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Judge rejects request to restore web access to Parler platform
Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)
The tech giant had pulled Parler for incitements to violence on the platform, which was home to many supporters of former president Donald Trump and was activel...
Social media faces reckoning as Trump ban forces reset
Jan 20, 2021 (AFP)
After the unprecedented violence in the seat of Congress, Trump was banned for inciting the rioters -- on platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Google-owned Yo...
TikTok owner ByteDance launches e-payment service
Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)
Douyin Pay, which functions similarly to reigning Chinese electronic wallets WeChat Pay and Alipay, aims to "supplement existing major payment options, and to u...
Netflix keeps growing in pandemic, tops 200 mn subscribers
Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)
The streaming television leader added some 8.5 million paid subscribers in the quarter to reach 203 million, topping 200 million despite recent price hikes, its...
Apple's Cook says Parler could return to App Store with reforms
Jan 18, 2021 (AFP)
Apple suspended all downloads of the Parler app following the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, citing postings on the platform that could incite further v...
Samsung unveils S21 smartphone lineup, cuts price from last year
Jan 14, 2021 (AFP)
Unveiled in a streamed presentation, the S21 device with a 6.2 inch display is available for order at an entry price of $800 for US customers. The global smartp...
Tech giants hope for US data privacy law
Jan 13, 2021 (AFP)
"I think the stars are better aligned than ever in the past," Keith Enright, Google's chief data privacy office, told a discussion Tuesday on trust and privacy....
Night-Vision Revolution: Less Weight, Improved Performance
Jan 11, 2021 (SPX)
Building on recent scientific advances in photonics and optical materials pioneered in DARPA's Defense Sciences Office (DSO), a new effort seeks to develop next...
Twitter limits reach of tweets stoking US Capitol unrest
Jan 06, 2021 (AFP)
"We have been significantly restricting engagement with tweets labeled under our Civic Integrity Policy due to the risk of violence," the Twitter support team s...
Apple touts $1.8 bn in holiday sales at App Store
Jan 06, 2021 (AFP)
Word of the stellar holiday week at the exclusive gateway onto Apple devices comes as the iPhone maker defends itself against concerns that its control over the...
Space Station, Cygnus test technology for 5G communications, other benefits
Jan 06, 2021 (SPX)
Developed internally at Northrop Grumman, SharkSat is just one example of the wide variety of technology demonstrations supported by the space station for the b...
Workers at Google parent Alphabet form union
Jan 04, 2021 (AFP)
The Alphabet Workers Union, affiliated with the Communications Workers of America, aims to represent well-compensated tech workers as well as temporary workers ...
European space and digital players to study satellite-based connectivity system across EU
Dec 31, 2020 (SPX)
The study will assess the feasibility of a new initiative aiming to strengthen European digital sovereignty and provide secure connectivity for citizens, commer...
Facebook to close Irish units at center of tax dispute
Dec 30, 2020 (AFP)
The California tech giant acknowledged the winding down of Facebook Ireland Holdings Unlimited Company amid a dispute with US tax authorities, which claimed the...
Apple loses copyright suit against security startup
Dec 29, 2020 (AFP)
Judge Rodney Smith said Apple failed to show a legal basis for protecting its entire iOS operating system from security researchers. Apple sued the Florida-base...
Trump administration appeals court ruling blocking US TikTok ban
Dec 28, 2020 (AFP)
The Justice Department filed the appeal seeking to enforce a ban on TikTok by President Donald Trump, who has argued that the app's Chinese parent company may u...
Bolstered by pandemic, tech titans face growing scrutiny
Dec 28, 2020 (AFP)
Governments and users are belatedly coming to terms with the power held by the likes of Apple and Amazon, particularly in focus this year thanks to their role i...
China begins anti-monopoly probe into tech giant Alibaba
Dec 24, 2020 (AFP)
Regulators will also hold "supervisory and guidance" talks with Alibaba's gigantic financial services subsidiary Ant Group, state media reported, just weeks aft...
Google, Facebook, coordinated antitrust response: report
Dec 22, 2020 (AFP)
The Wall Street Journal, which cited a draft version of the complaint filed by 10 US states without redactions in the public version, said Tuesday the two firms...
Tech stars quit Silicon Valley as politics, pandemic weigh
Dec 20, 2020 (AFP)
Nightmarish traffic and high living costs were already causing disenchantment even before the pandemic spoiled the serendipity of the northern California destin...
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