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Facebook oversight panel will now review takedown requests
AFP, Published on 14/04/2021
» NEW YORK - Facebook's independent Oversight Board announced Tuesday it would start accepting requests to remove "harmful content" that users believe has been wrongly allowed to remain on the leading social network.
Netflix banks on vast production line to weather pandemic
AFP, Published on 24/04/2020
» LOS ANGELES - While coronavirus has brought Hollywood to a halt, Netflix has enjoyed record success. But will the streaming giant's well-stocked slate of future shows be enough to maintain that growth?
Disney+ streaming service hits 50 million users
AFP, Published on 09/04/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday said its television streaming service has already won 50 million paid subscribers just five months after its launch in the US.
Fox and NBCUniversal shop for streaming platforms
AFP, Published on 22/02/2020
» NEW YORK: Media groups Fox Corp. and NBCUniversal are looking to buy ad-supported streaming platforms meant to lure customers who don't want to spend money on subscriptions, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
US economic growth slowed in 2019, hit by trade wars
AFP, Published on 31/01/2020
» WASHINGTON: The US economy in 2019 expanded by the slowest rate since President Donald Trump took office as worsening trade friction undermined investment and exports, according to new government data released Thursday.
Facebook launches dating service in US
Published on 06/09/2019
» Facebook Inc is launching its dating services in the United States, the social network said on Thursday, sending its shares up 2%.
Sinking Cities
Asia focus, Published on 02/09/2019
» One of the most pressing challenges the world is facing as a result of climate change is rising sea levels. Scientists predict that oceans will rise by between 0.3 and 2.5 metres by 2100. This will put many coastal areas at risk, with potentially catastrophic consequences for large cities.
Joko gets building again
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 03/06/2019
» With his victory in the April polls confirmed by the elections commission on May 21, Indonesian President Joko Widodo is preparing to press ahead with an ambitious infrastructure drive in his second term, starting with 415 trillion rupiah (US$28.8 billion) allocated in the 2019 state budget.
Trump ramps up battle against Chinese telecom giant Huawei
AFP, Published on 16/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump stepped up his battle against Huawei Wednesday, effectively barring the Chinese telecom giant from the US market and adding it to a blacklist restricting US sales to the firm amid an escalating trade war with China.
Breaking the internet: new regs imperil global network
AFP, Published on 10/04/2019
» WASHINGTON: Is the dream of one global internet still alive?