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PayPal says halting online payment services within India
Feb 05, 2021 (AFP)
Multinational giants, including WhatsApp, Google and Alibaba, have for months been locked in a tense battle over the fast-growing digital payments market in the...
Shares in Chinese TikTok rival Kuaishou nearly triple on Hong Kong debut
Feb 05, 2021 (AFP)
The company -- among China's most popular short video platforms and a rival to TikTok's Chinese counterpart Douyin -- soared to HK$338 at the open, from an IPO ...
Factbox: Five huge Chinese apps to know
Feb 05, 2021 (AFP)
But like many Chinese apps that clock massive revenues, it was largely unknown outside the country before exploding onto the Hong Kong market. Here are five oth...
Amazon to use smart cameras to watch over delivery drivers
Feb 04, 2021 (AFP)
The cameras are designed to watch the road and the driver, noting concerns as well as good practices, according to a tutorial video. "We are investing in safety...
Google co-founder Brin opens family office in Singapore
Feb 03, 2021 (AFP)
The company overseeing the assets of Brin, the world's ninth-richest person with wealth of US$86.5 billion, set up its Singapore branch late last year, accordin...
Amazon seeks to build on soaring growth as Bezos hands over
Feb 03, 2021 (AFP)
Here are some key questions and answers following Tuesday's surprise announcement of a change in top management at Amazon. - What is the significance of the Ama...
Wikipedia unveils 'code of conduct' to stem misinformation
Feb 02, 2021 (AFP)
The new code was released by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that administers Wikipedia, expanding on its existing policies to create a set of community...
China's Alibaba boosts sales and profits despite crackdown
Feb 02, 2021 (AFP)
In November, Chinese authorities pulled the plug on the colossal Hong Kong IPO of Alibaba's online payment subsidiary Ant Group. A month later, regulators opene...
Empire-builder Bezos looks beyond Amazon
Feb 02, 2021 (AFP)
Now Bezos is turning to new challenges, giving up his role as chief executive of the technology giant to focus his energy on other business and philanthropic ve...
Smartphone giant Xiaomi sues to reverse US blacklisting
Jan 31, 2021 (AFP)
Xiaomi said it filed the appeal with a Washington federal court Friday after former president Donald Trump's administration barred investment in the firm, sayin...
Hundreds protest Amazon expansion in France
Jan 30, 2021 (AFP)
Amazon plans to set up a 38,000-square-metre (400,000-square-feet) facility in the small southern town of Fournes near the Pont du Gard, a Roman aqueduct bridge...
Facebook to test letting advertisers avoid topics
Jan 29, 2021 (AFP)
A small group of advertisers will soon start testing new "topic exclusion controls" being honed by the leading social network, according to a post. "These contr...
Huawei smartphone sales plunge as US sanctions bite
Jan 29, 2021 (AFP)
Domestic sales fell 44 percent to 18.8 million units in October-December, according to data released by research firm Canalys. That comes after separate figures...
Facebook 'supreme court' overturns four content-removal rulings
Jan 28, 2021 (AFP)
The initial batch of rulings did not include Donald Trump's indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram after the storming of the US Capitol, but the boar...
Amazon to expand tech hub in Boston with 3,000 new jobs
Jan 26, 2021 (AFP)
The Boston hub will add teams working on the Alexa digital assistant, robotics, Amazon Pharmacy and the giant's web services unit. The company, which already em...
Huawei to open French plant in 2023
Jan 26, 2021 (AFP)
Work on the factory, which is to manufacture base stations, should begin this year, Huawei vice president and supervisory board member Catherine Chen told a vid...
Listen-in social network Clubhouse readies for the masses
Jan 25, 2021 (AFP)
Clubhouse has gained allure since its release early last year in a private testing format, putting a podcast spin on social networking by letting members listen...
Google threatens to block Australians over media law
Jan 22, 2021 (AFP)
Google Australia managing director Mel Silva warned a Senate committee in Canberra that the world-first media law was "unworkable" and would undermine the funct...
Google suspends second AI ethics researcher: union
Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)
The Alphabet Workers Union, which was created by employees of Google's parent firm, said in a statement this week it was "concerned by the suspension of the cor...
BlackRock opens door to bitcoin in boost for cryptocurrency
Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)
Securities filings from the investment giant show at least two BlackRock funds may buy bitcoin, a digital currency which has seen wild swings since being introd...
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