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TikTok slashes 100s of jobs in AI shift; as internal documents show traffic trumps safety
Oct 12, 2024 (AFP)
TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, said Friday it would cut several hundred jobs around the world, without providing a breakdown by country. Less than 500 ...
China says detained Foxconn workers suspected of bribery
Oct 12, 2024 (AFP)
Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council -- its top China policy agency -- said Friday that public security authorities in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou had he...
Taiwan says four Foxconn workers detained in China
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
The employees were detained by public security in the central city of Zhengzhou for the equivalent of "breach of trust" under Taiwan law, Taipei's top China pol...
EU questions shopping app Temu over illegal products risk
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
Wildly popular in Europe since entering the continent's market in 2023, Temu said earlier this year it had on average around 75 million monthly active users in ...
X says 'alert' to manipulation efforts after pro-Russia bots report
Oct 11, 2024 (AFP)
In a study shared exclusively with AFP earlier this week, the Washington-based American Sunlight Project (ASP) said it found nearly 1,200 accounts on X that pus...
Internet Archive reels from 'catastrophic' cyberattack, data breach
Oct 10, 2024 (AFP)
The assault on the San Francisco-based nonprofit, claimed by a shadowy group that experts described as a pro-Palestinian "hacktivist," lays bare the perils of c...
US weighs Google breakup in landmark trial
Oct 09, 2024 (AFP)
Determining how to address Google's wrongs is the next stage of a landmark antitrust trial that saw the company in August judged a monopolist by US District Cou...
'Appeals Centre' to referee EU social media disputes
Oct 08, 2024 (AFP)
The out-of-court dispute settlement body, dubbed Appeals Centre Europe and backed by Meta's own oversight board, will be established in Dublin under the EU's Di...
Samsung third-quarter forecast misses expectations; issues rare apology
Oct 08, 2024 (AFP)
The firm is the flagship subsidiary of South Korean giant Samsung Group, by far the largest of the family-controlled conglomerates that dominate business in Asi...
US judge orders Google to open Android to rival app stores
Oct 07, 2024 (AFP)
The order is the result of Google's defeat in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite-maker Epic Games, where a California jury decided that Google wields illegal...
Ubisoft shares surge on report of potential Tencent joint buyout
Oct 04, 2024 (AFP)
Bloomberg reported that the Chinese giant was considering a joint move with the Guillemot family, which founded Ubisoft and is still the main shareholder, after...
EU queries Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube over 'harmful' content risks
Oct 02, 2024 (AFP)
The European Commission, the EU's powerful digital watchdog, said the three platforms must "provide more information on the design and functioning of their reco...
Meta unveils 'Orion' glasses to one day rival smartphone
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
The bulky, black-framed prototype called "Orion" was able to overlay holographic images on a wearer's field of vision, and is ultimately intended to rival the s...
The EU vs X: How big could the fines be for Musk?
Sep 25, 2024 (AFP)
The European Union could decide within months to take action against X, including possible fines, as part of a probe into whether the social platform is breachi...
Meta, Ray-Ban maker extend smart glasses partnership
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
The world's top eyewear maker and the US tech giant, which have been collaborating since 2019, launched the first Ray-Ban Meta glasses, equipped with artificial...
Instagram, under pressure, tightens protection for teens
Sep 17, 2024 (AFP)
Many experts and authorities accuse the hugely popular photo-sharing app of damaging the mental health of its youngest users through addiction to the app, bully...
TikTok's US future hangs in balance at federal court
Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)
The fate of Americans' access to TikTok has become a prominent issue in the country's political debate, with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump oppo...
TikTok battles US ban threat in court
Sep 16, 2024 (AFP)
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals in Washington heard arguments from TikTok, its owner ByteDance, and a group of users claiming that the ban violat...
UW researchers create wearable device powered by body heat
Sep 15, 2024 (SPX)
"I had this vision a long time ago," explained senior author Mohammad Malakooti, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UW. "When you put this device ...
Australia PM hits back at Musk after 'fascists' quip
Sep 14, 2024 (AFP)
Australia introduced a "combating misinformation" bill earlier this week, which includes sweeping powers to fine tech giants up to five percent of their annual ...
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