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Alibaba full-year profit slumps nearly 60% on tech crackdown, Covid
May 26, 2022 (AFP)
China's economy has been battered by the fallout from strict Covid curbs including lockdowns and transport restrictions that have kept consumers home, pushed up...
Airbnb stops booking stays in China: source
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
Airbnb will no longer book stays or visitor "experiences" in China, focusing instead on helping people there with travel plans outside the country, the source s...
Google's Russian subsidiary to file for bankruptcy
May 19, 2022 (AFP)
Google has been under increasing pressure in Russia for several months and even more so after the start of President Vladimir Putin's military campaign in Ukrai...
Sony brings zero-carbon goal forward 10 years to 2040
May 18, 2022 (AFP)
The electronics and entertainment firm said the decision was taken "as climate change risks become more apparent and serious worldwide, and the transition to a ...
Ukraine's key IT sector booming despite Russian invasion
May 17, 2022 (AFP)
But the atmosphere inside is different. Through the glass doors of the complex, young Ukrainians zig-zag between stacks of bulletproof vests and cardboard boxes...
Tech titans curb hiring in a 'challenging macro environment'
May 15, 2022 (AFP)
Internet giants that saw business boom during the pandemic have taken a hit from inflation, war, supply-line trouble and people returning to pre-Covid lifestyle...
Ivory Coast artist recasts old mobile phones into art
May 14, 2022 (AFP)
"I wanted to contribute something new," said the artist, whose work is on display in Abidjan until July. In his studio in Bingerville, near the Ivorian business...
Taiwan's Foxconn says impact from Chinese lockdowns limited
May 12, 2022 (AFP)
Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai, is the world's largest contract electronics maker and assembles Apple's iPhones as well as gadgets for many top international br...
SoftBank reports record loss as tech shares tank
May 12, 2022 (AFP)
SoftBank's big stakes in global tech giants and volatile new ventures have made for unpredictable earnings, and the latest tumble comes with tech shares tanking...
Disney profit slips but streaming TV subscribers jump
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
The entertainment giant reported net income of $470 million, just over half of the $912 million profit it made in the same period a year earlier. Park attendanc...
Google making smartwatch in 'ambient' computing push
May 11, 2022 (AFP)
The Alphabet-owned internet titan used its annual developers conference to showcase a Pixel line expanding to include a smartwatch and tablet as well as upgrade...
Creating the future internet, where the speed of light isn't fast enough
May 08, 2022 (SPX)
For example, imagine a highly specialised surgeon who performs a tele-operation on a patient thousands of kilometres away in which, although a robot is moving t...
TikTok to launch ad revenue-sharing program for creators
May 05, 2022 (AFP)
The short-video format app has become wildly popular in recent years with more than a billion active users globally, but has been criticized for not providing a...
EU targets Apple Pay in latest Big Tech antitrust case
May 02, 2022 (AFP)
"The preliminary conclusion that we reached today relates to mobile payments in shops, by excluding others from the game," said Margrethe Vestager, the EU's ant...
A one-up on motion capture
May 01, 2022 (SPX)
As this can be a complex and costly process - often requiring markers placed on objects or people and recording the action sequence - researchers are working to...
Samsung Electronics Q1 net profit up almost 60 percent
Apr 28, 2022 (AFP)
The world's biggest memory-chip maker is the flagship subsidiary of the giant Samsung group, by far the largest of the family-controlled empires known as chaebo...
Apple reports solid Q2, but warns of $4-$8 bn hit from Covid, supply chain
Apr 28, 2022 (AFP)
The iPhone maker enjoyed another solid performance for the period ending March 26, registering record revenues for the quarter. But executives said the difficul...
BeiDou boosts tech support for Chinese smartphone industry
Apr 25, 2022 (XNA)
Mobile phones equipped with the BDS-3 short message communication function will soon be available in the consumer market. It will help expand the application an...
Twitter bans ads that defy climate change science
Apr 22, 2022 (AFP)
Twitter's announcement on Earth Day came as it tries to fend off an unwanted takeover bid by billionaire Elon Musk, who has said he thinks people should be able...
Workers at New York Apple store launch union campaign
Apr 18, 2022 (AFP)
The effort, calling itself "Fruit Stand Workers United," aims to garner signatures from at least 30 percent of the New York store, the minimum needed to qualify...
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