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Tajikistan to link up with China telecom network

Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)

Tajikistan has one of the slowest internet services in the world despite improvements in recent years, with all traffic going through a centre controlled by a g...

Done roaming: Scots minister says sorry for data bill

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

In a statement to lawmakers in Edinburgh, Michael Matheson blamed his teenage sons for watching football on the device while in Morocco. He previously claimed t...

China's Tencent posts Q3 income slide despite revenue growth

Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)

The Shenzhen-based firm, which operates China's ubiquitous "super-app" WeChat, reported net income for the three-month period ending September 30 of 36.2 billio...

Chinese e-com giant JD.com and Tencent post Q3 sales growth but profits slide

Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)

Total revenue in the three-month period ending September 30 rose to 247.7 billion yuan ($34.2 billion), the firm announced in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Ex...

Nobody wants a Musk monopoly on satellite internet: Eutelsat boss

Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)

"We have a lot of customers who want us to get there quickly," Eva Berneke told AFP in an interview. "They tell us they took Starlink because there wasn't anyon...

Meta to appeal over tough EU curbs on digital giants

Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)

Brussels is working through a dense legislative agenda to build tougher regulation of big tech, arguing it needs to protect European consumers online and to enc...

Apple supplier Foxconn says profits fuelled by holiday season demand

Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)

The firm -- also known by its official name Hon Hai Precision Industry -- is the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer and assembles devices for sev...

Musk's X fails to pay Australian watchdog fine

Nov 14, 2023 (AFP)

Last month, eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant slapped an Aus$610,500 (US$388,000) fine on the company formerly known as Twitter for failing to respond to q...

Samsung to add real-time translation to smartphone model

Nov 10, 2023 (AFP)

Samsung is among a host of tech companies spending billions in a global artificial intelligence gold rush, which has so far seen chatbots that mimic human speec...

Disney+ adds subscribers amid cost-cutting campaign

Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)

Disney has been under significant pressure ever since CEO Bob Iger left the company only to be brought out of semi-retirement a year ago after his replacement n...

EU court advisor deals blow to Apple in Ireland tax case

Nov 09, 2023 (AFP)

One of the landmark battles between the European Commission and big tech, it dates back to 2016 when the EU's executive arm accused Ireland of allowing Apple to...

Relief in crypto world over Bankman-Fried conviction

Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)

The "verdict should hopefully mark the end of a dark era in our industry," said Yat Siu, president of Animoca Brands, a video game publisher and investor in pro...

Bankman-Fried found guilty of massive crypto fraud

Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)

The jury reached its decision in just five hours after a trial in New York lasting five weeks. Sentencing for the man widely known as "SBF" will take place on M...

Apple sales lose ground, but iPhone growth strong

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

The tech giant said it made a profit of $23 billion on revenue of $89.5 billion, which was down slightly from the same period last year. Apple chief executive T...

YouTube takes aim at teens bingeing on body image videos

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

The move comes about a week after dozens of US states accused Facebook and Instagram owner Meta of profiting "from children's pain," damaging their mental healt...

Taiwan probes Foxconn founder's campaign over toilet paper bribes

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

Gou -- who gave up Foxconn's management reins four years ago -- announced in August his intention to run in Taiwan's January presidential elections. The 73-year...

Visions of Bankman-Fried clash in US trial closing arguments

Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)

"This is not about complex issues of cryptocurrencies," prosecutor Nicolas Roos told the jury after several days of withering cross-examination of the fallen cr...

CGI pilots integrated satellite and terrestrial networks for seamless broadband on trains

Nov 01, 2023 (SPX)

The trio aims to demonstrate how low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks can fill the coverage voids in terrestrial systems and provide additional capacity cos...

Bankman-Fried struggles in final day of court testimony

Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)

Bankman-Fried's last day of testimony ended four weeks of courtroom drama in which his former colleagues took turns to insist that the 31-year-old was behind ke...

Nokia sues Amazon in US, India over video patents

Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)

Nokia said it is also suing HP, formerly known as Hewlett-Packard, in a US court, also for using Nokia video technology without its permission. "We've been in d...