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Smartphone makers charge ahead to make better batteries
Feb 27, 2024 (AFP)
Facing consumers who are fed up with having to plug in their phones all the time, device makers are racing to develop more potent batteries that can charge fast...
US Supreme Court hears challenges to social media laws
Feb 26, 2024 (AFP)
The justices appeared to have concerns about the scope of the laws passed by conservative Republican lawmakers in Florida and Texas in a bid to stem what they c...
Booking faces $530m fine in Spanish competition probe
Feb 23, 2024 (AFP)
Spain's antitrust watchdog CNMC launched a probe in 2022 into whether the online platform committed anti-competitive practices. The CNMC could hit Booking.com w...
Tech titans yield to new EU rules before March deadline
Feb 23, 2024 (AFP)
The European Union long ago set its sights on big tech, aiming to rein in globally dominant companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft. The landmark law known a...
EU rules policing digital content kick in Saturday
Feb 16, 2024 (AFP)
The new rules, known as the Digital Services Act (DSA), kicked in last year for the world's largest platforms, including Facebook and TikTok, but will now apply...
Apple's iMessage, Microsoft's Bing escape EU rules
Feb 13, 2024 (AFP)
From next month, the world's biggest digital firms, identified as "gatekeepers" by the EU, must comply with strict do's and don'ts under a landmark law. The com...
Viasat, Ligado, and Partners Establish Association to Integrate Satellite with Mobile Devices
Feb 09, 2024 (SPX)
The MSSA's mission is to harness over 100 MHz of L- and S-band spectrum-already allocated and licensed for mobile satellite services (MSS)-to build a robust glo...
Huawei raided in France on suspicion of improper conduct: judicial source
Feb 08, 2024 (AFP)
The source said Tuesday's raids were carried out as part of a preliminary investigation launched by France's financial prosecution service (PNF). No other detai...
SoftBank Group logs first quarterly net profit in over a year
Feb 08, 2024 (AFP)
The group's bets on volatile tech firms and start-ups -- championed by flamboyant founder Masayoshi Son -- have made for rollercoaster earnings seasons in recen...
TikTok sues EU over content law levy
Feb 08, 2024 (AFP)
The video-sharing app is on a list of "very large" online platforms that must comply with stricter rules under the bloc's new Digital Services Act (DSA). Firms ...
Alibaba to make $25 billion in additional share buybacks
Feb 07, 2024 (AFP)
In the quarter ending March 31, Alibaba posted sales of 260.3 billion yuan ($36.7 billion), up five percent year on year, the firm said in a statement -- but be...
Chinese 'Swifties' shake it off at Beijing watch party
Feb 06, 2024 (AFP)
The 14-time Grammy winner this month kicks off the Asia-Pacific leg of her "Eras" world tour with dates in Japan, Australia and, in March, Singapore. She won't,...
Snap shares plummet after disappointing results
Feb 06, 2024 (AFP)
Snap's stock plunged by as much as 30 percent in after hours trading after the company said revenue in the final quarter of 2023 rose by five percent year on ye...
China Mobile takes the lead with first 6G Test Satellite
Feb 06, 2024 (SPX)
The 6G test satellite, set in a low-earth orbit (LEO) at approximately 500 kilometers above Earth, distinguishes itself by employing a distributed autonomous ar...
Smart devices' ambient light sensors pose imaging privacy risk
Feb 05, 2024 (SPX)
These passive, seemingly innocuous smartphone components receive light from the environment and adjust the screen's brightness accordingly, like when your phone...
Snap lets go ten percent of staff
Feb 05, 2024 (AFP)
One day before it was due to announce its latest quarterly earnings, the company said that "approximately" ten percent of its global staff would be let go. "We ...
Imaging method reveals new cells and structures in human brain tissue
Feb 02, 2024 (SPX)
Among their findings, the researchers discovered that some "low-grade" brain tumors contain more putative aggressive tumor cells than expected, suggesting that ...
Meta, Amazon beat expectations with stellar results
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
Meta, the tech titan behind Facebook and Instagram, reported a profit of $14 billion in the final three months of last year, beating analyst forecasts as revenu...
Apple promises AI innovation as China iPhone sales slip
Feb 01, 2024 (AFP)
The iPhone maker reported revenue was up slightly from the same quarter a year earlier, as money brought in from services and digital content set a new record. ...
TikTok pulls Taylor Swift, Weeknd in rights feud
Feb 01, 2024 (AFP)
All recorded music licensed to Universal Music Group has been removed from TikTok's music library since Thursday, and all videos containing music licensed by Un...
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