Home » Technology

Technology - Page 26

Apple is a small player in India, where sales of its smartphones lag those of South Korean rival Samsung. The company currently sells through third-party retailers in India including Amazon, and the country is seen as a huge potential market for the firm due to its giant 1.3-billion population and relatively low number of smartphone owners. (Photo | AP)

Apple to open its first online store in India September 23 well in...

Shoppers will be able to get their AirPods, iPads and Apple Pencils engraved in English, Hindi and a range of other...

18 Sep 2020 1:27 PM GMT

The government previously said that using and downloading WeChat to communicate wont be a banned transaction, although messaging on the app could be directly or indirectly impaired by the ban, and people who use it for messaging wont be subject to penalties. (Photo | AP)

TikTok, WeChat banned in US starting Sunday

The order would combat China's malicious collection of American citizens' personal data,

18 Sep 2020 12:57 PM GMT

Facebook said will also make it clearer which parts of its Workplace internal message board is for discussing contentious political or social issues, and carefully moderate those conversations. (Representative Image)

As things get heated on internal message boards, Facebook mulls...

A year ago on getting complaints about heated, abusive posts, Google told staff to be responsible and thoughtful on...

18 Sep 2020 12:12 PM GMT

We dont allow online casinos or support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting. This includes if an app leads consumers to an external website that allows them to participate in paid tournaments to win real money or cash prizes, it is a violation of our policies, a Google blog post said, on reasons for banning Paytm. (Photo | Pixabay - Gerd Altmann)

Paytm removed from Google Play Store for running cricket betting...

The app was blocked for violation of Play policy a clarification of our policy was released earlier today ahead of the...

18 Sep 2020 11:14 AM GMT

Among the concerns is a fear that under the so-called News Media Bargaining Code, news businesses will be able to somehow control their algorithms, Australias fair trade regulator Rod Sims said. Well engage with them and clarify that so that theres no way that the news media businesses can interfere with the algorithms of Google or Facebook, Sims said.

Australia's pay-for-news law: Facebook, Google won't have to give out...

The final draft of the bill could be introduced into Parliament in late October.

17 Sep 2020 5:22 PM GMT

More than $3.3 billion was spent in the US in August on video game hardware, content and accessories, according to NPD analyst Mat Piscatella. Both Sony and Microsoft hope to gain a huge volume of sales during of the holiday season in the US, especially Christmas. (Photo | AFP)

Sony launching PlayStation 5 on November 12, right behind Microsoft...

The current PlayStation 4 has outsold Xbox by more than two to one, but Microsoft hopes to take the battle back to Sony.

17 Sep 2020 4:54 PM GMT

A group known as the WeChat Users Alliance and several people who say they rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China sued to stop the ban in federal court in California. The suit says the ban violates its US users freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and other constitutional rights.

US says WeChat ban' might impair messaging but will not draw criminal...

Using the app to communicate won't be a banned transaction, although messaging on it could be directly or indirectly...

17 Sep 2020 4:02 PM GMT

The Financial Times had earlier reported that ByteDance was to place TikToks global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle investing as a minority shareholder along with other US investors. Trump says he wont allow that. (Photo | AFP)

Trump still scrutinising Oracle-TikTok deal, regrets that US won't get...

Some Republicans raise concerns that ByteDance would maintain access to information on the 100 million TikTok users in...

17 Sep 2020 3:30 PM GMT

Google Glass launched seven years ago faced privacy hurdles, so Facebook is testing Aria prototypes with just 100 people, who will record in Facebook offices, their homes, and public spaces, but not in stores or restaurants without written consent. (Representative Image | Wikimedia Commons - Rijans007)

Google Glass may not have taken off but Facebook eyes AR space with...

Imagine a pair of glasses that add a 3D layer of contextually relevant, meaningful information on top of the physical...

17 Sep 2020 1:47 PM GMT

Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael R. Sherwin speaks, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 at the Justice Department in Washington. The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and abroad, including social media and video game companies as well as universities and telecommunications providers. Officials announced the prosecution on Wednesday. (AP)

US on the lookout for 5 Chinese superhackers who targeted India

In the attacks, the conspirators installed 'Cobalt Strike' malware on Indian government-protected computers, the...

17 Sep 2020 10:19 AM GMT

The failure of Facebook to appear before the committee shows that it is trying to hide its role in the Delhi riots, Aam Aadmi Partys Raghav Chadha told reporters. This photograph shows a riot affected area in NE Delhi as on 8 March 2020 (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - DTM)

Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan gives hate speech hearing a miss

Last week, a Delhi Assembly panel had summoned him to determine if the social networking site deliberately ignored...

15 Sep 2020 3:11 PM GMT

The more than 6,000-word memo by former employee Sophie Zhang cited organised efforts to harass, mislead or manipulate people in Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Bolivia, Ecuador, India and elsewhere, along with election manipulation efforts in the United States and Brazil.

Facebook not doing enough to stop election manipulation, says fired...

She said she found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse the platform on vast scales to...

15 Sep 2020 2:45 PM GMT