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Amazon shares surge on strong earnings update

Jan 31, 2020 (AFP)

Profit in the final three months of last year rose eight percent from 2018 to $3.3 billion, as revenue grew 21 percent to $87.4 billion, according to the Seattl...

Amazon highlights taxes paid in pushback against critics

Jan 31, 2020 (AFP)

A blog post by Amazon sought to highlight its investments and contributions to the US economy, in a move to fend off critics claiming it benefits from taxpayer ...

Apple takes smartphone sales crown from Samsung

Jan 31, 2020 (AFP)

Apple shipped an estimated 73.8 million iPhones during the fourth quarter, driven by the popularity of its newest models in the US and Europe and lower-priced h...

Apple, Broadcom ordered to pay $1.1bn for patent infringement

Jan 30, 2020 (AFP)

Apple was ordered to pay $837 million and Broadcom must pay $270 million to the California Institute of Technology. Caltech had sued both tech giants in 2016, a...

Facebook results beat forecasts but shares take a hit

Jan 30, 2020 (AFP)

The leading online social network said net income rose seven percent from a year ago to $7.3 billion, while revenue increased 25 percent to $21 billion in the f...

GMV to install control system for Space Norway's two Arctic-deployed satellites

Jan 29, 2020 (SPX)

Space Norway HEOSAT, a subsidiary of the government owned Space Norway, is a Norwegian company set up to run the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM). ASBM...

News Corp aggregator aims to break free from tech platforms

Jan 29, 2020 (AFP)

The application called Knewz, now being tested, will include content from more than 400 sources in the US and worldwide, including Al-Jazeera, The Washington Po...

EU announces strict 5G rules, but no Huawei ban

Jan 29, 2020 (AFP)

The EU plan, which closely mirrors rules set out Tuesday by Britain allowing a limited role for Huawei, stops short of barring the company from the next-generat...

Microsoft gets lift from rise in earnings

Jan 29, 2020 (AFP)

Overall profit for the quarter ending December 31 rose 38 percent from a year ago to $11.6 billion, while revenues jumped 14 percent to $36.9 billion. The earni...

Apple delivers best-ever quarter, powered by iPhones, services

Jan 29, 2020 (AFP)

Striking a somber tone on an earnings call, chief executive Tim Cook said the company is closely watching the deadly viral outbreak hitting China, where Apple h...

Google aims AI at whales, words and well-being

Jan 28, 2020 (AFP)

The internet giant unveiled projects on AI work teams a week after Google chief executive Sundar Pichai urged a "proportional approach" to regulating the techno...

Facebook 'supreme court' for disputes ready in months

Jan 28, 2020 (AFP)

The social network said that former Article 19 executive director Thomas Hughes would be the staff director of the oversight board, which is being developed to ...

Facebook rolls out tool globally to clear third-party data

Jan 28, 2020 (AFP)

The new feature, part of a stepped-up effort to improve privacy practices, allows users to see and clear "off Facebook activity" used for targeted advertising. ...

Nano-thin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper

Jan 27, 2020 (SPX)

The touch-responsive technology is 100 times thinner than existing touchscreen materials and so pliable it can be rolled up like a tube. To create the new condu...

Johnson says can square Huawei 5G role with security concerns

Jan 27, 2020 (AFP)

Johnson spoke after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday tweeted: "The UK has a momentous decision ahead on 5G." The United States has banned Huawei from...

UAE tech ambitions tarnished by internet restrictions

Jan 26, 2020 (AFP)

The oil-rich country has invested billions in new technologies and artificial intelligence "to become a forerunner in the provision of smart services" as part o...

US feds, states could join forces on Google probes: report

Jan 26, 2020 (AFP)

The Journal said the talks could eventually lead to the two groups joining forces as their investigations progress. The Justice Department and the state attorne...

Platelets instead of spheres make screens more economical

Jan 24, 2020 (SPX)

Researchers at ETH Zurich have now developed a technology that increases the energy efficiency of QLEDs. By minimising the scattering losses of light inside the...

Ultrafast camera takes 1 trillion frames per second of transparent objects and phenomena

Jan 24, 2020 (JPL)

But sometimes just being quick is not enough. Indeed, not even the fastest camera can take pictures of things it cannot see. To that end, Wang, Bren Professor o...

TikTok inks music deal as it sets up shop in California

Jan 23, 2020 (AFP)

The deal between TikTok and Merlin, a digital rights agency for independent music labels, is designed to help facilitate the use of the short-form video service...