Rides

Following crowdfunding success in Japan and the US with the HF-01 shaft-driven folding ebike, Honbike has rolled out a striking new belt-drive city commuter called the U4, which offers pedal-assist up to 20 mph and can ride for over 50 miles on a single charge.The Honbike U4 is built around an eye-catching minimalist frame comprising just three 7,000-series aluminum tubes angled for mid-step accessibility to riders between 5.25 and 6.2 ft (1.6 - 1.9 m) in height – who adopt a comfortable upright riding stance. Cabling is…

South Korea's LG Display reported its highest quarterly profit in over three years on Wednesday, returning to the black for a second quarter in a row with help from increased shipments of Apple's new iPhone models.The Apple supplier posted an operating profit of KRW 685 billion (roughly Rs. 4,500 crores) in the 2020 fourth quarter, compared with a loss of KRW 422 billion (roughly Rs. 2,800 crores) in the same period a year earlier.It was the display panel firm's highest quarterly profit since the second quarter of 2017,…

Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker reported fourth-quarter net profits up by more than a quarter year-on-year Thursday, with coronavirus-driven working from home boosting demand for devices powered by its chips.But the figures were below market expectations according to Bloomberg News, and the company warned of persisting uncertainties over the pandemic, and lower profits in Q1 2021 due to falling prices.Samsung Electronics is the flagship subsidiary of the giant Samsung group, by…

Demand for Microsoft's cloud-computing services and work software helped boost its quarterly profits by 21 percent as the pandemic continued to keep many office workers at least partly at home.The Redmond, Washington company on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $18.8 billion. It posted revenue of $51.7 billion for the October-December period, up 20 percent from a year earlier.In a call with investors, CEO Satya Nadella said the company is transitioning from a period of pandemic-fuelled demand to one in…

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd turned in its best April-June profit since 2018 on Thursday, underpinned by strong sales of memory chips to server customers even as demand from inflation-hit smartphone makers cools. Shares of the world's largest memory-chip and smartphone maker rose 2.5% after preliminary results for the second quarter were announced, versus a 1.5% rise in the wider market. Samsung posted an operating profit of 14 trillion won ($10.7 billion), up 11% from 12.57 trillion won a year earlier, just…

Despite China’s sweeping bans on cryptocurrencies, domestic web3 talent is quietly flourishing, with many venturing beyond the country’s border. From offering crypto derivative products to to making NFT games, Chinese web3 entrepreneurs’ footprint is far-reaching worldwide. We spoke to a dozen Chinese founders and investors to find out how this group is trying to build global web3 businesses while still keeping their roots in China and taking advantage of the home country’s abundant tech talent. Many of them asked…

Uber trips are getting safer, with the company reporting far fewer sexual assaults in 2019 and 2020 as compared to previous years. But the number of traffic deaths during Uber rides is rising, reflecting the increasingly dangerous conditions on US roads. Uber said 3,824 sexual assaults occurred during trips in 2019 and 2020, a 38 percent drop from the 2017–2018 report, which logged 5,981 assaults. The decrease could be related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in an 80 percent drop in Uber’s ride-hailing…

Remember HTC? Well some do and that is why the company is back with a new smaartphone -- the Desire 22 Pro --after a year which rides high on metaverse and is a successor to 2021’s Desire 21 Pro. Well, HTC has been touting it as a high-end smartphone, but it does not look like one if you look at its specifications, and the metaverse features are nothing to look out for. The HTC Desire 22 Pro comes at £399 (~Rs 33,211) and is set to ship from August 1 in the UK.What is Desire 22 Pro's relation to metaverse?The company is…

Celebrated religious leader Jaggi Vasudev who is popularly known as Sadhguru loves motorcycles. He often chooses different rides for different missions. A video by Yezdi India shows Sadhguru riding a Yezdi Scrambler during his “Save Soil” ride in India. What an iconic ride, @SadhguruJV with his Yezdi on a path to #SaveSoil is a true inspiration for generations to come.@reach_anupam @BRustomjee For more information visit ​https://t.co/WM4iub8ytb​​#SaveSoil #OneManOneMission #YezdiScrambler pic.twitter.com/90XQ0zHgdh —…

General Motors Co's Cruise has started charging fares for driverless rides in San Francisco, the company said, a step towards commercialization of the service. Cruise earlier this month became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in the US city, after it overcame objections by local officials. Self-driving test cars with human safety drivers have become a constant sight in San Francisco, and completely driverless ones are increasingly common too. Turning them into a fledgling business…