The House’s assigned Committee to investigate the January 6th Capitol riot issued subpoenas to question four tech giants concerning their platform’s role in endorsing the attach and its causes. Alphabet Inc., Meta Platforms Inc., Reddit Inc., and Twitter Inc. were subpoenaed by the committee following what it considered an insufficient collaboration when it came to providing […]
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Microsoft is finally falling under pressure to allow an independent third-party to examine the potential result of making the tech giant’s devices easier to repair, and to adjust its work operations upon those findings by the end of 2022, according to Grist and the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow. The agreement came following the advocacy group As You Sow’s efforts in launching a shareholder resolution, requesting Microsoft to examine the impact it could have by ensuring an […]
If you’re not keen on placing your personal picture on your Google profile, or even if you find it difficult to find a picture that represents who you are, the search giant just found the perfect solution for you. Google has recently published a number of images under the name Google Illustrations, providing a wide variety of pictures representing animals, […]
Apple revealed earlier today that it won’t allow Epic games to join its App Store until the two companies come to an agreement to “play by the same rules as everyone else,” following a prohibition of re-releasing Fortnite for iOS in South Korea. In August, a South Korean bill was passed forbidding search engine giant […]
Tech giants know this scenario all too well; employee-activists accuse the company of attempting to impose harsh rules in the workplace, and the same employees get booted out. However, things are quickly taking a surprising shift, as this time, the law began taking notice. Google recently came to an agreement with a recently let-go employee […]
Texas is one step further from passing a law cracking down on tech giants trying to moderate political content online. The bill outlaw’s social media companies that have over 50 million users, which include Facebook and Twitter, to censor users and content that is geared towards a political side. Hence, any Texas resident unable to […]
Softbank dropped $5 billion worth of publicly listed shares through its SB NorthStar trading unit of four tech giants during its first quarter, the Japanese conglomerate revealed in a financial report released on Tuesday. Back in 2020, the Tokyo-based multinational company vastly invested in social networking platform Facebook, Google’s parent company Alphabet, popular streaming service […]
Asian stocks mostly rose Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept its accommodative monetary policies and signaled that economic recovery was on track. Chinese technology giants led the way, as authorities moved to soothe jitters over anti-monopoly and data security enforcement against the industry. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.4% to 27,687.28, while the Kospi in South […]
Technology companies helped lift stocks higher on Wall Street, nudging the S&P 500 to its third straight all-time high, even as other parts of the market faltered. A burst of buying in the final 10 minutes of trading sent the benchmark index 0.2% higher. The S&P 500 had been down 0.3% earlier amid another bout […]
E-commerce workers who kept China fed during the coronavirus pandemic, making their billionaire bosses even richer, are so unhappy with their pay and treatment that one just set himself on fire in protest. China’s internet industries already were known for long, demanding days. With millions of families confined at home, demand surged and employees delivered […]