This is the second such setback for Microsoft in China. Microsoft’s search engine Bing has become the latest foreign technology service to be closed down by Chinese authorities. As per Microsoft’s statement, its Bing search engine has been blocked in China. “We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine…
The CNIL’s decision is likely to send a shiver down the spine of the tech industry who are yet to comply with the EU’s tough GDPR laws. In a development that has gone down in the pages of history as one of the biggest levies, to date, attached by France’s data protection watchdog on Google…
Google Soli sensors have won approval from the FCC, which includes their usage aboard aircraft. Google’s Soli sensors, which use radars to capture motion in realtime in a 3D space, can enable touchless control of functions. Google’s Project Soli got a shot in the arm after it received an approval from U.S. regulators to deploy…
The U.S. District ruled in favor of Google since the plaintiffs did not suffer any “concrete injuries.” A U.S. judge threw out a lawsuit filed by consumers against Google on the grounds of lack of “concrete injuries.” A group of consumers had claimed that Google’s photo sharing and storage service violated their privacy. U.S. District…
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is pushing for the deal so as to retain earnings of large tech companies who use clever strategies and tax loopholes to evade taxes. On Monday, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire stated, the European Union plans on introducing digital taxes for large internet firms such as Google and…
Political intelligence gathered from the databases of social media giants are the new tools for campaign strategists. In a first public view of how U.S. technology companies, including Google and Facebook, are yanking advertisements that break their online political ads rules. The duo also provided unprecedented insight into opponents’ online marketing, enabling them to capitalize…
The consortium, of more than 130 partners, is aimed at developing self-driving car technology for the Chinese market. The European Union’s biggest carmaker, Volkswagen AG, stated it would join China’s Apollo autonomous driving consortium so as to develop self-driving car technology in the world’s biggest car market. In 2017, Baidu created the Apollo consortium to…
The fact that Google has selected Ubisoft for its video game streaming service underscores its technical prowess. Following a statement from Google that it partnered with French video games maker Ubisoft to test its video game streaming service, Ubisoft’s shares rose on Tuesday and outperforming the relatively dull European markets. In mid-trading sessions, Ubisoft’s shares…
The issue of fake news is important to Singapore given the fact that it is a global financial hub, widespread proliferation of internet, its demographic mix of religious and ethnic populations and that it is scheduled to old elections by early 2021. Ever since it got independence from Britain 50 years ago, Singapore has been…
Details of the deal, which is huge given that traditional carmakers have so far been hesitant to hand over the data from their infotainment systems to rivals given the potential streams that can be generated from there, have not been made public. On Tuesday, in what is likely to be a huge boost to Google’s…
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