By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Twitter announced Monday it will start alerting users when a tweet makes disputed or misleading claims about the coronavirus. The new rule is the latest in a wave of stricter policies that tech companies are rolling out to confront an outbreak of virus-related misinformation on their sites. […]
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Consumer behavior is likely to be permanently affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, along with lasting structural changes to both the consumer goods and retail industries. This had been identified by a survey conducted by Accenture, of over 3,000 consumers in 15 countries across give continents. The survey was first conducted between April 2nd and April […]
Analytics and Business Intelligence projects have shown initial indications of defying the economic downturn that COVID-19 continues to create. Analytics and BI are being utilized by companies to plan and execute strategies that are paramount to their survival. Advisory services firm Dresner, published an interterm finding report from their 2020 COVID-19 impact survey report this […]
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic is driving up stress levels for many Americans — and new business for online therapy companies. More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults say worries tied to the outbreak are impacting their mental health, according to a recent poll by the Kaiser Family […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Intel and a Taiwanese company are talking to the Trump administration about building new semiconductor plants in the United States amid concern about relying on suppliers in Asia for chips used in a wide variety of electronics. A spokesman for Intel, the biggest American chip maker, said Sunday that the company […]
Liberty Global’s UK cable operator Virgin Media, is set to merge with O2, Telefonica’s mobile carrier. Liberty Global and Telefonica will undergo a 50-50 joint venture. The deal is currently valued at £31.4 billion ($38.9 billion), with Virgin Media valued at £18.7 billion and O2 valued at £12.7 billion. The deal between the two telecoms […]
Samsung Pay debit card is launching later this year, according to a blog post by the company. As the latest addition to their financial services and a new way to use the Samsung Pay app, the company will be able to cover both mobile payments of various types, and card transactions. Samsung is the first […]
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Google abandoned its smart-city development in Toronto on Thursday after more than two years of controversy over privacy concerns and amid economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic. A unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet had been proposing to turn a rundown part of Toronto’s waterfront into a […]
Since the spread of Covid-19, rumors have been spreading rampantly about 5G and its link to coronavirus. Such allegations claim that 5G technology has adverse effects on the immune system. The source of these claims, that are not based on conclusive scientific evidence, is related to the frequency power of 5G. To back up these […]
The GSMA’s mobile money team has called on operators to help drive in the next phase of growth in the sector by adopting its new generation of protocols to create a harmonized industry and also to aid integration with third parties. The GSMA Director of Inclusive Financial Technology, Bart-Jan Pors and API Architect for Inclusive […]