Category: World News

By 2024, the global market for pharmacy automation will reach nearly $8 billion.  Automation is needed in central pharmacies in large part due to the stresses caused by COVID-19.  In operations, 70% of the pharmacists in hospitals reported taking on…

CES has announced it is closing a day early, on January 7, as a result of a surge in COVID cases worldwide. CES is one of the premier technology events, giving tech companies the opportunity to show off their latest…

In a potential game-changer in the fight against COVID, the FDA has approved Pfizer’s pill to treat COVID. While governments are working hard to get as many people vaccinated as possible, companies have also been working on better ways of…

Salesforce once again has co-CEOs, but that doesn’t mean longtime CEO Marc Benioff plans to retire anytime soon…or ever. Salesforce is one of the few big tech companies to rely on co-CEOs, rather than a single person at the top…

Microsoft’s vision for the future of remote and hybrid work is taking shape with its announcement of Loop, a new collaboration tool based on Fluid. When Microsoft announced the Fluid framework, the goal was to reimagine office software, providing a…

Nat Friedman is stepping down as GitHub CEO with Thomas Dohmke replacing him. Friedman cofounded Xamarin and served as the company’s CEO before it was acquired by Microsoft. When Microsoft later acquired GitHub, Friedman moved over to helm the new…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has targeted a popular retention program in the news industry, ruling ‘call to cancel’ subscriptions are illegal. Many companies, including a large portion of the news industry, make it easy for customers to sign up…

Huawei sales are down 32% from last year as the company continues to struggle with sanctions from the US and its allies. Once a leader in the network equipment and smartphone markets, Huawei came under scrutiny for its close ties…

An indie developer is reporting that his Linux users generate a disproportionate number of bug reports, and the reports are higher quality. User-submitted bug reports are one of the main ways many developers — especially smaller ones — identify bugs…

Cisco is launching its Webex Go phone service, designed to streamline hybrid and remote workers’ workflow, eliminating the need for multiple devices. Webex is a popular videoconferencing application that Cisco has offered for years. Although Zoom gets the lion’s share…