News Around the Globe
By Manskar Google is refusing to hand over employees’ emails and text messages to state authorities investigating the tech giant’s potential anti-competitive practices, a new report says. Investigators for a …
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By Vega This job is the pits! Communications employees at social networking giant Facebook routinely blow-dry CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s armpits before big speeches, a new book claims. Zuckerberg — who …
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By Elina LONDON — The European Union unveiled proposals Wednesday to regulate artificial intelligence that call for strict rules and safeguards on risky applications of the rapidly developing technology. The …
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By Levine Sex robots are becoming more sophisticated, which is posing more psychological and moral dilemmas for their owners, researchers warn. “Some robots are programmed to protest, to create a …
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By Nicolas Samsung is taking a second shot at putting out a folding phone. A year after announcing the glitch-ridden Galaxy Fold, the Korean smartphone maker announced a smaller, cheaper …
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By Crothers It should not come as a great shock that Facebook tracks your online behavior and partners with companies to target you with ads. But reigning in what Facebook …
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By Feuerherd The CEO of the tech company whose app wreaked havoc in the Iowa caucus on Monday night apologized for the debacle on Tuesday, saying they “feel really terrible” …
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By Manskar Facebook plans to take down posts spreading false claims and conspiracy theories about the deadly coronavirus in an unusually aggressive effort to tackle misinformation. The social media giant …
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By Rajneesh Indian law enforcement agencies should be able to break end-to-end encryption to hunt down distributors of child pornography online, a parliamentary panel has urged as the South Asian …
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By Manskar Baby Yoda is due for an early arrival across the pond. Disney+ will launch in Western Europe a week earlier than planned following the streaming service’s explosive North …
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By Keil J. A software wiz discovered a “high-severity” bug that put users’ data at risk, but the company fixed it before anyone’s personal information could be “exposed.” The vulnerability, …
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By Noah Facebook and eBay pledged Wednesday to more aggressively tackle scammers trading fake and misleading product reviews in new agreements with British regulators. The companies have cracked down on …
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By Vega The world’s largest consumer technology show kicks off Tuesday in Las Vegas with a controversial appearance by Ivanka Trump, who’s getting heat for taking center stage despite her …
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By Nicholas Amazon has reportedly threatened to fire employees who recently criticized its environmental policies in the Washington Post — the newspaper that’s owned by Amazon’s billionaire boss Jeff Bezos. …
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By Manskar Huawei lashed out Thursday at a report detailing how the Chinese government has propped up the telecom giant. Huawei has become one of the globe’s leading telecom companies …
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By Thornton Robinhood — an app that promises millennials no-fee stock market trades — was caught selling its own customer trade orders to big Wall Street firms in deals that …
Read More By Manskar French officials have slapped Google with a hefty fine for unfairly suspending companies from its digital advertising platform. The French Competition Authority issued the penalty of 150 million …
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By Rosenberg An alleged teen crook stole the identities of 75 people and swiped $1 million in cryptocurrency — all from the comfort of his Brooklyn apartment, authorities said. Yousef …
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By Linge Scram, phone spam! A new federal law aims to throttle illegal robocalls by forcing service providers to install a verification system that will authorize calls as they are …
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By Noah Facebook has rejected Attorney General William Barr’s plea for the social media giant to help law enforcement officials more easily access encrypted messages. Giving authorities a “back door” …
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