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Meta's 'Musk playbook' fans misinformation concerns
Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)
Meta's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday the tech giant was ending its third-party fact-checking program in the United States and turning over t...
Can EU stand up to belligerent Big Tech in new Trump era?
Jan 08, 2025 (AFP)
Days before Trump's inauguration as US president, Meta chief Zuckerberg set the tone Tuesday by abruptly ending his firm's fact-checking programme on Facebook a...
TVs get smarter as makers cater to AI lifestyles
Jan 07, 2025 (AFP)
TV titans like LG, Samsung and TCL are packing ever more AI into stunning, huge screens that are inching toward being digital assistants capable of chatting wit...
Meta abruptly ends US fact-checks ahead of Trump term
Jan 07, 2025 (AFP)
"We're going to get rid of fact-checkers (that) have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the US,"...
Meta Names UFC boss Dana White, a Trump ally, to board
Jan 06, 2025 (AFP)
The new board members were announced as Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been making approaches to the incoming Trump administration, including donating...
Apple agrees to $95 mn deal to settle Siri eavesdropping suit
Jan 02, 2025 (AFP)
The proposed settlement detailed in a court filing accessed on Thursday came with Apple holding firm that it did nothing wrong. "Apple has at all times denied a...
Nick Clegg leaves Meta global policy team
Jan 02, 2025 (AFP)
Clegg joined Meta in late 2018 as the company grappled with the fallout of the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Clegg ceding his job to Kaplan, who served a...
Demand for Japanese content booms post 'Shogun'
Dec 25, 2024 (AFP)
Fans of Japanese manga and anime cartoons have often criticised foreign adaptations that are unfaithful to the original material. But "Shogun", based on the 197...
Telegram founder says messaging app profitable for first time
Dec 23, 2024 (AFP)
"As I predicted, 2024 turned out to be a very good year for Telegram. For the first time in its 3-year history of monetisation, Telegram became profitable," Dur...
Google counters bid by US to force sale of Chrome
Dec 21, 2024 (AFP)
Google filed a 12-page proposed order banning the internet giant from requiring favorable distribution or treatment of its software on mobile devices as a condi...
US Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok ban case
Dec 18, 2024 (AFP)
The top court scheduled oral arguments in the case for January 10, nine days before TikTok faces a ban unless ByteDance divests from the popular app. The law, s...
China's Alibaba says to sell department store arm for $1.3 bn loss
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
Alibaba said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that Intime would be sold to "a consortium of purchasers comprising Youngor Group and members of Int...
TikTok asks Supreme Court to temporarily block looming US ban
Dec 17, 2024 (AFP)
The appeal to the nation's top court came on the same day that TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew met with US President-elect Donald Trump, according to an NBC...
Schools targeted with AI learning apps despite experts' doubts
Dec 14, 2024 (AFP)
The sector known as Ed Tech exploded during the Covid pandemic as schools closed to stop the spread of infection and millions of children were forced to learn i...
Apple adds ChatGPT integration in latest software update
Dec 11, 2024 (AFP)
In a notable shift for the privacy-focused company, Apple has partnered with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into its Writing Tools and Siri virtual assistant, allo...
Trump announces antitrust chief, previewing Big Tech 'censorship' fight
Dec 11, 2024 (AFP)
Ferguson will replace Lina Khan, whose antitrust lawsuits galvanized progressive Democrats and even some Republicans, but also received pushback from the busine...
Meta warns against holiday shopping scams
Dec 10, 2024 (AFP)
The company, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, revealed it has taken down over two million accounts linked to scam centers in Cambodia, Myanmar, Lao...
OpenAI releases Sora AI video generator to public
Dec 09, 2024 (AFP)
The company behind ChatGPT said its latest version, dubbed Sora Turbo, offers significant speed improvements over the February preview model and can create high...
British regulator approves Vodafone UK, Three merger
Dec 05, 2024 (AFP)
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a statement that the tie-up will proceed after the companies pledged to invest billions of pounds on rolling...
Japan to use AI to tackle online manga and anime piracy
Dec 03, 2024 (AFP)
There are at least 1,000 websites illegally offering free downloads of Japanese content, mostly its globally-renowned manga graphic novels, a group of domestic ...
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