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US states plan to sue Facebook next week
New York is investigating Facebook for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit
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In a first for India, Twitter flags BJP leader's tweet as 'manipulated media'
Ruling party's IT head Amit Malviya's tweet flagged on police action during a farmers protest near India's Delhi
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Salesforce to buy workplace app Slack in $27.7 billion deal
The deal enables Salesforce to provide a unified platform for businesses to connect their employees and customers
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VIVO to establish smartphone manufacturing facility in Pakistan
VIVO has 200,000,000 users around the world and aims to manufacture quality smartphones at a cheap price
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SpaceX to facilitate first ever remote-control car race on the moon
Each car will weigh around 5.5 pounds and the "deployment mechanism" will weigh a further 6.6 pounds
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Study reveals how mobile apps grab user attention
In a first, researchers empirically test how users' eyes follow popular mobile app elements
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Facebook-backed digital coin Libra renamed Diem in quest for approval
Facebook's Libra has been rebranded in an effort to gain regulatory approval by stressing project’s independence
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Amazon delves deeper into voice recognition, call-center work as Covid-19 drives cloud
Amazon is also adding a machine learning tool that helps call-center agents find answers for customers
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From hate speech to nudity, Facebook's oversight board picks its first cases
Facebook's independent Oversight Board said it had received 20,000 cases since it opened its doors
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Hyundai Motor to launch dedicated EV platform in major push into electric cars
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will use its own battery technology to cut production time and cost
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Govt to set up technology zones authority
Aims to give 10-year tax break to tech zone developers and enterprises
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Canada to tax global tech giants such as Facebook, Google by 2022
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development wants to ensure digital behemoths pay their share of taxes
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Sweden's Ericsson sees 220 million 5G subscriptions by year end
Ericsson added that 60% of world’s population will have access to 5G coverage in 2026
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Samsung may discontinue high-end Galaxy Note smartphones
Samsung may discontinue the Galaxy Note following a sharp drop in demand for high-end smartphones due to pandemic
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Facebook to buy customer service startup Kustomer
Kustomer allows businesses to aggregate customer conversations from multiple channels into a single screen
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Zoom's shares fall as free users increase
Zoom still forecast fourth-quarter revenue of between $806 million and $811 million
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Biden urged by 32 advocacy groups to reject Big Tech influence
Anti-trust groups argue that the companies’ business practices hurt consumers and the US economy
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Italy's antitrust body fines Apple €10 million for misleading commercial practices
Regulator criticised advertisements claiming iPhone models were water-resistant
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Amazon workers at German warehouse to strike again
Strike follows a three-day walkout last week in which more than 500 workers took part
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Britain bans new Huawei 5G kit installation from September 2021
Decision comes as part of a plan to purge the Chinese firm’s equipment from high speed mobile networks
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Jibran Nasir, others target of WhatsApp OTP scam
Hackers ask victims to forward OTP to them so they can complete an urgent money transaction
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Woman who created the technology behind internet calls explains what it takes to innovate
Marian Croak says we can benefit from this horrible time in history
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Slow and steady or a big spurt? How to grow a ferocious dinosaur
Large meat-eating dinosaurs attained their great size through very different growth strategies
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Tesla could widen release of 'self-driving' software in two weeks
Tesla has reported steady sales and profitable quarters, sending shares up around 400% this year
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Suspected North Korean hackers targeted Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca
Hackers posed as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp to approach AstraZeneca staff with fake job offers
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Type O blood linked to lower Covid risk, taking Vitamin D unlikely to help-R
New evidence suggests that people with type O or Rh−negative blood may be at slightly lower risk from coronavirus
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Facebook cryptocurrency Libra to launch as early as January but scaled back
Libra was relaunched in slimmed-down form after regulators raised concerns it could upset financial stability
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Crypto exchange Coinbase hit by connection, latency problems as bitcoin plummets
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said its retail and professional-focused platforms were hit by tech problems
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Russia plans to develop its own space station
Russia's own orbital station will consist of three to seven modules unmanned or with a crew of two to four people
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Britain to curb Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules
Britain will impose a new competition regime to prevent tech giants from pushing out smaller firms
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Amazon to give $500 million in holiday bonuses to front-line US workers
Amazon's full-time operations staff will receive a bonus of $300 from December 1 to December 31
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India's NSE warned Future Retail of action over disclosures on Amazon dispute
Future Retail has been locked in a bitter dispute with Amazon over its $3.4 billion retail assets deal with Reliance
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Dinosaur-era bird with scythe-like beak sheds light on avian diversity
Birds evolved from small feathered dinosaurs about 150 million years ago
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Egyptian inventor trials robot that can test for Covid-19
Egypt facing a second coronavirus wave, an inventor is trialing a remote-control robot that can test for Covid-19
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Bitcoin price drops more than $1,000 in Asian trade
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, was the last trading around $17,700
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South Korean watchdog fines Facebook $6.1 million for sharing user info without consent
Personal information of at least 3.3 million Facebook users in Korea was provided to operators without their knowledge
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Fawad Chaudhry announces program for animation, video games enthusiasts
Video gaming market is expected to be worth over $200 billion by 2023
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Elon Musk surpasses Bill Gates to become world’s second richest person
In October, Tesla reported its fifth consecutive quarterly profit on record revenue of $8.8 billion
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AI detects Covid-19 on chest X-rays with accuracy, speed
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence platform which analyzes X-ray images of lungs
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Twitter plans to relaunch verification program next year
Twitter released plans for its new policy on how people are 'verified' on site
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Mysterious 'obelisk' in US desert draws wild theories
Mysterious metal "obelisk" found buried in remote desert has inflamed imaginations of UFO spotters around the world
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Airline body IATA develops mobile apps for Covid-era travel
Global aviation body is developing a set of mobile apps to help passengers to navigate Covid-19 travel restrictions
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OPPO exhibits three concept products at INNO DAY 2020
OPPO revealed for the first time the '3+N+X' technology development strategy
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Bitcoin at $100,000 in 2021? Outrageous to some, a no-brainer for backers
Bitcoin is within sight of its all-time peak of just under $20,000 hit in December 2017
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China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon
China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon
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Snapchat launches TikTok-like feature 'Spotlight'
Snapchat said it would give about $1 million every day to users whose snaps make it to top of the platform
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'Really good news': Health minister welcomes Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine results
Vaccine in the right dosage can be up to 90% effective
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Robbers steal Apple products worth £5m from truck in UK
The items stolen include iPhone 11s, AirPods, and Apple Watches
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Twitter, Facebook to hand over @POTUS account to Biden on January 20
Both platforms will hand control of presidential account to Joe Biden even if Trump has not conceded his election loss
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Top Biden adviser seen as making tech regulation more likely
Bruce Reed denounced Section 230, which makes it impossible to sue internet companies over content of user posting





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