim

Teachers in Britain who promote far-left Critical Race Theory (CRT) principles to students such as “white privilege” should be reported to the government’s anti-terrorism Prevent programme as “extremists”, a Tory MP reportedly argued. The Conservative MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, Jonathan Gullis allegedly told the Conservative Friends of Education at the Tory Party conference in Manchester on Tuesday…

Poll: Majority of the Unvaccinated Say They Will Not Get the Jab

A quarter of Americans indicated that they either are not getting the vaccine for the Chinese coronavirus, or they are not sure, and a majority of those who remain unvaccinated say they will not get the shot, a Yahoo! News/YouGov survey released this week found. The survey, taken October 1-4, 2021, among 1,640 U.S. adults, asked…

David Aikman: Chinese startups are now born global

David Aikman, former chief representative officer, Greater China, World Economic Forum One of the biggest trends in China’s tech industry in recent years is that “Chinese entrepreneurs and startups are being born global,” David Aikman, former chief representative officer, Greater China, World Economic Forum, shared his thoughts on the current state of China’s tech development…

Faraday Future founder responds to short-seller report

Jia Yueting, the founder of Nasdaq-listed electric vehicle startup Faraday Future, responded to a negative report from short-seller J Capital Research, calling it “nonsense” and “nothing more than a rehash of old news,” Chinese media reported Friday. J Capital Research released a 27-page report on Thursday, accusing Faraday Future of inventing most of its car…

Lenovo withdrew plans to list on the Shanghai stock exchange

Chinese PC-maker Lenovo on Friday withdrew plans to list on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style STAR Market, eight days after it filed the listing application. Lenovo had planned to sell as much as 10% of its Hong Kong equity as Chinese depositary receipts (CDRs) in the STAR Market. The company’s stock dropped 4.76% on Friday on the Hong…

Chinese chip firm Horizon Robotics mulls moving US IPO to Hong Kong

Chinese artificial intelligence chip maker Horizon Robotics is considering moving a US listing plan to Hong Kong as Beijing deepens crackdown on overseas listings, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The firm had been weighing a US initial public offering that could raise as much as $1 billion, but it is now working with advisers for a…

JD launches online veterinary service

Chinese tech giant JD launched a veterinary service platform on Friday. The service, called JD Pet Hospital, has more than 3,000 veterinarians providing pet health consultation through text, images, and video calls. The platform offers medical advice, medicine prescription, and physical examination report analysis, mainly for cats and dogs. Users can access the service through…

The internet has decided to collectively dunk on this red dress music video

I’m not sure if this is a brilliant marketing strategy or what, but this music video for Sarah Brand’s Red Dress is making the rounds on the internet and everybody has understandably started dunking on it. If you watch it you’ll immediately understand why, because it’s absolutely one of the worst things I’ve ever seen/heard/experienced…

Lewis Hamilton charity aims to help train 150 black STEM teachers

A charity led by Formula1 driver Lewis Hamilton has plans for a two-year pilot aimed at training and recruiting black teachers for science, technology, engineering and maths subjects By Clare McDonald, Business Editor Published: 08 Oct 2021 17:04 Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has announced a two-year pilot programme aimed at training and recruiting…

Craft beer specialist Brewdog fixes serious app vulnerability

Vulnerability in brewer’s mobile app could have resulted in serious consequences for its shareholders and customers By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 08 Oct 2021 14:19 Brewer and pub chain BrewDog has updated its mobile app after ethical hackers uncovered a vulnerability that could potentially have exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of about 200,000…