Rising costs for businesses: higher premiums from 2025 and changes to the system From next year, entrepreneurs will face a significant increase in compulsory levies. The biggest increases will be in social insurance, which covers pensions, and in health insurance. Self-employed people using the flat-rate tax will also face a significant incre...
At this year's Electromobility Forum, there was a major topic related to electric vehicle fires, firefighting and the specific challenges these situations bring. Much attention was drawn to the case of the Jaguar I-Pace electric car fire that broke out on 4 May 2023 in an underground garage on Belgrade Street in Prague. This event showed not ...
Warren Buffett, one of the most prominent figures in the investment world, known for his long-term strategy and ability to identify undervalued opportunities, has added four new stocks to the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. The move comes at a time when Buffett was a net seller of shares for the eighth straight quarter in the third quarter of 2...
Amazon has introduced a new platform called Haul, which offers products with a price limit of up to $20 (roughly CZK 479). The move represents the giant's effort to compete with popular budget retailers such as Temu and Shein and appeal to customers looking for bargain purchases. Haul has been launched as a mobile service accessible through t...
The satirical newspaper The Onion has acquired the assets and platform of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, including his famous Infowars website. This transfer of assets was completed through the support of the families of the victims of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. During this tragic event, 20 chi...
Prague, 13 November 2024 - Unicorn Systems in cooperation with PREdistribuce and LEEF Technologies has completed a project for efficient management of charging stations for electric vehicles and optimization of the distribution network. The project, which was co-funded by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR), aims to prepare the d...
Apple on Monday rolled out updates to its operating systems that bring Apple Intelligence's integrated artificial intelligence (AI) following the unveiling of its new all-in-one iMac lineup. This AI has been designed to work across Apple's entire ecosystem - encompassing not only iPhones, but also iPads and Macs. Users can take advantage of A...
Uber is considering a takeover of travel site Expedia, which would represent the largest acquisition in its history. This would bring it closer to its goal of becoming the West's first "super app," or as its CEO puts it, "the operating system for your life." Uber, which has a market value of more than $170 billion, is considering buying Exped...
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently approved a set of new rules for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, which includes flying taxis and other forms of modern air travel. The move comes as the first in nearly 80 years since the creation of the new aircraft category, with the last time similar rules were intr...
