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Arm files to go public on Nasdaq exchange

Aug 21, 2023 (AFP)

The company, which is based in Britain, plans to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker "ARM." US financial media have said the IPO will be the biggest of 2023. Ar...

Musk says X will scrap 'block' feature

Aug 19, 2023 (AFP)

"Block is going to be deleted as a 'feature', except for DMs," Musk posted, indicating the option would still be available for "direct messages" between users o...

Apple fans celebrate 30 years of tech giant in China

Aug 18, 2023 (AFP)

The California-based company held a series of events in Beijing at the first retail store it ever opened in China to mark the milestone of 30 years in the key c...

Social media app TweetDeck placed behind paywall

Aug 16, 2023 (AFP)

X announced in July that TweetDeck, a popular program that allows users to monitor multiple accounts and lists of users at once, would be available only to "ver...

Japan's space system utilizes AWS Snowcone for Space-to-Earth data delivery

Aug 16, 2023 (SPX)

Since its founding in 1990, Tokyo-based JAMSS has been entrusted with the operation of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), known as "Kibo," onboard ISS. JAMSS...

China's Tencent reports jump in Q2 income, misses revenue expectations

Aug 16, 2023 (AFP)

Following a long period of meteoric growth, Chinese tech firms have faced a stringent crackdown by authorities in recent years, which weighed heavily on their p...

Bank of Ireland apologises for 'free money' tech glitch

Aug 16, 2023 (AFP)

The glitch saw large queues form at some cash machines on Tuesday and into the night, as word spread on social media, prompting police to be called in. Some rep...

Zuckerberg and Musk throw verbal jabs over proposed cage match

Aug 14, 2023 (AFP)

"I think we can all agree Elon isn't serious and it's time to move on," Zuckerberg wrote on his Threads social platform. "I offered a real date... Elon won't co...

Foxconn boss sees potential to invest billions in India

Aug 14, 2023 (AFP)

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

Iraq lifts suspension of Telegram app

Aug 13, 2023 (AFP)

On Sunday morning the app was again accessible without the need for a virtual private network (VPN), AFP journalists in Baghdad said. Iraq's ministry of communi...

Alibaba announces unexpected 14% increase in quarterly revenue

Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)

Alibaba is a key player in China's expansive digital economy and the operator of a major online shopping platform. The Hangzhou-based group's performance is the...

'No evidence' Facebook harms well-being: global study

Aug 09, 2023 (AFP)

The probe by the University of Oxford's Internet Institute, which analysed data from nearly 1 million people across 72 countries over 12 years, instead found "p...

Fading neon signs shine again in Hong Kong exhibit

Aug 08, 2023 (AFP)

The show at Hong Kong's Tai Kwun -- a historic police compound-turned-cultural centre -- was curated by Tetra Neon Exchange, a group focused on conserving the c...

Musk offers legal aid for users in trouble at work over X posts

Aug 06, 2023 (AFP)

Users, including many celebrities and others in the public eye, have occasionally found themselves in hot water with their employers over controversial things t...

TikTok unveils changes to meet tough new EU rules

Aug 04, 2023 (AFP)

Under the new rules, internet giants will be forced to take stronger action on data privacy, child protection, disinformation and hate speech. The web's 19 bigg...

Amazon and Apple beat earnings forecasts as they polish AI skills

Aug 04, 2023 (AFP)

"Inside Amazon, every one of our teams is working on building generative AI applications that reinvent and enhance their customers' experience," chief executive...

Apple profits edge higher despite lower iPhone sales

Aug 03, 2023 (AFP)

Besides services, executives spotlighted increased sales in China and several key emerging markets that helped to compensate for declines in the United States w...

Chinese youth to have smartphone, internet use curbed

Aug 02, 2023 (AFP)

Under the restrictions, set to come into force on September 2 following a public consultation, anyone under the age of 18 will be cut off from accessing the int...

Meta to ask EU users' consent to share data for targeted ads

Aug 01, 2023 (AFP)

It said the changes were to address "evolving and emerging regulatory requirements" amid a bruising tussle with the Irish Data Protection Commission which overs...

Using AI to protect against AI image manipulation

Aug 01, 2023 (SPX)

In the quest to create such a new measure, researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) developed "PhotoGuard," a tech...