The lead privacy regulator for Twitter in the European Union said it was concerned about the potential impact of layoffs at the social media company on its ability to meet privacy obligations, but said it was so far getting answers to its questions. Twitter has fired top executives and enforced steep job cuts with little […]
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U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Monday after protests in major Chinese cities against strict COVID-19 policies sparked concerns about economic growth, while Apple Inc slid on worries about a hit to iPhone production. Shares of the Cupertino, California tech giant lost 2.6 percent and weighed heavily on the benchmark S&P 500 index as worker […]
The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose “an unacceptable risk” to U.S. national security. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it had adopted the final rules, which also bar the sale or import of equipment made by Chinese surveillance equipment maker […]
Meta’s share price is collapsing, and the social media giant is on a major downturn. The thus far ruling social media giant of our time, the owner of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, is experiencing the worst 2 consecutive quarters of its existence. The Meta stock has collapsed and users are still fleeing the platforms, meanwhile […]
Apple is one of the biggest names in the tech industry. It is a known fact that even though the brand is US based, the production is heavily based in China. This is a general practice among big tech names. The labor cost in China is cheaper, and most materials are available there. It makes […]
Layoffs have been taking place slowly since the pandemic started. Spiking the anxiety levels among employees making them more uncertain about their jobs than ever. This year though, the mass exodus of employees and the intense wave of layoffs have reached alarming levels. Leaving many employees without their source of income in its wake. In […]
Many believe Metaverse is the next big thing after the invention of the internet itself in terms of impact and technological disruption. Still, many think the Metaverse will fail even before it takes off, and their views are not entirely unfounded. After using Second Life, Roblox, Fortnite, Minecraft, Horizon Worlds, VRChat, etc., many found that […]
Released as open-source software in 2009, Bitcoin was the first decentralized cryptocurrency and became the largest by market cap. But the concept of digital asset mining was proposed 27 years before this, in 1983. Today, there exists over 12,000 cryptocurrencies, and some companies accept them as valid payment methods, such as big tech giant, Apple […]
Meta is currently showing signs of a downfall. It is hard to notice such signs when looking at a giant company worth trillions of dollars, but it does not mean cracks do not exist. The company’s stock got thrown from a 130 dollars price to a trading point of ninety-eight dollars, a more than a […]
In the age of social media, it is difficult to differentiate when an individual excessively shares on their social platforms. Yet sharing our personal information is not always within our control. The Forbes TikTok conflict started on October 20, 2022, when the leading business magazine published an article accusing TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, of taking […]