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Here’s what tech CEOs are telling Congress in antitrust probe
Four chief executives of most of the world’s biggest tech companies will testify before Congress Wednesday to discuss antitrust issues as some observers believing a shakeup is in the cards. The CEOs of Google LLC parent Alphabet Inc., Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. will stand before lawmakers who for the last year have ...
India bans 47 Chinese apps and may ban 275 more
After banning 59 Chinese apps last month because of national security concerns, India has added 47 more apps to the list. Included in last month’s ban was the very popular video-sharing app TikTok, which was a big statement by India. At the time of the ban, a Chinese Foreign Ministry official said that the country ...
TikTok could be sold off to U.S. investors to avoid ban
U.S. investors are considering acquiring Chinese-owned video app TikTok to avert a ban in the country, according to reports today. Venture capital firms General Atlantic and Sequoia Capital are presently in talks with U.S. regulators and the Treasury Department, discussing if a reinvented TikTok would float in the U.S. The app has been accused of spying ...
Twitter hackers got into direct messages of users, including a government official
Twitter Inc. announced today that last week’s hack accessed the direct messages of a few dozen people, including one government official. In a series of tweets, the company said the investigation is ongoing as to the “specifics about what the attackers did to the accounts,” but at the moment it’s known that out of the 130 targeted ...
Twitter purges 7,000+ accounts related to QAnon conspiracy theories
Twitter Inc. announced today that it is cracking down on QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory movement, saying the content has the potential to do harm. The company said it has banned more than 7,000 accounts related to the group, but overall, that will affect around 150,000 accounts. Web addresses associated with the movement will be ...
Bitcoin scammers hack Twitter accounts of Obama, Biden, Musk, Bezos, Gates and more
The Twitter accounts of some of the world’s most recognizable people were hacked today by cryptocurrency scammers. The accounts were about as high profile as it gets, consisting of people and entities mostly related to politics, tech and entertainment. The victims included: Apple Inc., Wendy’s Co., Uber Technologies Inc., Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, ...
Elon Musk responds to German court’s decision to ban Tesla’s use of certain terms in ads
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk fired back at a German court today after it was ruled that the company should be barred from using certain terms in advertising. The court ruled that Tesla has used misleading advertising statements in regard to what its autonomous vehicles can do. Germany’s Wettbewerbszentrale, an industry-sponsored organization that deals ...
Apple advises many US retail workers to stay at home until year-end
Apple Inc. said Monday that many of its retail staff in the U.S. should stay at home as COVID-19 cases spike, according to a report by Bloomberg. The company closed many of its retail stores in the U.S. and across the world during the last few months out of an “abundance of caution.” Retail staff were told ...
Facebook heavily criticized after civil rights audit
Facebook Inc. today released a 100-page report on its efforts to embrace civil liberties, and the news wasn’t good. In a blog post, the company said that the audit started about two years ago, adding that no other social media company had ever done the same. Facebook said it had “no idea” that the report ...
Google, Facebook and Twitter pause data requests from Hong Kong police
Google LLC, Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. all said today that they will pause cooperation with Hong Kong police regarding requests for user data. This follows the introduction of a new security law last week by the Chinese government that has been criticized the world over. Under that law, police in Hong Kong will be ...