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Apple profit ebbs as iPhone sales under pressure
May 02, 2024 (AFP)
The iPhone maker reported a profit of $23.6 billion on $90.8 billion in revenue in the first three months of this year. "Given our confidence in Apple's future ...
HRW blasts US use of mobile app for asylum seekers
May 01, 2024 (AFP)
Under the policy, all asylum seekers -- except unaccompanied minors -- are required to sign up for an appointment with Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) via a mob...
Chinese tech giant Huawei profit surges 564%, biting into Apple sales
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
Huawei has long found itself caught in the middle of an intense technological rivalry between Beijing and Washington, which has warned the firm's equipment coul...
Amazon triples quarterly profit as cloud surges
Apr 30, 2024 (AFP)
Amazon shares were up about one percent in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures, with Wall Street keeping a close eye on the impact...
EU says Apple iPad operating system to face stricter rules
Apr 29, 2024 (AFP)
The European Commission designated Apple's iPadOS system as a "core" service under the landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA), which forces companies to modify thei...
TikTok creators fear economic blow of US ban
Apr 28, 2024 (AFP)
Now the online platform she relies on to support her family is poised to be banned in what entrepreneurs using TikTok condemn as an attack on their livelihoods....
Japan to levy big fines with new app rules
Apr 26, 2024 (AFP)
Similar to the European Union's new Digital Markets Act, behaviour deemed anti-competitive could see operators fined up to 20 percent of their revenues in Japan...
Microsoft, Google earnings shine as AI drives revenue
Apr 25, 2024 (AFP)
The results were cheered by Wall Street investors who pushed up Alphabet's share price more than 11 percent and Microsoft shares up nearly 4 percent in after-ma...
US reinstates open internet rules rescinded under Trump
Apr 25, 2024 (AFP)
The battle over net neutrality has raged for over a decade in the FCC and the US courts, with both sides contending they represent "internet freedom." The 2015 ...
Meta profits soar but costs of AI cause worry
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
The company founded by Mark Zuckerberg said that net profit in the January to March period rose to $12.4 billion with total revenue, mainly from selling ads, up...
Chinese sellers go to TikTok school to reach buyers abroad
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
It is the final day of a two-week course on selling products abroad via the short video app -- which despite being blocked in China is a platform more and more ...
What next for TikTok in the US
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
Here is what could happen next for one of the world's most downloaded apps. What does the law say? The bill signed by President Joe Biden gives TikTok 270 days ...
UK examines big tech links to AI
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a statement that it has requested feedback from interested parties regarding the partnerships. "Today we're ...
EU lawmakers approve scaled-back rules for app worker rights
Apr 24, 2024 (AFP)
Supporters hope the rules will allow some workers to be reclassified as employed, giving greater access to labour rights. The legislation, backed in a vote by 5...
EU threatens to suspend TikTok Lite app's 'addictive' rewards
Apr 22, 2024 (AFP)
TikTok Lite arrived in France and Spain in March allowing users aged 18 and over to earn points that can be exchanged for goods like vouchers or gift cards thro...
Interconnected quantum system boosts long-distance secure communication
Apr 22, 2024 (SPX)
This novel system, described in a recent publication in Science Advances, facilitates the transmission of quantum information using standard optical fibers and ...
Photography is 'mirror on society': Sebastiao Salgado
Apr 19, 2024 (AFP)
Salgado, known in particular for his work in the Amazon, insists there is still a need to "raise awareness" about the deforestation of the planet. "Photography ...
X owner Musk says opposed to US ban of competitor TikTok
Apr 19, 2024 (AFP)
The US House of Representatives is set to vote on Saturday on a bill that would force TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwid...
Quarter of UK 5 to 7-year-olds have smart phone: study
Apr 19, 2024 (AFP)
The findings come as parents have started to push back against the trend for giving younger children access to the devices. Research by the Ofcom authority foun...
Apple CEO meets Indonesia leader to talk investments
Apr 17, 2024 (AFP)
The visit comes as US President Joe Biden's administration seeks to boost other Asian trade partners' roles in the global tech supply chain to reduce American d...
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