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As Democrat Joe Biden is sworn in as U.S. president, digital rights groups are calling on him and legislators to curb the power of tech firms and guard consumers' online privacy.

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Every 15 minutes, a water sample is taken and on the database of sensors, the data is transferred to the operation center and analyzed indicators such as salinity, alkalinity, PH and tidal water level to notify people through the Rynan Mekong applic

Smart wearable devices are becoming fashionable in China as tech-savvy consumers scramble to embrace the gadgets to make life more convenient.

When British single mother Martha sensed another COVID-19 lockdown was looming, one of her biggest worries was how her three young sons would cope with online schooling again when the family still didn't have a computer.

The foreign direct investment (FDI) reached nearly 1 trillion yuan (around 155 billion U.S. dollars) in 2020, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday.

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Chinese technology giants have registered patents for tools that can detect, track and monitor Uighurs in a move human rights groups fear could entrench oppression of the Muslim minority.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist who invented the internet navigation system known as the World Wide Web, wants to re-make cyberspace once again.

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Pandemic-proof Apple to kick off lineup for critical holiday season

Progressive Democrats urge action on tech as potential Google lawsuit looms

Microsoft takes aim at Sony with cloud gaming service

Facebook lifts block on pro-Biden ad, citing 'enforcement error'

Apple preparing 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year: Bloomberg

Facebook to block news on Australian sites after new law, riling lawmakers

Huawei focusing on cloud business which still has access to U.S. chips: FT

Walmart ad revenue could quickly jump if TikTok bid succeeds

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Just two years after Apple became the first publicly listed U.S. company with a $1 trillion stock market value, the iPhone maker has now topped $2 trillion.

President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the short-video app TikTok and messaging service WeChat by late September on grounds that the Chinese-owned apps pose a national security threat.

Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) cloud computing unit will help Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) build a platform to help manage and monetize data gathered from the automaker’s global vehicle fleet, the companies said on Monday.

South Korean retail investors are stampeding into Chinese stocks in record numbers, ploughing hundreds of millions of dollars into a tech sector rush far removed from punishing taxes and regulations on investment at home.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Friday said its longtime executive and consumer chief Jeff Wilke plans to retire after more than two decades with the company, a decision that appeared to take him out of line to succeed CEO and founder Jeff Bezos.

Facebook Inc (FB.O) is considering halting political advertising after U.S. Election Day to curb post-election misinformation, a source who has had discussions with the company said Friday.

China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) beat quarterly revenue and profit estimates on Thursday, as its core commerce and cloud computing businesses continued to grow following China’s emergence from the coronavirus lockdown.

TikTok has removed more than 380,000 videos in the United States for violating its hate speech policy so far this year, the short-form video app said on Thursday.

The S&P 500 index was little changed on Thursday as gains in heavyweight tech stocks offset gloom over downbeat data that underlined the Federal Reserve’s view of a difficult road to recovery.

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Airbnb to confidentially file for IPO in August: WSJ

Airbnb backs OECD approach to digital services tax

Uber may be forced to shut down California ride services over new driver ruling

Russia fines Google for not blocking banned content: Ifax

Britain to beef up City watchdog powers over crypto-assets

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Facebook removes small pro-Trump network based in Romania

Google faces lawsuit over tracking in apps even when users opted out

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A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) for TikTok’s U.S. operations provoked an outcry on Monday on Chinese social media as well as criticism from a prominent Chinese investor in TikTok owner ByteDance.

WhatsApp on Tuesday launched a service for Indians to check the veracity of information, in the messaging platform’s latest attempt to combat fake news in India ahead of national elections beginning this month.

Activist shareholder Cevian Capital has reduced its stake in ABB Ltd <ABBN.S> to less than 5%, according to data on the engineering company's website.

Alphabet unit Google’s bid to take on Apple and Samsung in the wearable technology market by buying Fitbit hit a hurdle on Tuesday as EU antitrust regulators launched an investigation into the $2.1 billion deal.

Volkswagen AG <VOWG_p.DE>, Europe’s largest automaker, is expanding its cloud-based software and data portal, aiming to develop it into an industry-wide marketplace where business customers can buy and sell industrial applications, the company said o

Microsoft Corp's <MSFT.O> flagship cloud computing business Azure reported quarterly sales growth of under 50% for the first time ever on Wednesday, sending the tech giant's shares down 2%.

Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> on Thursday posted the biggest profit in its 26-year history as online sales and its lucrative business supporting third-party merchants surged during the coronavirus pandemic.

Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site.

Alphabet Inc's <GOOGL.O> Google said late on Tuesday it was delaying the reopening of its U.S. offices by around two months because of a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in some states.

Netflix Inc on Tuesday appointed Bozoma Saint John as the streaming giant's chief marketing officer, starting in August, adding a high-profile Black executive to senior management.

Brazilian antitrust watchdog Cade on Tuesday said it was revoking its previous decision suspending Facebook Inc's recently launched WhatsApp payments messaging service in partnership with card processor Cielo SA.

"This is white supremacy. This is institutionalized racism," Aaisha Joseph, an executive assistant in New York City, posted on Microsoft Corp's <MSFT.O> LinkedIn in early June, calling out the Black leadership vacuum at tech giants.

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Tuesday that it has raised the price of its YouTube TV online service by 30% to $64.99 per month, citing rising cost of content.

Alphabet Inc's <GOOGL.O> Google upended plans by European media companies to block it from harvesting data about their readers and slash some of its dominance in online advertising, seven people involved in the talks said this month.

The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday formally designated Chinese's Huawei Technologies Co and ZTE Corp <000063.SZ> as posing threats to U.S. national security,a declaration that bars U.S. firms from tapping an $8.3 billion government fund

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson toughened his rhetoric on China's Huawei on Tuesday, cautioning Beijing that he would protect critical infrastructure from "hostile state vendors" as he expressed deep concern over a new security law for Hong Kong

Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site.

China said on Tuesday it was concerned about India's decision to ban Chinese mobile apps such as Bytedance's TikTok and Tencent's WeChat and was making checks to verify the situation. [nL4N2E63K0]

SoftBank's Z Holdings Corp <4689.T> said on Tuesday the closure of its merger with messaging app operator Line Corp <3938.T> will be later than October as previously stated due to regulatory approval being delayed by the coronavirus outbreak.

Australia will spend A$1.35 billion ($926.1 million) over the next 10 years to boost its cyber security defences, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, as Canberra seeks to combat a wave of attacks.

Alphabet Inc's <GOOGL.O> Google said on Monday that it had removed search ads that charged users searching for voting information large fees for voter registration or harvested their personal data.

Spotify Technology on Tuesday plans to announce local language adaptations of a popular scripted podcast as part of the Swedish music streaming company's strategy to appeal to a wider global audience.

Micron Technology Inc on Monday forecast current-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates as home-bound employees and students spur demand for its chips that power notebooks and data centers, sending its shares up 6% in after-market trading.

The New York Times Co said on Monday it will end its partnership with Apple News, effective June 29, at a time when the publisher is shifting focus to a digital subscription-based model.

German consumer goods group Henkel <HNKG_p.DE> will join a boycott of advertising on Facebook <FB.O>, a spokesman said on Monday.

German regulators twice looked into tightening the supervision of collapsed payments firm Wirecard and discussed it with the German and European central banks but no action was taken, a person with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters.

Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it would spend $500 million on one-time bonuses to its front-line employees and partners working through the coronavirus crisis.

As Britain's COVID-19 infections soared in the spring, the government reached for what it hoped could be a game changer – a smartphone app that could automate some of the work of human contact tracers.

Sony Corp's image sensor business aims to replicate PlayStation's success to address its reliance on a handful of manufacturers in the fickle smartphone market: It plans to sell software by subscription for data-analyzing sensors in situ.

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp <9984.T> said on Monday it will repurchase up to 200 billion yen ($1.9 billion) of its domestic unsecured corporate bonds from June 30 to July 17, part of its plan to pay down debt.

Organizers of a Facebook Inc <FB.O> advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle global to increase pressure on the social media company to remove hate speec

The European Union is investigating Germany's financial regulator over the collapse of payments company Wirecard in a rare move that heaps embarrassment on Berlin days before it is due to take over the EU's rotating presidency.

Wirecard, the German scandal-hit payments company, said on Saturday it would proceed with business activities after filing for insolvency and expects a provisional administrator to be appointed by judicial authorities shortly.

A fast-track visa program that Canada launched in 2017 has attracted a growing number of tech workers, and U.S. President Donald Trump's latest immigration crackdown is set to further boost intake once COVID-19 restrictions ease, lawyers say.

Global retail giant Amazon <AMZN.O> and Japanese SoftBank <9984.T> have made approaches to Russian conglomerate Sistema <AFKS.MM> about a possible acquisition of its online retailer Ozon, Sistema's majority owner Vladimir Evtushenkov said on Saturday

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to chief executives of five large tech companies asking them to ensure social media platforms are not used to incite violence in the wake of nationwide protests following George Floyd's death.

A handful of U.S. companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms.

Wirecard collapsed on Thursday owing creditors almost $4 billion after disclosing a gaping hole in its books that its auditor EY said was the result of a sophisticated global fraud.

Canada's Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a driver in a gig economy case that paves the way for a class action suit calling for Uber Technologies Inc to recognize drivers in Canada as company employees.

Customers of several British digital finance companies were unable to make payments or access their money on Friday after the collapse of German payments firm Wirecard caused disruption across borders.

Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> said on Friday it would close its retail stores and take a related pretax asset impairment charge of $450 million in the current quarter.

Amazon.com Inc has agreed to buy California-based self-driving startup Zoox Inc in a deal reported to be worth more than $1 billion that gives it options to use autonomous technology in either ride-hailing or its delivery network.

The U.S. Justice Department is seeking the final documents to complete an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc's Google <GOOGL.O>, said three sources familiar with the probe, which is expected to end with a lawsuit this summer.

Verizon Communications Inc said on Thursday it was pausing advertising on Facebook Inc in July, in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms.

Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> has agreed to pay over $1 billion to buy self-driving startup Zoox Inc, the Information reported on Thursday, citing sources, in a move that would expand the e-commerce giant's reach in autonomous-vehicle technology.

A handful of U.S. companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms.

Telecommunications companies will have to wait until at least September for Germany's government to agree rules on installing components in the future 5G mobile communications network, a government official said on Thursday.

China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] said on Thursday it had received planning permission for a 1 billion pound ($1.2 billion) research and development facility in England.

Facebook Inc <FB.O> messaging service WhatsApp said on Thursday that Brazil's central bank had said it intended to find a way to restore the payments service in the country by working with Visa Inc <V.N> and Mastercard Inc <MA.N>.