The chairman and CEO of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group praised Chinese regulators Monday in a possible attempt to repair ties after the stock market debut of its former financial services arm was suspended following criticism of them by billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma. Beijing’s announcement of proposed guidelines to enforce anti-competition law against internet companies […]
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As the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook gave assurances of vigorous action against election disinformation, Republicans at a Senate hearing Tuesday pounded the social media companies over political bias, business practices and market dominance, laying the ground for curbs on their long-held legal protections. Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg defended at the Senate […]
Startups have remained focused and determined to adapt to the changes brought on by the pandemic, and in some cases, have been inspired to develop new ideas. Over half the fortune 500 companies were founded during an economic recession, and many more successful companies where founded in the years after that. Undoubtedly, many startups during […]
As the 5G reality begins to take shape, all industries across the board are on their way to upgrade their business models, approaches and day-to-day operations accordingly. There is no doubt that 5G will be transformative, however, the bedrock of this technological revolution relies on the minds of people who are able to keep up […]
Cargo companies during COVID-19 have transformed operations to help people meet their most essential needs, particularly pandemic-related supplies. Cargo industry giants Emirates SkyCargo and DP World have been busy adapting to the changes caused by the pandemic and utilizing tech that would not have otherwise entered the scene at such an accelerated pace. As covid-19 […]
Before the pandemic, we could safely assume that most people’s idea of a job involved some kind of specialized facility. As the spread of COVID-19 worsened however, working from home became the new reality that many businesses faced. Since then, we have had plenty of time to explore remote work life and discover the real […]
As the clock ticks closer and closer toward the rollout of 5G worldwide, a new wave of entrepreneurs are frantically thinking of the next multi-billion dollar idea that will drive this rapidly changing era in telecom. In parallel, many experts from all professions are studying and prepping themselves to integrate 5G within their core business […]
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Google warned on Monday that the Australian government’s plans to make digital giants pay for news content threatens users’ free services in Australia and could hand users’ data to media organizations. The U.S.-based company’s warning, contained in what it called an “Open letter to Australians,” comes a week before public consultations […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft to treat their California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, a shift that would guarantee benefits like overtime, sick leave and expense reimbursement for workers who make up much of the freewheeling gig economy. But the ruling from San Francisco […]
Roughly five hours after an internal email went out Friday to Amazon employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones, the online retailing giant appeared to backtrack, calling the ban a mistake. “This morning’s email to some of our employees was sent in error,” Amazon emailed reporters just before 5 […]