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Lithium Producers Slam On The Brakes

JOHANNESBURG/HOUSTON: The coronavirus pandemic has paused the electric vehicle revolution, forcing lithium producers into survival mode due to output cuts. The lithium industry has also been forced to delay expansions,...

Cars & Bikes, News, Sales & Marketing, Services, Technology

100-PLUS TO GO IBM’s Axe Falls Heavily On Big Blue’s Aust Office

SYDNEY: True to its nickname IBM staff in Australia have the blues after being told at least 100 of them will go in a major shift at the computer giant...

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SK cafe hires robot barista

 SEOUL: Tens of thousands of baristas have lost their jobs as a result of lockdowns during the coronavirus – and in South Korea many may be out of work permanently...

Hardware, News, Retail, Sales & Marketing, Services, Technology

Billions Of Web Records Leaked

BANGKOK: It’s one of the biggest data leaks on record, with eight billion Internet records dropped out of nowhere by Thailand’s largest cellular network AIS. The embarrassed telco has pulled...

Content and Downloads, Internet, News, Services, Technology

Facebook Remote Work Plan Thwarts Hopes Of Pay Arbitrage

SAN FRANCISCO – Following Facebook’s adoption of a permanent remote workforce, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pulled up the anchor to set sail from Silicon Valley, following three months of lockdown...

Home Office, News, Sales & Marketing, Services, Technology

Lenovo Unveils ThinkPad Laptops Powered By AMD Ryzen 4000

Lenovo has unveiled its new ThinkPad E14 and E15 laptops, which offer up to AMD Ryzen 7 4700U processors with Radeon Graphics, stating that they will become available from June...

Hardware, News, Services, Technology

Sonos Finally Enter Dolby Atmos Soundbar Market With Expensive New ARC Bar

Struggling sound Company Sonos has jumped into the soundbar market in an effort to prop up sales of their networked sound offering with an expensive new TV audio offering. Earlier...

Hardware, News, Sales & Marketing, Technology

NBN Warn Scam Rise Amid Work From Home, Data At Risk

The National Broadband Network Co (NBN Co) is urging Australians to remain “extra vigilant” with their online security amid the coronavirus pandemic, following a “marked increase” in scammers trying to...

Internet, News, Services, Technology

D-Link Launches Nuclias Cloud-Managed Networking Solution In OZ

D-Link has launched its new cloud-managed networking solution – Nuclias Cloud – in Australia. Nuclias Cloud will allow managed service providers (MSPs) to remotely set up, configure, monitor, troubleshoot and...

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TPG Singapore 5G Bid Fails

SINGAPORE: TPG Telecom leader David Teoh has lost his bid to launch 5G services in Singapore. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) conducted a call for proposal process under which...

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