Technology
Google offered to split its ad-tech biz to avoid anti-trust lawsuit: Report
San Francisco, July 9 Google reportedly offered the US government to split its ad-tech business, which allows companies to place ads on Internet and and apps, into a separate entity under the Alphabet umbrella, to avoid an antitrust lawsuit. According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal was part of ...Twitter tells employees to ‘refrain’ from posting on Musk deal
San Francisco, July 9 Amid the high voltage drama happening ever since Elon Musk officially tried to pull out of his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, the microblogging site's general counsel has told employees to not publicly comment on the deal. In an internal memo to Twitter employees sent ...CEO of 19 firms charged with selling fake Cisco devices worth $1 bn
Washington, July 9 A US court has charged a man that ran 19 companies and at least 15 Amazon storefronts, 10 eBay storefronts and multiple other entities that sold fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking devices worth $1 billion. A federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey charged Onur ...Musk to pay $1 bn as deal termination fee to Twitter
New Delhi, July 9 Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has cancelled the $44 billion Twitter buyout deal, will have to pay $1 billion in termination fee to the micro-blogging platform. As per an earlier filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), "Musk will be required to pay Twitter ...Twitter claims it suspends 1 mn spam users a day
San Francisco, July 8 As Elon Musk threatened to scrap the $44 billion Twitter acquisition deal over spam and fake accounts, the microblogging platform has revealed that it is suspending more than 1 million spam accounts a day. The new figure represents a doubling of its previous update. Chief Executive ...Chinese govt set on stealing your technology, warn FBI and MI5 chiefs
London, July 7 In an unprecedented move, the heads of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the UK domestic security service MI5 jointly warned about imminent threats by the Chinese government's global espionage campaign. At a joint event at MI5 headquarters in London, FBI Director Christopher Wray and ...Apple plans to unveil ‘extreme sports’ watch with larger screen
San Francisco, July 7 Apple is planning to launch an "extreme sports" version of the Apple Watch this year with a larger screen, media report says. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the upcoming Apple Watch is expected to have the tech giant's largest smartwatch display to date, along with a ...Senators asks FTC Chair Lina Khan to probe TikTok’s data practices
San Francisco, July 7 Top US Senators have called on Lina Khan, Chairperson of Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to investigate short-video making app TikTok over its alleged data sharing practices with China-based workers. In a letter to Khan, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), Senate Intelligence Committee leaders, ...Meta open sources early-stage AI translation tool
San Francisco, July 6 Tech giant MetaAhas created a single artificial intelligence (AI)-based model capable of translating across 200 different languages, including many not supported by current commercial tools. According to The Verge, the company is open-sourcing the project in the hopes that others will build on its work. The ...UK opens probe into Microsoft’s $69 bn acquisition of ‘Call of Duty’ maker
London, July 6 The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday announced a formal investigation into Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of 'Call of Duty' maker Activision Blizzard. The UK watchdog has invited comments from "any interested party" on the merger enquiry till July 20 and will announce its decision ...
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