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Trump slams Amazon on taxes, postal deal

Mar 29, 2018 (AFP)

A tweet by the president about Amazon -- a company he also criticized while on the campaign trail -- renewed concerns that the online giant could face scrutiny ...

Physicists reveal material for high-speed quantum internet

Mar 28, 2018 (SPX)

The greatest expectation about the quantum computer is that it could break the security of all classical data transfer networks. Today, sensitive data such as p...

TV ad spending takes hit from 'cord cutting'

Mar 28, 2018 (AFP)

A report by the research firm eMarketer said outlays on TV ads will slip 0.5 percent in 2018 to $69.87 billion. As a result, television's share of total US medi...

SpaceDataHighway starts full Copernicus service

Mar 27, 2018 (SPX)

The first two sets of Earth-observing Copernicus Sentinels-1A and -1B and -2A and -2B are signed up to this service as SpaceDataHighway's anchor customers under...

Apple goes back to school with new iPad, apps

Mar 27, 2018 (AFP)

At an event in Chicago, the California-based Apple showcased a new, free curriculum called Everyone Can Create that enables teachers to integrate drawing, music...

S.Africa's Naspers cashes in $10-bn Tencent stake

Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)

Naspers' investment in Tencent has been "one of the greatest venture-capital investments ever", according to Bloomberg News. It said the stake in Tencent that N...

Broadcom shareholders approve plan to move back to US

Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)

The company, which saw its huge buyout offer for rival Qualcomm blocked this month by President Donald Trump on national security grounds, said that the move wi...

Cloud firm Dropbox surges in Wall Street debut

Mar 23, 2018 (AFP)

Shares trading under the symbol DBX rallied 35.6 percent to close at $28.48, with intraday gains as much as 50 percent, following the offering price of $21. The...

US FTC probing Facebook data scandal: media

Mar 21, 2018 (AFP)

A probe by the FTC would add further pressure on the social media giant which faces calls by Britain's Parliament and the European Commission for urgent investi...

EU to unveil digital tax targeting Facebook, Google

Mar 21, 2018 (AFP)

The special tax is the latest measure by the 28-nation European Union to rein in Silicon Valley giants and could further embitter the bad-tempered trade row pit...

Data scandal threatens Zuckerberg vision for Facebook

Mar 20, 2018 (AFP)

Mark Zuckerberg's ambitious vision for Facebook spawned one of the world's most powerful companies, but he now faces a moment of reckoning as it becomes clear t...

Data firm suspends CEO over Facebook scandal

Mar 20, 2018 (AFP)

The move to suspend CEO Alexander Nix came as recordings emerged in which he boasts his data company played an expansive role in Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, d...

Alibaba doubles investment in SE Asia e-commerce firm

Mar 19, 2018 (AFP)

Alibaba, which already owns 83 percent of Lazada with two investments totalling $2 billion as of June last year, has been trying to acquire both online and offl...

Qualcomm says former chairman exploring buyout effort

Mar 17, 2018 (AFP)

Jacobs, who had been chief executive at Qualcomm for nearly a decade and executive chairman until March 9, will not be renominated to its board at its annual me...

France warns Apple and Google of fines over 'abusive' practices

Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)

"I believe in an economy based on justice and I will take Google and Apple before the Paris Commercial Court for abusive business practices" against French star...

Some Americans 'constantly' on internet, others remain offline

Mar 14, 2018 (AFP)

The Pew Research Center report said growth of smartphones and other mobile devices has made it easier to be always connected. As a result, the percentage of US ...

Trump blocks Broadcom's bid to buy Qualcomm

Mar 13, 2018 (AFP)

Trump issued an order barring the proposed mega-acquisition, saying there is credible evidence such a deal "threatens to impair the national security of the Uni...

We're not addicted to smartphones, we're addicted to social interaction

Mar 12, 2018 (SPX)

"There is a lot of panic surrounding this topic," says Professor Samuel Veissiere, from the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, Canada. "We're trying...

Engineers develop eco-friendly panels that switch from transparent to opaque

Mar 12, 2018 (SPX)

Goossen and Daniel Wolfe, who earned a doctoral degree from UD last year, developed panels that can switch between allowing light in and blocking it out. This "...

Dropbox IPO aiming to raise $748 mn

Mar 12, 2018 (AFP)

The company plans to sell 36 million shares of Class A stock at between $16 and $18, bringing in as much as $648 million, according to the filing with the Secur...