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Bajaj Auto Ltd on Tuesday reported a 10 percent decline in total sales at 3,95,238 units in October. The company had sold a total of 4,39,615 units in the same month last year, Bajaj Auto Ltd (BAL) said in a statement. Total domestic sales were up 11 percent at 2,42,917 units last month as against 2,18,565 units in October 2021, it added. However, exports were down 31 percent at 1,52,321 units as against 2,21,050 units in the year-ago month. Domestic two-wheeler sales grew 4 percent at 2,06,131 units as compared to…

Sony Group Corporation released its earnings report for thе fiscal quarter ending on September 30 and it reveals the company sold its 25 millionth PlayStation 5 console during the period. Sony reports 3.3 million PS5 console shipments for the July - September period and it expects to sell 18 million units in total for 2022 which would be a 56% increase compared to the 11.5 million PS5 sales for 2021. There were 45.4 million PlayStation Plus subscribers in FY Q2, which is 1.9 million fewer users than the same time…

In its latest earnings drop, Sony said it sold 3.3 million PlayStation 5s this quarter, matching exactly what it did last year and bringing total units sold since launch to 25 million. Its numbers this quarter are far short of what it needs to hit the 18 million PS5 sales target for fiscal year 2022, though. Sales halfway through the fiscal year (ending March 31st) are now at 5.7 million, which is also nearly the same as 2021 at this point (5.6 million).  Despite the equal number of PS5s sold, revenue was up significantly…

At the Canal Olympia in Cotonou – the only cinema in Benin – the audience is on its feet clapping. Havens of tranquillity are few and far between in this buzzing 24-hour city, so this dark, air-conditioned theatre is usually a calming space. Not tonight.Cinemagoers have just seen the rich history of their country, Dahomey, Benin’s former name, depicted in a Hollywood film: The Woman King. As Viola Davis’s army general, Nanisca, leads Dahomey’s Amazon warrior women against the Oyo empire and Portuguese slave-traders, they…

This is the story of a person who sold his Toyota Fortuner to buy the Jeep Meridian. Both the SUVs are direct rivals in the premium 7-seater SUV segment. However, they are poles apart in terms of characteristics. Toyota Fortuner, one of the most sought-after and popular SUVs in the Indian market, is also the segment leader since its arrival. A brand name in itself, the premium 7-seater SUV is well known for its bulletproof reliability, solid build quality and its association with Toyota’s brand image of good…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study led by Argonne National Laboratory has found that electric vehicles will soon have the potential to cost less to own and operate than traditional gas vehicles, all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions by half over the lifetime of the vehicle. Electric…

AUSTIN, Texas — Beto O’Rourke came closer to turning Texas blue during his 2018 run for Senate than any Democrat has in decades, losing by under 3 percentage points. To win his campaign for governor against incumbent Republican Gov. Greg Abbott this year, he’s looking to again drive up massive Democratic turnout, particularly among women in the state’s rapidly growing suburbs. “We’ve always known … that if the same people vote in this election as are voting in every other election, we’re likely to lose,” O’Rourke told…

Smartphone sales have dwindled worldwide over the past few months, and Samsung hasn’t been left out of this decline. In India, the South Korean firm sold around 8.1 million smartphones in Q3 2022, which is an 11% drop compared to Q3 2021, when the company sold 9.1 million units. Samsung stood second in the Indian smartphone market. It captured an 18% share of the market, a 1 percentage point drop from Q3 2021. Apparently, Galaxy S22 and the Galaxy Z Fold 3 did well in the country. India has seen inflation rise over the…

Shutterstock — one of the most popular stock image websites — plans on selling AI-created images, according to reporting from Gizmodo. Shutterstock will generate the images using DALLE-2, and the company claims it will compensate creators whose images are used to generate the images. DALL-E 2 is one of the most popular AI art generators, and Shutterstock has an ongoing relationship with the AI’s developer, OpenAI. Shutterstock plans on moving forward with monetizing AI artwork, even while conversations are ongoing…

The Federal Housing Finance Agency said Monday that it will require lenders that use credit scores for mortgage underwriting to use scores from both Fair Isaac Corp., FICO 1.52% the creator of FICO credit scores, and its competitor VantageScore Solutions LLC. Until now, mortgage lenders had to gauge most borrowers using only FICO scores if they wanted to sell a loan to Fannie Mae FNMA 1.31% or…