On Monday, in a significant development that marks Australia taking on big tech, Canberra said it will stick to its principled stand and will not change its proposed laws that takes on Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google forcing them to pay for news content, despite vocal opposition from the Big Tech firms. Facebook has reacted…
The competition regulator of the United Kingdom has warned of a possible reduction in consumer choice and an increase in the fees charged form people for online advertising of goods because of a $9.2bn deal that will create the largest classified ads business of the world. A combination of websites that are used by people…
According to the European Union chief executive Ursula von der Leyen, the fight against climate change should be jointly worked out by Europe and the United States, while the efforts to limit the power of big tech firms should also be done by the two parties together by framing a mutually agreed new framework for…
After the social media giant Facebook blocked news on its platform in Australia, the United States based tech giant is back at the negotiating table, said the country’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday. There was wide spread anger in Australia after Facebook decided to abruptly prevent its Australian users from sharing news on the…
New features on Google Maps will now allow its users to pay for parking or public transportation right from their phones thereby making travelling even more easy apart from letting users know which train to take or to map out an optimal driving route. Starting this week, Google is allowing its users to connect their…
With tough sanctions imposed on it by the United States on its smartphone business, technology for pig farmers is something that Chinese tech giant Huawei is turning to. After the Trump administration labelled the Chinese company a threat to US national security, accessing vital components has been prevented for the Chinese telecoms giant. Huawei is…
In a significant development, Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp said, it will goo ahead with its controversial privacy policy update which allows users to read it at “their own pace”; following the update WhatsApp will display a banner providing additional information. Earlier this year in January, WhatsApp had laid out fresh terms aimed at increasing business transactions…
Alphabet Inc’s Google has named Marian Croak, a Black executive, to oversee research on responsible artificial intelligence (AI). The development comes midst weeks of internal anger over a firing of a prominent Black scientist. In a statement Google confirmed that Croak will manage 10 teams, including a dozen scientists studying the ethical considerations of automated…
In a statement Toyota Motor Corp, it is expanding engine production at it West Virginia plant and is investing $210 million to this end; the investment will create 100 new jobs. Engine production capacity at its Buffalo, West Virginia plant will be boosted by 70,000 engines a year, up from the nearly 1 million transmissions…
According to a source familiar with the matter at hand, Volkswagen is weighing options which includes listing of its luxury car division Porsche AG which will provide it sufficient liquidity towards electrification of its vehicles. “Those considerations exist,” said the source said while cautioning that they are still not being actively discussed in committees; any…
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