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Uber admits covering up 2016 hacking

Uber admits covering up 2016 hacking

-- 2022-07-23 17:15:27

Uber Technologies Inc on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement with US prosecutors to avoid crimina...

Women's safety now at the heart of Tinder

Women's safety now at the heart of Tinder

BBC 2022-07-22 12:59:37

Keeping women safe is now "at the heart" of the world's largest dating app, Tinder, it claims. The technology company is launching a partnership with campaign group No More, aiming to end...

Global manufacturers see chip shortage easing

Global manufacturers see chip shortage easing

-- 2022-07-21 21:46:09

Hyundai Motor Co 005380.KS, factory robot builder ABB ABBN.S and Swedish fridge maker Electrolux see the semi-conductor chip shortage easing, executives said Thursday, in a boost for manufacturers aft...

Baidu unveils autonomous vehicle without steering wheel

Baidu unveils autonomous vehicle without steering wheel

-- 2022-07-21 17:22:55

China's search engine giant Baidu Inc on Thursday unveiled its new autonomous vehicle (AV) with a detachable steering wheel, with plans to put it to use for its robotaxi service in China next year.Cos...

Google complies with Indonesia licensing rules, others risk blocking

Google complies with Indonesia licensing rules, others risk blocking

-- 2022-07-21 17:14:21

Indonesia said on Thursday Alphabet Inc's Google has signed up to its new licensing rules for technology platforms, but warned that companies that had yet to register would be blocked in five working...

iPhone maker Foxconn builds EV partnership with NXP Semiconductors

iPhone maker Foxconn builds EV partnership with NXP Semiconductors

-- 2022-07-20 17:46:09

Taiwan's Foxconn said on Wednesday it has partnered with chipmaker NXP Semiconductors to develop platforms for electric vehicles, adding to a string of such deals by the iPhone assembler as it moves i...

Elon Musk's long-standing vision to integrate A.I. into human brain

Elon Musk's long-standing vision to integrate A.I. into human brain

ABRAR FAHIM 2022-07-20 15:42:05

Elon Musk's objectives for enhancing the human brain are beyond ambitious. But how does he plan to achieve this goal? The answer is Neuralink. It was started by Musk for looking into the possibilitie...

Google to allow app developers to use rival payment systems

Google to allow app developers to use rival payment systems

-- 2022-07-19 19:42:32

Alphabet unit Google said it will from Tuesday cut fees to 12 per cent, from 15 per cent, for non-gaming app developers on its Google Play App Store which switch to rival payment systems, as it moves...

Russia says Apple violates antitrust laws

Russia says Apple violates antitrust laws

-- 2022-07-19 16:18:53

Russia's competition authority said on Tuesday that US tech giant Apple is in violation of the country's antitrust laws due to its dominant position in the app store market. In a statement, the feder...

How China became ground zero for the auto chip shortage

How China became ground zero for the auto chip shortage

REUTERS 2022-07-19 09:56:03

From his small office in Singapore, Kelvin Pang is ready to wager a $23 million payday that the worst of the chip shortage is not over for automakers – at least in China. Pang has bought 62,000...

Scientists explore sun-dimming technology as 1.5C warming limit nears

Scientists explore sun-dimming technology as 1.5C warming limit nears

-- 2022-07-18 18:36:04

As fossil fuel use continues apace and a hotter planet edges close to passing safety limits, some scientists are exploring a controversial technological stopgap: spraying chemicals into the atmosphere...

Musk challenges Twitter’s request to fast-track trial over $44.0b deal

Musk challenges Twitter’s request to fast-track trial over $44.0b deal

-- 2022-07-16 20:05:02

Elon Musk filed a motion on Friday opposing Twitter Inc's request to fast-track a trial over his plan to terminate his $44.0 billion deal for the social media firm. Musk's lawyers, in papers filed wi...

Facebook to allow up to five profiles tied to one account

Facebook to allow up to five profiles tied to one account

-- 2022-07-15 15:53:58

Meta Platforms Inc said on Thursday its flagship social network Facebook is introducing ways for users to maintain up to five profiles, a major shift from the "real name" requirement the company has m...

Facebook-owner Meta releases first human rights report

Facebook-owner Meta releases first human rights report

-- 2022-07-14 19:21:00

Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fuelled real-world violence in places lik...

Twitter sues Elon Musk to hold him to $44 billion deal

Twitter sues Elon Musk to hold him to $44 billion deal

REUTERS 2022-07-13 10:11:56

Twitter Inc sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for violating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order the world's richest person to complete the merger at the...

NASA releases Webb space telescope's first full-color image of distant galaxies

NASA releases Webb space telescope's first full-color image of distant galaxies

-- 2022-07-12 10:51:38

US President Joe Biden, pausing from political pressures to bask in the glow of the cosmos, on Monday released the debut photo from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope - an image of a galaxy cluster rev...

Rocket booster bursts into flames at SpaceX plant during test firing

Rocket booster bursts into flames at SpaceX plant during test firing

REUTERS 2022-07-12 10:25:43

A booster rocket developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX for its next-generation Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing on Monday in Texas, dealing a likely setback to Musk's aim of...

Twitter says it removes over 1 million spam accounts each day

Twitter says it removes over 1 million spam accounts each day

-- 2022-07-08 11:38:15

Twitter removes more than 1 million spam accounts each day, executives told reporters in a briefing on Thursday, providing new insight into efforts to reduce harmful automated bots as billionaire Elon...

Facebook doesn't spy on users: Meta

Facebook doesn't spy on users: Meta

FE REPORT 2022-07-07 11:04:18

Facebook doesn't spy on user's conversation using mobile microphone to sell data to third-party applications, said a top privacy expert of Meta, the owning company of social media platform Facebook....

China rejects NASA accusation it will take over the moon

China rejects NASA accusation it will take over the moon

-- 2022-07-05 10:12:44

China on Monday rejected as an irresponsible smear a warning from the chief of NASA that China might "take over" the moon as part of a military programme, saying it has always called for the building...

Scientists discover new giant water lily species

Scientists discover new giant water lily species

-- 2022-07-04 14:08:06

A new species of giant water lily has been discovered - and it’s been hiding in plain sight for 177 years. The huge plant had been in the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew...

Google to pay $90m to settle legal fight with app developers

Google to pay $90m to settle legal fight with app developers

-- 2022-07-01 11:15:21

Alphabet Inc's Google has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a legal fight with app developers over the money they earned creating apps for Android smartphones and for enticing users to make in-app p...

How belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem

How belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem

-- 2022-06-30 18:02:40

AI chatbot company Replika, which offers customers bespoke avatars that talk and listen to them, says it receives a handful of messages almost every day from users who believe their online friend is s...

Gone are the days of story-telling video games

Gone are the days of story-telling video games

Fardeen Kabir 2022-06-29 16:40:05

Some game titles are embedded into our nostalgia as reminiscents of our ‘good old days.’ It was a time when having a computer with no GPU or a 256 MB RAM wasn’t a barrier to enjoying...

Chip shortages result in record wire fraud reports by desperate buyers

Chip shortages result in record wire fraud reports by desperate buyers

REUTERS 2022-06-29 10:25:13

A severe semiconductor shortage has resulted in record wire fraud cases last year reported by desperate buyers, a company that tracks counterfeit and fraud in the chip industry said on Tuesday. ERAI...

Meta hires local experts to prevent hate speech through Facebook in Bangladesh

Meta hires local experts to prevent hate speech through Facebook in Bangladesh

-- 2022-06-27 22:29:39

Facebook has hired Bangladeshi experts who understand the Bangla language, culture, and market to combat the spread of hate speech and extremist ideology through its platform in the country. Nawab Os...

Foxconn: Labour exploitation behind the glittering techs

Foxconn: Labour exploitation behind the glittering techs

Fardeen Kabir 2022-06-27 15:15:09

The tech industry is one of the most dynamic, progressive, and flamboyant industries in the world. The latest techs that drive us crazy are not only the symbols of new technological feats but they are...

Mid-range laptops you can consider buying

Mid-range laptops you can consider buying

Fardeen Kabir 2022-06-26 14:05:46

The mid-range laptop category is the trickiest in the market. Customers want practicality, performance and a bit of aesthetics, all on a limited budget. There are a lot of laptops competing in this pr...

Instagram tests face-scanning artificial intelligence tool for age verification

Instagram tests face-scanning artificial intelligence tool for age verification

-- 2022-06-24 20:03:20

Instagram is testing new ways to verify the age of people using its service, including a face-scanning artificial intelligence tool, having mutual friends verify their age or uploading an ID. But the...

Toyota, Suzuki take hybrid route in India

Toyota, Suzuki take hybrid route in India

-- 2022-06-24 18:18:12

Toyota Motor Corp and Suzuki Motor Corp on Friday said they would begin production of hybrid vehicles in India, a category that Toyota has said is currently best suited to such markets. A T...