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Privacy missteps cast cloud over digital assistants
Aug 03, 2019 (AFP)
Recent incidents involving Google, Apple and Amazon devices underscore that despite strong growth in the market for smart speakers and devices, more work is nee...
Huawei still number two smartphone seller despite US sanctions
Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)
The Chinese firm managed to boost its sales even as the overall market declined, remaining on the heels of sector leader Samsung and ahead of US-based Apple. Ac...
Facebook-backed research sees progress linking minds, machines
Jul 31, 2019 (AFP)
A study published this week by University of California-San Francisco scientists showed progress toward a new type of brain-computer interface. The project invo...
Huawei says revenue surges despite US sanctions
Jul 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Chinese tech giant has been under immense pressure this year as Washington has lobbied allies worldwide to avoid the company's telecom gear over security co...
Apple gets lift from services, offsetting iPhone weakness
Jul 30, 2019 (AFP)
Profit in the quarter ending in June fell 13 percent from the year-ago period to $10 billion while overall revenues increased one percent to a better-than-forec...
YouTube needs 'new set of rules and laws': executive
Jul 29, 2019 (AFP)
"YouTube has now grown to a big city. More bad actors have come into place. And just like in any big city, you need a new set of rules and laws and kind of regu...
Americans' views on tech firms turn sharply negative: poll
Jul 29, 2019 (AFP)
The Pew Research Center study showed the percentage of people seeing tech firms as having "a positive impact" tumbled to 50 percent in a recent survey, down fro...
EU court rules sites must warn about Facebook 'like' button
Jul 29, 2019 (AFP)
According to the European Court of Justice ruling, a site that embeds the Facebook "like" icon and link on its pages also sends user data to the US web giant. "...
Google builds gesture controls into new Pixel phone
Jul 29, 2019 (AFP)
The Pixel 4 is expected to make its debut in October, along with a new iPhone as competitors strive to win or keep fans in the competitive, cooling smartphone m...
US approves merger of wireless operators T-Mobile, Sprint
Jul 26, 2019 (AFP)
The tie-up aims to create a strong number three US operator to compete against sector leaders Verizon and AT&T and expedite 5G deployment, but consumer groups h...
Google parent Alphabet Q2 profit triples to $9.9 bn
Jul 25, 2019 (AFP)
The internet giant said profits tripled in the second quarter from a year earlier to $9.9 billion while revenues increased 19 percent to $38.9 billion. Shares i...
Big Tech antitrust review: tough policy or publicity stunt?
Jul 25, 2019 (AFP)
Legal experts said any antitrust enforcement action against technology giants remains far off, and that a breakup of any of the Silicon Valley titans is a remot...
Amazon pays a price for one-day delivery as profit growth slows
Jul 25, 2019 (AFP)
Profits edged up just 3.6 percent to $2.6 billion in the past quarter, a figure below most Wall Street forecasts. Revenues rose 20 percent to $63.4 billion in t...
Apple takes majority stake in Intel modem unit
Jul 25, 2019 (AFP)
As part of the deal, some 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, which will acquire intellectual property, equipment and leases. Johny Srouji, Apple's senior vi...
US slaps $5 bn fine on Facebook, toughens privacy oversight
Jul 24, 2019 (AFP)
The Federal Trade Commission said the penalty was the largest ever imposed on any company for violating consumers' privacy and one of the largest penalties ever...
US announces antitrust review of Big Tech firms
Jul 24, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement by the Justice Department did not name specific companies but appeared to signal the department was targeting Google, Facebook and Amazon, whic...
Is a $5 billion fine the least painful part of Facebook's settlement?
Jul 24, 2019 (AFP)
The deal, which follows a lengthy investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), allows Facebook to avoid prosecution for its data protection lapses. The ...
Huawei unit cuts more than 600 jobs following US sanctions
Jul 23, 2019 (AFP)
The layoffs will come at the Chinese company's US-based research and development arm, Futurewei Technologies, which is incorporated in Texas, an email statement...
Huawei to build wireless network for Canadian north
Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)
The move -- mostly 4G deployments and not the superfast fifth-generation or 5G -- comes with Huawei under sanctions in the United States over national security ...
Equifax to pay up to $700 mn over data breach: US
Jul 22, 2019 (AFP)
The biggest-ever penalty in a data breach case was announced by the Federal Trade Commission and state regulators following revelations that hackers had stolen ...
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