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South Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations

South Korea fines Google, Meta billions of won for privacy violations

REUTERS 2022-09-14 14:25:55

South Korea levied millions of dollars in fines on Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms for privacy law violations, authorities said on Wednesday, as Meta considers fighting the decision in court. In...

Starlink had promising talks with Apple over emergency messaging feature: Musk

Starlink had promising talks with Apple over emergency messaging feature: Musk

REUTERS 2022-09-09 12:33:10

Elon Musk said on Thursday SpaceX had promising talks with Apple Inc about using Starlink's satellite services for the iPhone 14's emergency messaging feature, a day after the tech giant picked Global...

Apple unveils iPhone 14 with emergency satellite messaging

Apple unveils iPhone 14 with emergency satellite messaging

-- 2022-09-08 09:41:42

Apple introduced a range of new iPhone 14 models capable of sending a call for help via satellite during an emergency, as well as the crash-detection ability and an adventure-focused Ultra Watch....

US bars its 'advanced tech' firms from building China factories for 10 years

US bars its 'advanced tech' firms from building China factories for 10 years

-- 2022-09-07 18:55:43

US tech companies that receive federal funding will be barred from building "advanced technology" facilities in China for 10 years, the Biden administration has said. The guidelines were unveiled as...

Apple to unveil new iPhones, watches at a tough time for consumers

Apple to unveil new iPhones, watches at a tough time for consumers

-- 2022-09-07 17:26:42

Apple Inc on Wednesday is expected to unveil a new range of iPhone 14 models and Apple Watches that will test how willing consumers are to upgrade gadgets in the face of inflation and economic gloom....

Chinese state institutes relying on banned US AI chips

Chinese state institutes relying on banned US AI chips

-- 2022-09-06 17:35:27

High-profile universities and state-run research institutes in China have been relying on a US computing chip to power their artificial intelligence (AI) technology but whose export to the country Was...

Fuel leak ruins NASA's second shot at launching moon rocket

Fuel leak ruins NASA's second shot at launching moon rocket

-- 2022-09-03 22:27:24

For the second time in five days, NASA on Saturday halted a countdown in progress and postponed a planned attempt to launch the debut test flight of its giant, next-generation rocket, the first missio...

NASA aims for Saturday launch of new moon rocket after fixes

NASA aims for Saturday launch of new moon rocket after fixes

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-09-03 11:11:13

NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try. The inaugural flight of the 322-foot (98-meter) rock...

Social media app Parler returns to Google's Play Store

Social media app Parler returns to Google's Play Store

REUTERS 2022-09-03 10:22:22

Parler, a social media app popular with US conservatives, is returning to Google's app store more than 1-1/2 years after the Alphabet Inc-owned company removed it following the US Capitol riots in Jan...

Minister says high-speed broadband internet to be available across Bangladesh by 2023

Minister says high-speed broadband internet to be available across Bangladesh by 2023

-- 2022-09-02 17:19:51

Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Mustafa Jabbar said that there will be no place in the country without high-speed broadband internet connection after 2023. "There will be no area in the cou...

Twitter to roll out long-awaited edit button

Twitter to roll out long-awaited edit button

-- 2022-09-01 20:42:50

Twitter Inc will launch a widely requested edit button for its paid subscribers in the coming weeks, the social media company said Thursday. For years, Twitter users have demanded the ability to edit...

Meta to set up new group for more paid features on Instagram, Facebook

Meta to set up new group for more paid features on Instagram, Facebook

REUTERS 2022-09-01 14:04:15

Meta Platforms Inc is setting up a new group that will focus on creating products and features for its Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms that people will be able to purchase, a company spokes...

Truth Social Android app not approved on Google Play Store

Truth Social Android app not approved on Google Play Store

-- 2022-08-31 18:21:33

Former US President Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social has not yet been approved for distribution on Alphabet Inc's Google Play Store due to insufficient content moderation, according t...

Australia demands Apple, Meta, Microsoft share anti-abuse steps; threatens fines

Australia demands Apple, Meta, Microsoft share anti-abuse steps; threatens fines

-- 2022-08-30 19:48:05

An Australian regulator sent legal letters to Facebook owner Meta Platforms, Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp demanding they share their strategies for stamping out child abuse material on their platforms...

Musk sends fresh letter to scrap Twitter deal after whistleblower claims

Musk sends fresh letter to scrap Twitter deal after whistleblower claims

-- 2022-08-30 17:51:50

Elon Musk has sent an additional letter of deal termination to Twitter Inc after the world's richest person subpoenaed a whistleblower seeking documents on how the social media company measures spam a...

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower, seeking info on spam, security

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower, seeking info on spam, security

-- 2022-08-29 23:25:30

Elon Musk has subpoenaed a Twitter Inc whistleblower, seeking documents and communications on the company's spam and alleged security vulnerabilities as the billionaire battles to end his agreement to...

NASA postpones debut test flight of next-generation moon mega-rocket

NASA postpones debut test flight of next-generation moon mega-rocket

-- 2022-08-29 19:37:33

NASA on Monday postponed for at least four days the launch of its colossal next-generation rocketship on a long-awaited debut test flight, a planned six-week uncrewed voyage around the moon and back 5...

NASA's next-gen megarocket set for debut test launch to moon

NASA's next-gen megarocket set for debut test launch to moon

-- 2022-08-29 14:38:00

NASA's colossal next-generation rocketship was set for its long-awaited debut launch on Monday on an uncrewed, six-week test flight around the moon and back, marking the first mission of the space age...

Will AI-generated artworks replace digital artists?

Will AI-generated artworks replace digital artists?

Shadique Mahbub Islam 2022-08-28 14:50:10

The recent craze for creating images using artificial intelligence (AI) software like Midjourney and Dall-E has gripped the internet. Even people with no knowledge of art can create decent AI-generat...

SpaceX, T-Mobile plan to connect mobile phones to satellites 

SpaceX, T-Mobile plan to connect mobile phones to satellites 

-- 2022-08-26 18:15:38

US wireless carrier T-Mobile US Inc will use Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Starlink satellites to provide mobile users with network access in parts of the United States, the companies announced on Thursday...

Jack Dorsey says his biggest regret is Twitter became a company

Jack Dorsey says his biggest regret is Twitter became a company

-- 2022-08-26 12:11:45

Twitter founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted Thursday that he regrets the social media platform became a company. "The biggest issue and my biggest regret is that it became a compan...

China's Baidu reveals its first quantum computer

China's Baidu reveals its first quantum computer

-- 2022-08-25 16:27:52

Chinese search engine giant Baidu Inc revealed its first quantum computer on Thursday and is ready to make it available to external users, joining the global race to apply the technology to practical...

Sony hikes PS5 price

Sony hikes PS5 price

-- 2022-08-25 15:39:44

Sony Group Corp said on Thursday it was hiking the price of its PlayStation 5 games console in markets including Europe, Japan and Britain following economic pressures including rising interest rates....

Apple plans to make iPhone 14 in India

Apple plans to make iPhone 14 in India

-- 2022-08-23 15:44:24

Apple Inc plans to start making the iPhone 14 in India about two months after its release out of China, in a move that will narrow the gap from the typical six to nine months for previous launches, Bl...

Musk seeks documents from Jack Dorsey in fight over Twitter deal

Musk seeks documents from Jack Dorsey in fight over Twitter deal

REUTERS 2022-08-23 11:06:40

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is seeking documents from Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey as the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX pursues his legal fight to walk away from his $44 billion deal for the so...

Govt alerts IT infrastructures, key offices over DDoS cyber-attack

Govt alerts IT infrastructures, key offices over DDoS cyber-attack

-- 2022-08-20 20:38:29

All important organisations, including information technology (IT) infrastructures, were asked to take proper measures as the government’s computer incident response team in its regular surveill...

Russia takes punitive measures against TikTok, Telegram, Zoom, Discord, Pinterest

Russia takes punitive measures against TikTok, Telegram, Zoom, Discord, Pinterest

-- 2022-08-19 21:27:22

Russia's state communications regulator has announced taking punitive measures against five foreign IT companies for violating online content laws, which could require search engines to include a disc...

Apple warns of security flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs

Apple warns of security flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs

-- 2022-08-19 20:37:47

Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices. Apple released two security reports abou...

Samsung Elec breaks ground on new chip R&D centre, plans $15b investment by 2028

Samsung Elec breaks ground on new chip R&D centre, plans $15b investment by 2028

-- 2022-08-19 18:46:04

Samsung Electronics said on Friday it broke ground at a new semiconductor research and development (R&D) complex in South Korea, where it plans to invest about 20 trillion won ($15 billion...

Musk targets ad tech firms in Twitter suit over takeover deal

Musk targets ad tech firms in Twitter suit over takeover deal

-- 2022-08-19 13:13:05

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is attempting to walk away from his deal to acquire Twitter, is seeking documents from advertising technology firms as part of his quest to gain more informatio...