Facebook suspends hundreds of apps over data concerns
Facebook on Wednesday said it has suspended more than 400 of thousands of applications it has investigated to determine whether people's personal information was being improperly shared.
View ArticleChina’s doctor shortage prompts rush for AI health care
SHANGHAI – Qu Jianguo, 64, had a futuristic medical visit in Shanghai as he put his wrist through an automated pulse-taking machine and received the result within two minutes on a mobile phone –...
View ArticleApple expected to unveil new iPads, Mac in New York
NEW YORK — New iPads and Mac computers are expected Tuesday as part of an Apple event in New York.
View ArticleCrazy in love? The Japanese man ‘married’ to a hologram
Akihiko Kondo's mother refused an invitation to her only son's wedding in Tokyo this month, but perhaps that isn't such a surprise: he was marrying a hologram.
View ArticleFacebook says COO Sandberg asked for info on Soros
COO Sheryl Sandberg has asked staff to look into whether billionaire critic George Soros had financial interest in tarnishing Facebook.
View ArticleOnline ATM-style scam puts shoppers at risk — Symantec
Online shoppers are at a growing risk from a scam that allows hackers to skim their payment details, cyber security firm Symantec has warned.
View ArticleInstagram moves into e-commerce with shopping button
Facebook-owned Instagram made a move into potentially lucrative e-commerce by adding an option to buy products.
View ArticleData glitch delays flights at several US carriers
Major US airlines experienced delays on Monday following a glitch to a data system used in flight planning.
View ArticleAI program beats pros in six-player poker — a first
WASHINGTON -- Artificial intelligence programs have bested humans in checkers, chess, Go and two-player poker, but multi-player poker
View ArticleAmazon, Microsoft, ‘putting world at risk of killer AI’– study
WASHINGTON — Amazon, Microsoft and Intel are among leading tech companies putting the world at risk through killer robot development, according to a report that surveyed major players from the sector...
View ArticleCode War: Myanmar’s final digital battle ends
YANGON, Myanmar — Accessing everything from Wikipedia to Google Maps in Myanmar is about to get a lot easier when it finally adopts the universal code underpinning phone and online communication next...
View ArticleRussia rolls out the red carpet for Huawei over 5G
MOSCOW, Russia — While the US banned Huawei for alleged espionage and asked its allies to do the same, Moscow has rolled out the red carpet for the Chinese tech company, letting it develop 5G networks...
View ArticleOfficials push Facebook for way to peek at encrypted messages
SAN FRANCISCO, United States — Officials are calling on Facebook not to use encryption in its messaging services that does not provide authorities a way to see what is being sent. The request was made...
View ArticleGoogle claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing
SAN FRANCISCO – Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that took just minutes to complete a calculation that...
View ArticleFacebook apologizes after black workers complain of bias
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook apologized on Friday after black employees anonymously shared feelings of workplace bias in an online post. The post shared at Medium by a “FB Blind” profile laid out perceived...
View ArticleChild’s play: Coding booms among Chinese children
Vita has set up a coding tutorial channel on the Chinese video streaming site Bilibili and has garnered over a million views.
View ArticleFacebook exec says it helped put Trump in White House
Las Vegas, United States — A senior Facebook executive on Tuesday said the world’s biggest social network unintentionally helped put Donald Trump in the White House but warned against dramatic rule...
View ArticleSilicon Valley inventor of ‘cut, copy and paste’ dies
SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley on Wednesday was mourning a pioneering computer scientist whose accomplishments included inventing the widely relied on “cut, copy and paste” command. Bronx-born Lawrence...
View ArticleMicrosoft’s dual-screen Neo PC delayed until at least 2021
Microsoft will be delaying the launch of its dual-screen PC, the Surface Neo, until at least 2021, citing coronavirus-induced setbacks.
View ArticleMicrosoft sees digital reboot from pandemic, profits up
Microsoft said Wednesday profits rose sharply in the just-ended quarter as it scrambled to keep its customers connected during the coronavirus lockdowns. The US technology giant said the full impact of...
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