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First trial of China's low-orbit broadband satellite internet in Thailand
May 22, 2024 (SPX)
The trial represents the initial overseas use of China's low-orbit broadband satellite internet. GalaxySpace, a satellite manufacturer based in Beijing, establi...
Hong Kong says Worldcoin crypto breached city's privacy laws
May 22, 2024 (AFP)
Worldcoin launched last July and seeks to give users a private digital identity -- a "World ID" -- after scanning their unique iris patterns, but it has run int...
US lawmakers seek to clean up crypto regulation 'food fight'
May 22, 2024 (AFP)
The Republican-backed Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act -- known as FIT21 -- would split responsibility for cryptocurrency regulation...
Apple appeals huge EU fine for music streaming restrictions
May 21, 2024 (AFP)
The iPhone maker filed an appeal with the EU's General Court in Luxembourg on May 16, the court told AFP. The European Commission, the EU's powerful competition...
Chinese director Jia mines leftover footage for top Cannes film
May 18, 2024 (AFP)
Jia's "Caught By The Tides" is a decades-spanning love story that is in competition for the Cannes Film Festival's illustrious Palme d'Or. It is a meditative re...
Musk confirms Twitter has become X.com
May 17, 2024 (AFP)
The billionaire head of Tesla, SpaceX and other companies bought Twitter for $44 billion in late 2022 and announced the rebrand to X last July. Although the log...
China's Baidu posts weakest quarterly revenue growth in over a year
May 16, 2024 (AFP)
Baidu is a key player in China's tech industry, which once charted years of ballooning growth until Beijing imposed a regulatory crackdown on the sector startin...
AWS to build EU 'sovereign cloud' in Germany
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
The company said that the first sovereign cloud complex will be set up in the German state of Brandenburg, and will be operational by the end of 2025. Some Euro...
Google's AI search revamp puts publishers in a quandary
May 15, 2024 (AFP)
The internet titan announced Tuesday it is introducing AI-generated answers to online queries in the United States, in one of the biggest changes to its world-l...
Sony names two executives to lead PlayStation
May 14, 2024 (AFP)
Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino will report to Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) group chairman Hiroki Totoki, who had been filling in as interim CEO, a s...
Foxconn reports sharp rise in first-quarter net profit
May 14, 2024 (AFP)
The firm -- also known by its official name Hon Hai Precision Industry -- is the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer and assembles devices for sev...
China tech giant Alibaba posts modest yearly revenue growth
May 14, 2024 (AFP)
The Hangzhou-based company is one of the biggest players in China's tech industry, with operations spanning retail, digital payment, artificial intelligence and...
Booking.com to face tough new EU tech rules
May 13, 2024 (AFP)
Brussels also said it would investigate whether social media platform X, owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, can be exempted from the rules. The former Twitter...
Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad after backlash
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
Social media users immediately criticized the ad, which was posted on X by Apple CEO Tim Cook, as painfully tone-deaf at a time when the creative community is w...
TikTok says will label AI-made videos automatically
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
Authentication has become a major concern in the fast development of AI, with authorities worried about the proliferation of deepfakes that could disrupt societ...
China tech giant Baidu VP apologises after backlash over tough style
May 09, 2024 (AFP)
Qu Jing, the vice president in charge of public relations, posted a series of clips this month on video-sharing platform Douyin describing her tough treatment o...
iPad 'Crush' ad causes uproar amid AI anxiety
May 08, 2024 (AFP)
Social media users immediately criticized the ad, which was posted on X by Apple CEO Tim Cook, as painfully tone-deaf at a time when the creative community is w...
New iPad points to Apple's AI future
May 07, 2024 (AFP)
The latest version of the iPad Pro uses a new chip called the M4, which is stronger than the one currently used for Apple's laptops and ready to handle more pow...
How the EU transformed tech
May 06, 2024 (AFP)
- Goodbye cookies, hello pop-ups - For years, any website aiming to make money through advertising relied upon cookies. The tiny programmes installed themselves...
US judge hears closing arguments in landmark Google antitrust case
May 02, 2024 (AFP)
The two-day hearing took place more than six months after the conclusion of the trial and a decision is not expected before late summer or autumn. The case is t...
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