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France fines Microsoft 60 million euros over advertising cookies
Dec 22, 2022 (AFP)
In the largest fine imposed in 2022, the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) said Microsoft's search engine Bing had not set up a system allo...
Germany asks EU to rein in Twitter
Dec 22, 2022 (AFP)
Economy ministry state secretary Sven Giegold of the Green party wrote to the EU Commission citing his "great concern" about policy zig-zagging at the troubled ...
Twitter-owner Musk seeks new CEO, but casts big shadow
Dec 21, 2022 (AFP)
After days of unusual silence on the matter, Musk on Tuesday finally said that he will stand by a Twitter poll that asked if he should stand down as CEO. In a r...
Musk says 'crazy' cost cuts have saved Twitter
Dec 21, 2022 (AFP)
The mercurial billionaire told a live chat forum that without the changes, including firing over half of Twitter's employees, the company would have bled $3 bil...
TikTok denies setting up 'illegal operations' in Taiwan
Dec 19, 2022 (AFP)
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Taiwan's top China policy-making body, said the cabinet had requested a multi-agency investigation during a meeting on secur...
First 2 O3b mPOWER satellites launched
Dec 17, 2022 (SPX)
Built by Boeing and designed to deliver unprecedented performance with first-of-its-kind software-driven payload, O3b mPOWER is SES's second-generation medium e...
Google says does not change search results after Hong Kong anthem row
Dec 15, 2022 (AFP)
The controversy began after it emerged that links to the pro-democracy song "Glory to Hong Kong" appeared ahead of China's official "March of the Volunteers" wh...
Microsoft and Viasat form partnership to deliver internet to the underserved globally
Dec 15, 2022 (SPX)
Viasat, a global communications company, is the first satellite partner to work with Microsoft's Airband Initiative, and together they will deepen Airband's wor...
Musk relaunches Twitter Blue after fake account fiasco
Dec 13, 2022 (AFP)
The first try last month came just 10 days after Musk's $44 billion takeover of the platform and a mass round of layoffs that saw company staff levels halved, i...
Foxconn ends 'closed loop' at iPhone megafactory in China
Dec 09, 2022 (AFP)
Earlier this week, the Chinese government rolled back most mass testing and lockdown requirements to hasten a return to normal life, significantly relaxing thre...
Macron slams TikTok algorithm over censorship, 'addiction'
Dec 08, 2022 (AFP)
"TikTok is the most disruptive (psychologically), the most effective network among young people," the 44-year-old said during an event to discuss mental health....
Musk faces legal onslaught from angry ex-Twitter workers
Dec 08, 2022 (AFP)
The social media giant is facing a growing number of cases over the terms of those terminations -- and even a complaint to the city of San Francisco that Musk h...
TikTok hit by US lawsuits over child safety, security fears
Dec 07, 2022 (AFP)
The legal salvo came as problems are mounting for TikTok in the United States, with multiple accusations that the extremely popular app is a national security t...
Amazon sued in US for 'stealing' delivery driver tips
Dec 07, 2022 (AFP)
The lawsuit accuses Amazon of breaking local law regarding deceptive trade practices and came despite the company having already compensated drivers as part of ...
Meta sees itself as dwarfed by 'Giant Tech' Apple
Dec 07, 2022 (AFP)
"There's Big Tech and there's Giant Tech," Clegg told an audience in Brussels, where Meta was courting policymakers with its latest virtual-reality (VR) gear. "...
Oversight board slams Meta for special treatment of high-profile users
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
A year-long probe by an independent "top court" created by the tech firm ended with it calling for the overhaul of a system known as "cross-check" that shields ...
Taiwanese iPhone maker seeks to restore production after protests
Dec 05, 2022 (AFP)
Foxconn, also known by its official name Hon Hai Precision Industry, is the world's biggest contract electronics manufacturer and assembles gadgets for many int...
Apple faces critics over its privacy policies
Dec 05, 2022 (AFP)
Two developers going by the name 'Mysk' claimed last month that Apple was tracking users' every tap on the App Store, with no way of disabling the function. A c...
AIR Scientists Develop Hyperspectral Surface Plasmon Resonance Microscopy
Dec 02, 2022 (SPX)
A study published in Nature Communications describes a flexible HSPRM system that operates by using a hyperspectral microscope to analyze the selected area of S...
Granite and Viasat collaborate to bring satellite internet to businesses
Dec 01, 2022 (SPX)
Founded 20 years ago, Granite has grown to a $1.8 billion company by providing advanced communications solutions to more than 650,000 locations, including more ...
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