INTERNET SPACE

News About Internet and Screen Technologies

5,323 articles

Google's first physical store set to open in New York
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
The retail outlet will open this summer in the Chelsea neighborhood, where Google has a large regional office with many of its 11,000 New York employees. "At th...
Twitter revamps rules for verification 'badge'
May 20, 2021 (AFP)
Updated procedures will make it easier for Twitter users to request certification, but the platform will also remove the badge for those without certain require...
Facebook touts progress in curbing hate, violent content
May 19, 2021 (AFP)
The leading social media firm said refinements in artificial intelligence have helped it filter out more hateful and violent content along with bullying, inappr...
An incubator for the information society
May 19, 2021 (SPX)
"Fibre optics and mobile communications alone will not be enough throughout Germany to connect everyone and everything to a fast network," says Thomas Jarzombek...
Bitcoin tumbles below $39,000 after China issues warning
May 19, 2021 (AFP)
The comments sent the unit diving more than 10 percent and dealt it another blow soon after being battered by comments from tycoon Elon Musk and his Tesla car c...
Germany opens antitrust probe into Amazon with tougher law
May 18, 2021 (AFP)
Federal Cartel Office head Andreas Mundt said his office is examining whether Amazon has "an almost unchallengeable position of economic power" and whether it "...
Amazon reported in talks with MGM as streaming deals accelerate
May 18, 2021 (AFP)
The deal could value the storied Metro Goldwyn Mayer name at between $5 billion and $10 billion, according to the New York Times, The Information and other medi...
Parler app makes return to Apple after ban
May 17, 2021 (AFP)
The move comes a month after the iPhone maker said it would allow the application with updates aimed at curbing incitements to violence. Parler said in a statem...
Facebook-backed crypto project Diem shifts to US
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
Diem, which has changed its name and mission since the project was introduced as Libra in June of 2019, will move its operations to the United States from Switz...
Record fine drags e-commerce giant Alibaba to rare loss
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
The Hangzhou-based company was fined 18.2 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) last month, as part of a push by regulators to rein in dominant digital platforms that ha...
Amazon to add 75,000 jobs for logistics in N. America
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
The tech giant, which already has more than 800,000 US employees, said it would offer "an average starting pay of over $17 per hour," along with health and reti...
Disney sees positive signs for business as streaming growth cools
May 13, 2021 (AFP)
TV streaming service Disney+ ended the quarter with nearly 104 million subscribers, fewer than expected but still part of a stable of "direct-to-consumer" servi...
SoftBank reports Japanese record of $45 bn annual net profit
May 12, 2021 (AFP)
The telecoms-firm-turned-investment-behemoth has poured money into some of Silicon Valley's biggest names and hottest new ventures from AI to biotech through it...
SoftBank beats Japanese record for annual net profit
May 12, 2021 (AFP)
The telecoms firm turned investment behemoth has poured money into some of Silicon Valley's biggest names and hottest new ventures from AI to biotech through it...
US states oppose a children's version of Instagram
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
In a letter to the founder and chief of the leading social network, 44 state attorneys general argued that such a service would be "harmful for myriad reasons."...
Amazon says it blocked 10 billion suspected counterfeit listings
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
The e-commerce colossus made the announcement in its first "brand protection report," as part of its initiative to weed out listings of fakes by third-party sel...
Trump 'egged on' Capitol rioters: Facebook panel co-chair
May 09, 2021 (AFP)
The panel agreed just days ago that Facebook was right to oust the ex-president for his comments regarding the deadly January 6 rampage, though it sidestepped a...
Twitter suspends accounts skirting Trump ban
May 07, 2021 (AFP)
The ex-president launched a page on his website earlier this week promising comment "straight from the desk of Donald J Trump." The page was made public just be...
WhatsApp delays enforcing new privacy terms
May 07, 2021 (AFP)
WhatsApp, which was set to enforce its new data-sharing policy on May 15 -- following a delay in response to a user outcry -- revealed on its website that it wo...
Facebook panel punt on Trump puts onus back on Zuckerberg
May 06, 2021 (AFP)
The panel on Wednesday opted to uphold the ban on the former US president's use of the leading social media network, saying Facebook was right to oust him, but ...
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.