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Online platforms' relationship with news media: it's complicated

Oct 25, 2019 (AFP)

Big internet firms such as Google and Facebook can help news organizations by driving traffic to news sites, but many media groups complain they miss out on the...

RUAG Space and TTTech aim to provide fast TTEthernet for NASA Lunar Gateway

Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)

TTEthernet technology allows fast and reliable data transfer on the "Lunar Gateway" space station, which will orbit around the Moon and serve as the portal to t...

Facebook 'news tab' seeks to reboot its role with media

Oct 25, 2019 (AFP)

The tab, being tested with some US users, will be separate from a user's normal feed and include articles from partner news organizations -- making a clear dist...

Speedy delivery hits Amazon's bottom line; shares slump

Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)

Net income slid 27 percent from last year to $2.1 billion, with profits pressured by Amazon's spending on fast deliveries and its lucrative AWS cloud services o...

Twitter tumbles as 'bugs' hit revenue growth

Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)

Profit for the third quarter was $37 million, a sharp drop from last year when the online messaging platform was helped by a large tax benefit. Revenue rose nin...

Facebook 'big' project on journalism set for this week

Oct 23, 2019 (AFP)

Zuckerberg, appearing at a congressional hearing on its digital coin Libra, said during questioning that the leading social network is moving forward on a proje...

Apple boss Cook meets Chinese regulator after HK app criticism

Oct 18, 2019 (AFP)

Apple removed HKmap.live from the App Store after a barrage of criticism by Beijing, which is stepping up pressure on foreign companies deemed to be providing s...

G20 expected to back OECD's digital tax proposal

Oct 18, 2019 (AFP)

The deal aims to solve the puzzle on how to tax technology firms, which shift the bulk of their earnings to low-tax jurisdictions, a major challenge with the in...

Zuckerberg defends Facebook's hands-off policy for politicians

Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)

Speaking to students at Georgetown University in Washington, Zuckerberg responded to critics who argued that Facebook is enabling political leaders including Pr...

Netflix revs up growth as streaming TV war looms

Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)

Netflix reported a net income of $665 million in the recently ended quarter, jumping up from $403 million in the same period last year and topping most analyst ...

Telescope technology used to take first accurate images of glaucoma-related eye structure

Oct 16, 2019 (SPX)

The ability to clearly view this structure - known as the trabecular meshwork - could help improve treatment for glaucoma. The work is reported in the journal o...

BAE Systems to manage open source data for U.S. Army in $437M contract

Oct 16, 2019 (UPI)

BAE Systems will deliver open source capabilities to the Army from publicly available sources, and will provide the Army's Intelligence and Security Command wit...

Huawei says nine-month revenue up despite US pressure

Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)

Huawei's revenues jumped 24.4 percent on-year to 610.8 billion yuan ($86.2 billion) and its profit margin increased 8.7 percent, it announced. Huawei, based in ...

US, France and OECD 'getting closer' to tech tax agreement: Mnuchin

Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)

A resolution would ease long-standing transatlantic friction over imposing taxes on tech multinationals, the largest of which are US-based but operate worldwide...

Google in smartphone push with motion-sensing Pixel 4

Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)

Pixel 4 models boasting features including gesture and face recognition debuted at a "Made by Google" event showcasing new hardware infused with artificial inte...

Twitter says world leaders 'not above' its rules

Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)

In a statement aimed at clarifying its policies, Twitter said it reserves the right to take "enforcement action" on offending tweets, notably those including th...

Iraq cut the internet, and the economy suffered

Oct 15, 2019 (AFP)

Officials say 110 people died in the violence in the first week of October, mostly protesters killed by gunshots. From the second day of unrest, the internet wa...

Zuckerberg to testify in US Congress on Facebook digital currency plan

Oct 09, 2019 (AFP)

The House Financial Services Committee said in a statement that Zuckerberg would be the sole witness at the October 23 hearing on "An Examination of Facebook an...

Sony's PlayStation 5 launch set for late 2020

Oct 08, 2019 (AFP)

The Japanese electronics firm, which had teased its new console earlier this year, said a major new feature of the updated console would be its immersive contro...

Facebook plugs booming business version into Portal

Oct 08, 2019 (AFP)

Workplace paid users grew by more than 50 percent in the past eight months, the company said as it kicked off its second annual Flow conference at a hotel in th...