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Royal Caribbean International Cancels Sailings Onboard Odyssey of the Seas
October 20, 2020 08:29 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaTravel has been one of the hardest-hit industries in the wake of coronavirus crisis. With lockdown and travel restrictions implemented everywhere, the travel industry has experienced an unprecedented decline in demand all of a sudden. &nb.....

COVID Vaccine Update: Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca Vaccines Hit Roadblock, WHO Flags Remdesivir
October 20, 2020 03:14 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaNot only unprecedented, the COVID-19 crisis also seems like a never-ending malaise. While the medical world seems to have no answer to the problem, prominent pharma companies across the globe are racing against time to find the best possible vaccin.....

What is QAnon?
October 20, 2020 03:00 PM AEDT| By Edita Ivancevic2020 does not cease to surprise. With popular conspiracy theories such as 5G network causing the coronavirus or that Mr Bill Gates wants to chip the whole world, a new extreme far-right wing theory emerged a couple of months ago. Hardcore organiz.....

Online streaming booming amid pandemic, apple tv giving free services, Netflix increases fees
October 19, 2020 10:21 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaOne upside of the coronavirus pandemic is that online streaming has become a mainstay in Australian homes. The steep rise in the subscription services shows that Australians are spending more time at home than they did before COVID-19 struck us. Au.....

Carbon Dioxide Emissions off the cliff in 2020, Coronavirus the Climate Change hero!
October 19, 2020 10:05 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine Media‘Stay home, stay safe’ slogan has become part of our lives now. Little did anyone know that staying indoors would do something to the climate that was always desired but was never anticipated. An international team of climate spec.....

Elections amid the virus crisis - a glance at US and NZ elections
October 18, 2020 12:20 AM AEDT| By Kunal SawhneyThe year has been unique in every sense, with people living 2011 release Contagion, a Virus crisis based Hollywood movie. The point is, the situations are not something that we ever heard from our grandparents' generation.  .....

Typhoon Nangka pulls the plug of Hong Kong Stock Exchange
October 17, 2020 05:21 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaNangka, in Malay language, means jackfruit. Four tropical cyclones have been named after the jackfruit in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The latest Nangka storm is one of the cyclones featuring in the 2020 Pacific typhoon season. The typhoon seaso.....

Twitter and Facebook Censor Article Critical of Joe Biden, Trump Furious
October 17, 2020 05:12 AM AEDT| By Hina ChowdharyWith only a few weeks left in the presidential election, all eyes are on the United States as it gears up for 3 November 2020. A high-voltage drama is unfolding in the US with the election campaign process all heated up. Rivals Donald Trump.....

End of an Era for Yahoo Groups; Curtain Down After 20 Years
October 15, 2020 08:35 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaFor most of the people who had access to computers in the 90s and early 2000s, Yahoo used to rule the world of internet. Even before Google and Gmail existed, people spent a lot of time using various Yahoo services. After shutting down its iconic .....
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Wall Street on a roller coaster ride, Is the Market Thinking Beyond Elections
October 15, 2020 01:53 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaThe US tech stocks have marked a strong beginning to the current week and look to add more to the gains from the previous week. 12 October 2020 witnessed the common stocks of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) jump by 6.35%. Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) ex.....

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) sheds its old Avatar to aggressively take on Streaming Giant Netflix
October 15, 2020 12:12 AM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaNations across the world are struggling to fight the coronavirus crisis in many ways. The virus has successfully wreaked havoc across industries, shutting down many companies. Travel and entertainment sector is perhaps the most affected one. Leadin.....

Trump was gung-ho on Eli Lilly Drug; Company hits pause button for COVID-19 antibody treatment
October 14, 2020 10:33 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaThe clinical trial of pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company’s antibody COVID-19 treatment was paused because of some potential safety concerns. Eli Lilly announced trial halt just a day after Johnson & Johnson disclosed the pause o.....
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Apple unveils HomePod Mini and a range of iPhones; accessibility remains the key theme
October 14, 2020 10:00 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaApple finally unveiled its new range of 5G network-enabled iPhone 12 smartphones along with HomePod Mini speaker in its virtual presentation. When everyone thought Apple would launch a new iPhone, it came up with four and launched a wide range of o.....

Who is Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee?
October 14, 2020 02:09 AM AEDT| By Edita IvancevicAfter the tragic death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court Judge nominated by the former US President Bill Clinton, Judge Amy Coney Barrett is set to take over Ms Ginsburg’s place in the highest court in the world. Ms Barrett’s f.....

How is EV battle going; Is Volkswagen catching up with Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)?
October 13, 2020 08:34 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaTo save itself from extinction and recover its damaged image from the Dieselgate scandal, Volkswagen (VW) perhaps has the only option but to come out stronger as a greener automaker and reinvent its brand position in the market. Notably, Volkswagen.....

Billionaire Trend On The Rise During COVID-19
October 13, 2020 03:37 PM AEDT| By Edita IvancevicMany people who had full-time and secured jobs before the pandemic have either lost them or experienced underemployment since the virus struck humanity in January earlier this year. At the same time, a report has highlighted that the richest humans.....

How is Facebook behaving during this US Elections?
October 13, 2020 12:10 AM AEDT| By Hina ChowdharyThe social media world, like so many other spheres, features a stark divergence in its way of functioning before, during and after the elections. In the 2016 US election, Donald Trump’s surprising win forced researchers to reinterpret the nar.....

Stock Market gains make the World’s Richest grow Richer handsomely
October 12, 2020 07:33 PM AEDT| By Team Kalkine MediaOne secret behind the “Super Wealth” of the “super-wealthy” people can be summed up in two words “Stock market”. This is one vehicle which has been an essential part of wealth creation for all of the wealthy peop.....

Do Google, Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple allow fair competition?
October 12, 2020 06:31 PM AEDT| By Edita IvancevicWe all have heard of massive tech players Facebook, Amazon, Google, or Apple. As these companies have been in a dominating position for many years, American authorities wanted to find out if they became too powerful and established a monopolised do.....

Is iPhone maker Apple Inc. going to launch new audio tech?
October 12, 2020 12:24 AM AEDT| By Edita IvancevicAs part of its regular retail set-up, tech giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is selling third-party products that should, according to the Cupertino-based Company, enhance all features that iPhones offer to the users. That said, it comes as a surpris.....
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