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Netflix tests charging a fee to share accounts
Mar 16, 2022 (AFP)
The US-based steaming service has long taken a relaxed approach to users sharing passwords with family or friends, but recently saw stock dive on quarterly resu...
The development of the world's first distortion-free stretchable micro-LED meta-display technology
Mar 15, 2022 (SPX)
Senior researcher Dr. Bongkyun Jang and his research group members of the Department of Nano-Mechanics at KIMM have recently developed a distortion-free stretch...
Vision scientists discover new angle on path of light through photoreceptors
Mar 07, 2022 (SPX)
"We were surprised by this fascinating phenomenon that mitochondria appear to have a dual purpose: their well-established metabolic role producing energy, as we...
Russian tech giant Yandex says might default
Mar 04, 2022 (AFP)
Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange this week halted all listings of Russian companies until they explain how they will be impacted by sanctions imposed by t...
Amazon closing scores of shops in retail strategy shift
Mar 02, 2022 (AFP)
According to a spokesperson, the company will shutter its Amazon 4-star, Books, and Pop Up stores. Amazon 4-star stores carry curated selections of merchandise,...
Chinese firms push 5G credentials despite US ban
Mar 01, 2022 (AFP)
But the state-owned companies -- China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom -- have been barred from doing business in the United States, severely hampering t...
TikTok videos get longer in challenge to YouTube
Feb 28, 2022 (AFP)
TikTok, owned by ByteDance in China, launched with a one-minute limit on uploaded videos, but bumped the cap to three minutes last year. "Today we are happy to ...
More sensitive X-ray imaging
Feb 28, 2022 (SPX)
Researchers at MIT have now shown how one could improve the efficiency of scintillators by at least tenfold, and perhaps even a hundredfold, by changing the mat...
Google 'pauses' Russian state media monetization across platforms
Feb 27, 2022 (AFP)
It follows similar moves by its YouTube subsidiary and Facebook. "In response to the war in Ukraine, we are pausing Google monetization of Russian state-funded ...
YouTube blocks monetization for some Russian channels
Feb 26, 2022 (AFP)
"In light of extraordinary circumstances in Ukraine, we're taking a number of actions," a spokesperson for the Google subsidiary said in a statement Saturday. "...
World's biggest mobile show drops Russia pavilion
Feb 25, 2022 (AFP)
The GSMA industry association which stages the annual event said in a statement it "energetically condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine". "In light of this emer...
Alibaba says profit fell 74% in 'volatile' environment
Feb 24, 2022 (AFP)
Hangzhou-based Alibaba Group cited a "complex and volatile market environment" in announcing net income of 20.43 billion yuan ($3.2 billion), a fall of 74 perce...
US opposes Canada's digital services tax proposal
Feb 23, 2022 (AFP)
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) said Canada should instead work towards implementing a global taxation agreement that Organisation for Economic Co...
Tonga back online as undersea cable repaired
Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)
Telecom providers Digicel and TCC said data connectivity had been restored to two main islands, after breaks in an 80-kilometre (50-mile) stretch of the cable w...
Alibaba shares slump 5% on Beijing's scrutiny of Ant Group
Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)
China's biggest state-owned firms and banks were told to begin a new round of checks on their financial exposure and other links to Ant and its subsidiaries, Bl...
Amazon faces another complaint over tactics in Alabama union vote
Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)
Organizers of the unionization campaign in Bessemer, Alabama, said in a press release Amazon's actions amounted to a "continuance of the company's conduct aimed...
Ericsson employees may have bribed IS in Iraq: CEO
Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)
"What we see is that people have paid for road transport through areas controlled by terrorist organisations, including ISIS," Borje Ekholm told Swedish financi...
Meta agrees $90 mn settlement in Facebook privacy suit
Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)
The agreement was filed Monday in a California court and if approved by a judge would put to rest one of the series of suits alleging the social media giant inv...
World's biggest mobile show eyes up to 60,000 visitors
Feb 10, 2022 (AFP)
"We're expecting somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 people," said John Hoffman, executive director of the GSMA industry association which stages the annual tel...
YouTube woos creators to fend off competition
Feb 10, 2022 (AFP)
The video-sharing platform is investing in short-form and live video, along with tools to help creators make money and produce fresh content, according to chief...
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