Mobility

Amazon To Pay $30m Over Alexa, Ring Privacy Violations

Amazon settles with US FTC, after alleged privacy violations with its Alexa voice assistant and Ring doorbell cameras

1 year ago

Twitter Sued By Janitors, As Musk Meets Chinese Officials

As Elon Musk jets into China to meet government officials, Twitter is sued by fired cleaning staff at its offices…

1 year ago

China Urges Japan To Drop Chip Export Restrictions

Minister hits back and says China is “strongly dissatisfied with” Japan’s decision to halt the export of chipmaking equipment

1 year ago

Nvidia Briefly Hits $1 Trillion Valuation

GPU powerhouse Nvidia briefly joins elite $1 trillion valuation club, after its share price continued to rise amid AI boom

1 year ago

Samsung ‘Pushes For Tax Payouts’ In Vietnam

Samsung, other multinationals push for reimbursements as higher OECD-mandated tax regime set to take effect on 1 January

1 year ago

Arm Rolls Out Next-Gen Smartphone Chip Tech

UK-based Arm announces Cortex-X4 core and Immortalis-G720 GPU for next-gen smartphone processing, AI and ML performance

1 year ago

Foxconn Raises Pay At Key China iPhone Plant

iPhone assembler Foxconn raises pay and bonuses at key plant in Zhengzhou following weeks of disruption last year

1 year ago

Ericsson Whistleblower Awarded $279m By SEC

Nice little earner. Record $279 million award from the US SEC to unnamed Ericsson whistleblower, over bribery case

2 years ago

Twitter Likely To Quit EU Code Against Disinformation, Says Official

Elon Musk's Twitter is likely to pull out from a voluntary EU code of practice to combat disinformation, official says

2 years ago

Apple Signs Multi-Billion Dollar Deal With Broadcom For US Chips

Apple expands its US chip sourcing with multi-billion dollar deal with Broadcom, as the iPhone maker defocuses from China

2 years ago

Meta Starts Axing Nearly 20 Percent Of Irish Workforce

Nearly 500 jobs are being axed at Meta's international headquarters in Ireland, in its third and final round of layoffs

2 years ago

Meta Sells Giphy At Huge Loss After CMA Order

Mark Zuckerberg firm takes $260m (£210m) loss selling gif search engine Giphy, after UK ordered its divestment

2 years ago

Netflix Password Crackdown Arrives In UK, US

Popular streaming platform Netflix extends its crackdown on password sharing to 103 countries, in search for additional income

2 years ago

Tencent Launches WeChat Palm Payments

Chinese social media giant Tencent launches payments using palm scanners in Beijing metro, with further expansion planned

2 years ago

First Lawsuit From TikTok Users Over Montana Ban

Five TikTok content creators in Montana file a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block the US state's ban on…

2 years ago

UK Government Unveils Long-Awaited £1 Billion Semiconductor Strategy

Long-awaited government strategy for UK semiconductor strategy unveiled, but some critics argue it is not enough

2 years ago

Google To Begin Disabling Third-Party Chrome Cookies In Q1 2024

Google’s Privacy Sandbox to begin replacing third-party cookies for 1 percent of Chrome users in Q1 2024, with full switch…

2 years ago

Ex ByteDance Staffer Alleges Beijing Had ‘Supreme Access’ To All Data

Lawsuit from former ByteDance staffer alleges China’s Communist Party had “supreme access” to all TikTok data, including US servers

2 years ago

Twitter’s Top Users Posting Less, Pew Research Finds

As Elon Musk pledges to tweet what he wants, even if it will lose him money, comes worrying Twitter usage…

2 years ago

Montana First US State To Ban China’s TikTok

Montana become the first US state to ban TikTok, after its governor signs legislation to halt downloading it from app…

2 years ago

BT To Cut 55,000 Jobs By 2030

Sign of things to come? BT is cull 55,000 jobs by 2030, and says that a fifth of the roles…

2 years ago

WhatsApp Adds ‘Chat Lock’ To Secure ‘Intimate’ Messages

Extra layer of security has been added for WhatsApp messages, with ability to lock and hide sensitive conversations

2 years ago

Meta Paid Verification Arrives For UK Users

Paid verification for Instagram and Facebook, dubbed Meta Verified, launches in UK at a cost of £9.99 per month for…

2 years ago

Vodafone To Cut 11,000 Jobs, After Strategic Review

New boss of Vodafone loses little time and confirms 11,000 jobs are to go, as the operator seeks to turn…

2 years ago

Google To Cull Inactive Accounts At Year End

Search engine giant Google says it will begin to delete inactive accounts unused for more than two years, starting in…

2 years ago

Elon Musk Finds New CEO For Twitter

Elon Musk to remain in charge of parent company X Corp, as identity of new Twitter CEO has not been…

2 years ago

Google I/O: Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, Pixel 7a

New hardware device offerings include a budget Pixel 7a smartphone, a foldable Pixel smartphone, as well as a Pixel tablet

2 years ago

Twitter To Launch Encrypted Direct Messaging

Elon Musk reveals Twitter is to launch encrypted direct messages on Wednesday, and voice and video chat are to follow

2 years ago

UK’s CMA Approves Viasat Inmarsat Merger

UK watchdog greenlights proposed merger of Viasat and Inmarsat, finding there is sufficient competition in the market

2 years ago