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Musk removes giant, flashing X sign after furore
Jul 31, 2023 (AFP)
The X, installed on the roof of the company's downtown office last week, was part of owner Elon Musk's bid to rebrand the troubled social media giant to the 24t...
Facebook's algorithm doesn't alter people's beliefs: research
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
A landmark research project that investigated Facebook around the 2020 US presidential election published its first results Thursday, finding that, contrary to ...
Samsung says second-quarter operating profit fell 95%
Jul 27, 2023 (AFP)
The firm is the flagship subsidiary of South Korean giant Samsung Group, by far the largest of the family-controlled conglomerates that dominate business in Asi...
UN warns against 'excessive' tech use in classrooms
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
The body's education, culture and science agency UNESCO said in a report that while students should learn about technology in the world, teachers should beware ...
Why Musk's 'X' will struggle to become a Chinese-style super-app
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
His inspiration is China's WeChat, which dominates the Chinese internet with chat, payments, games and a host of other functions in its walled garden. Musk has ...
Microsoft profits soar, key cloud business slows
Jul 25, 2023 (AFP)
An earnings statement reported that net profit for Microsoft was $20.1 billion in the April to June period, up 20 percent year-on-year and above expectations. T...
Musk rebrands Twitter, replacing bird logo with X
Jul 25, 2023 (AFP)
The Twitter owner and the company's new chief executive Linda Yaccarino announced the rebranding Sunday, scrapping one of technology's most iconic logos in the ...
TikTok rivals Twitter with new text format
Jul 24, 2023 (AFP)
The text posts on TikTok will most closely resemble similar offerings on Instagram, which earlier this month also launched a challenge to Twitter -- which owner...
Twitter challenger Threads struggles for traction
Jul 23, 2023 (AFP)
The average amount of time people spend on Threads daily has plummeted more than 75 percent since the platform made a rock star debut on July 6, according to da...
EU digital chief urges TikTok to quickly adopt new rules
Jul 19, 2023 (AFP)
Strict new European rules on transparency, data privacy, child protection, disinformation and hate speech come into effect next month, and internet giants are r...
Spain hits Apple, Amazon with 194-mn-euro antitrust fine
Jul 18, 2023 (AFP)
The two firms had agreed to limit the sale of Apple products on Amazon's Spanish websites by third-party resellers "which restricted competition," the regulator...
Losses stack up for FTC's Khan in US antitrust crackdown
Jul 16, 2023 (AFP)
The Biden administration official was handed her latest loss when a federal court on Tuesday threw out her agency's objection to Microsoft's $69 billion buyout ...
Musk says Twitter has lost half its advertising revenue
Jul 16, 2023 (AFP)
Musk, who has been outspoken about the difficulties facing the company, broke the figures in a tweet response to a user who was giving suggestions on financing ...
Unlikely savior: Musk's antics give Zuckerberg PR makeover
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
Always bubbling just beneath the surface, the on-again, off-again rivalry between Musk and Facebook creator Zuckerberg has boiled over with the launch of Twitte...
Chinese premier affirms support for technology sector
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
The companies were able to develop within China's loose regulatory framework but, since 2020, have met resistance from authorities over issues of personal data ...
China launches new satellite to test satellite internet technologies
Jul 12, 2023 (XNA)
The satellite was launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 7:00 p.m. (Beijing Time) and entered the planned orbit. It will carry out test missions for sate...
Facebook says China trolls 'evolving' in push for influence
Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)
Fronting a Senate inquiry into foreign interference, officials from parent company Meta said there had been a noticeable "shift in tactics" by China-based netwo...
'Meta loses more': Zuckerberg takes Threads fight to EU
Jul 11, 2023 (AFP)
Threads, billed as the killer of Twitter, a platform that has tumbled into chaos under the leadership of mercurial tycoon Elon Musk, has added more than 100 mil...
Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days
Jul 10, 2023 (AFP)
While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, Instagram itself took two and a half years to reac...
Chinese fintech giant Ant announces share buyback after crackdown
Jul 08, 2023 (AFP)
Ant operates Alipay, the world's largest digital payments platform, which boasts hundreds of millions of monthly users in China and beyond. It was one of the mo...
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