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Malaysia mulls rules for Google, Meta to pay news outlets for content
Reuters, Published on 05/09/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia said on Tuesday it is considering regulations that will make internet giants Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook parent Meta Platforms compensate news outlets for content sourced from them.
Apple makes iPhone screen fixes easier
Published on 07/06/2017
» SAN FRANCISCO - Hey Siri, where can I get my cracked iPhone screen fixed?
Your life ain't over till FB says it is
Life, James Hein, Published on 23/11/2016
» There's a well-known line in the movie Monty Python And The Holy Grail: "I'm not dead." If you received a Facebook death notice recently, you were not alone. Facebook made an error by flagging a large number of people's profile pages as belonging to the deceased, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This was of course a mistake, and they fixed it fairly quickly, as people started sending complaints and others were shocked by a death notice they couldn't easily verify other than via Facebook. When large organisations mess up, they tend to do it in a big way.
EU mulls stricter controls on WhatsApp, Skype
AFP, Published on 16/08/2016
» BRUSSELS - The European Union will in September propose subjecting internet services like WhatsApp and Skype to similar rules as traditional telecommunications companies, a spokesman said Wednesday.
The sky's the limit at Geneva inventions show
AFP, Published on 15/04/2016
» GENEVA - Shoes that can reunite lost toddlers with their parents and a morphing sofa designed for spur of the moment conjugal relations are among the centrepieces at this year's Geneva inventions show.
Facebook donates servers to speed up research into AI
AFP, Published on 26/02/2016
» BERLIN - Facebook announced Thursday it was donating computer servers to a number of research institutions across Europe, starting with Germany, to accelerate research efforts in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
Waterproof and other protection
Life, James Hein, Published on 08/07/2015
» A friend of mine was walking along the beach and dropped his phone. Sometime later he realised he'd lost it but didn't know where. Luckily someone found it and using the pop-up notifications on the screen managed to track him down to give it back telling him that the phone was found in the water.
US proposal seeks to head off Internet 'fast lanes'
AFP, Published on 05/02/2015
» The top US telecom regulator proposed Wednesday to regulate broadband Internet service providers as "public utility" carriers, in a renewed effort to enforce "net neutrality" rules.
NBTC mulls lawsuit against Senate body
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 21/08/2014
» The telecom committee of the National Telecommunications and Broadcasting Commission (NBTC) is considering legal action against a former Senate committee that accused it of colluding with private mobile operators in the third-generation (3G) spectrum auction.
India's Flipkart raises $1 bn to tackle Amazon
AFP, Published on 29/07/2014
» MUMBAI - India's top e-commerce company Flipkart said Tuesday it had raised $1 billion (60 billion rupees) in funds as it battles US giant Amazon for supremacy in the hyper-competitive local market.