In a statement, social media giants, Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc said, they will transfer control of the @POTUS account to the Joe Biden administration on January 20, 2020. On both social media platforms, the @POTUS account is the official account of the President of the United States and is separate from the @realDonaldTrump Twitter…
Facebook has been criticised by iPhone maker Apple for trying to “collect as much data as possible” from users. Despite objections from the advertising industry, Apple will march ahead with its plans for launching of a new privacy feature, the iPhone maker said. This criticism was made in a letter to a coalition of privacy…
Despite the United States based aircraft maker Boeing is close to getting back into the air its grounded 737 Max planes, there are a host of other challenges awaiting the company in the critical aviation market of China. There has yet been no word from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) about allowing a…
Following the approval to flu in the skies again to Boeing’s 737 Max passenger jetliner planes by the regulators in the United States, the same is set to be done by regulators in Europe in January. The planes have been grounded for 20 months now after two deadly crashes involving the planes in which 346…
Hundreds of companies from the United States and Europe will be forced to cut down on their greenhouse gas emissions according to the plans of the British billionaire and investor Chris Hohn. Hohn aims to achieve this by enlisting global investors and together demand an annual vote by companies at annual shareholder meetings related to…
In relation to its controversial previous practices of intentionally slowing down older iPhones to extend their battery life, Apple has agreed to pay millions of dollars in damages to to 34 states in the United States. Under the agreement struck by Apple, the iPhone has to pay $113 million for the settlement of an investigation…
In a significant development, a group representing Volkswagen AG, General Motors Co, and Toyota Motor Corp and other major carmakers filed a lawsuit to block the state of Massachusetts’ ballot initiative that aims to significantly expand the access to vehicle data. Earlier this month, Massachusetts overwhelmingly approved the initiative to revise the state’s 2013 “Right…
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund warned before this week’s virtual Group of 20 (G20) summit that even though vaccine breakthroughs offer hope, the efforts of staging a recovery for the global economy from the hit of the novel coronavirus pandemic seems to be losing steam and “the economic path ahead remains difficult…
For every 10,000 content views posted on Facebook in the third quarter about 10 were included in hate speech, said the social media company while disclosing numbers on the prevalence of hate speech on its platform, for the first time in its history. The estimate was released in its quarterly content moderation report by the…
Two of the most high profile digital media firms are set to merge together with the acquisition of HuffPost bty the online news and lifestyle site Buzzfeed. As part of the deal, seller Verizon Media will become a minority shareholder in Buzzfeed and will also make investments in the new combined entity. A partnership for…
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