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CEO says Google has 'checks and balances' against bias
Dec 10, 2018 (AFP)
Pichai also said privacy and security are essential parts of Google's mission, and that the company is committed to working with the US government "to keep our ...
Tariffs prompt GoPro to pull manufacturing from China
Dec 10, 2018 (AFP)
Manufacturing of GoPro cameras for countries other than the US will remain in China, according to the Silicon Valley-based electronics firm. "Today's geopolitic...
Facebook adds $9 billion to share buyback effort
Dec 07, 2018 (AFP)
In a regulatory filing, the leading social network said it added to a $15 billion share repurchase program began in 2017. Facebook shares have slid more than 30...
More than half of global population now online: UN
Dec 07, 2018 (AFP)
The UN agency for information and communication technologies, ITU, said that by the end of 2018 a full 51.2 percent of people around the world will be using the...
Huawei arrest a 'despicable rogue' action: Chinese media
Dec 07, 2018 (AFP)
The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer, has angered the Chinese government and raised concerns that it could disrupt a trade war truce bet...
Bad reception: Arrest adds to Huawei's global woes
Dec 06, 2018 (AFP)
The company has faced a tough year, with some of its services rejected in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Britain over security concerns. The late...
Write with heat, cool and then repeat with rewritable paper
Dec 06, 2018 (SPX)
The idea for rewritable paper isn't new, with several research groups pursuing different development strategies over the past few decades. But many of these app...
Microsoft unveils facial recognition principles, urges new laws
Dec 06, 2018 (AFP)
Microsoft president Brad Smith made the announcement at a Brookings Institution speech and an accompanying blog post, saying it was urgent to begin placing limi...
Google launches AI-driven audio news feed
Dec 06, 2018 (AFP)
The technology giant said it had partnerships with more than a dozen news organizations to deliver an audio feed in the same manner as its smartphone news feed....
Turning the page: Japan's last pager service ends after 50 years
Dec 03, 2018 (AFP)
Tokyo Telemessage, the only pager service provider left standing, said it had decided to terminate its service to Tokyo and three neighbouring regions in Septem...
Weibo eyes expansion to 'Chinese-speaking world'
Dec 03, 2018 (AFP)
The Twitter-style platform has long been prominent in China, known for its heavy censorship and Great Firewall, but it now wants to reach Chinese audiences over...
Attack of the small screens: Africa eyes mobile gaming boom
Dec 02, 2018 (AFP)
"The penetration of mobile devices in Africa is huge. People often have two or three phones, which is pretty crazy," said Spreckley, 40, who wore a T-shirt embl...
Latest Facebook controversy puts heat on number two Sandberg
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
A prominent feminist and author with strong political connections, Sandberg has drawn fire in particular over an embarrassing effort to probe George Soros, the ...
China's Weibo eyes global expansion, foreign-language products
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
The Twitter-style platform has long been prominent in China, known for its heavy censorship and Great Firewall, but it now wants to reach Chinese audiences over...
Facebook expands 'local news' to 400 US cities
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
The "Today In" section first unveiled by Facebook in January offers users "local alerts from relevant government pages" which may include information city counc...
Google CEO to appear before US House panel Dec 5
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
The House Judiciary Committee hearing follows complaints by President Donald Trump and some lawmakers of "bias" by internet firms and unsubstantiated claims of ...
US teens drawn to social media despite 'drama'
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
The Pew Research Center report found a strong majority of the 13- to 17-year-olds had positive rather than negative feelings about their social media experience...
Google extends telecom service Fi to iPhones
Nov 28, 2018 (AFP)
Freshly renamed "Google Fi" service aims to take on traditional carriers by letting people pay based on how much data they use and roam internationally. Fi was ...
Roscosmos to Enter Internet of Things With Marathon Satellite System
Nov 27, 2018 (Sputnik)
According to the report, the "global" Marathon satellite system, designed for the Internet of things market, will be an integral part of the Sphere satellite co...
Making an eye for you
Nov 26, 2018 (SPX)
Using stem cells, scientists for some time have been able to grow parts of organs in the lab, but that is a far cry from constructing an actual, fully-formed, f...
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