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Ericsson to buy cloud service company Vonage in $6.2B deal

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson is buying U.S. cloud communications company Vonage in a $6.2 billion deal that will help it expand wireless services for business customers. The acquisition would also give it access to software developers who can build new applications to take advantage of features built into new fifth generation high speed wireless […]

DuckDuckGo’s latest feature stops Android third-party trackers

The privacy-driven tech firm, DuckDuckGo brought Friday to Android’s OS a new feature to prohibit passage from hidden third-party trackers to access its Android platform. Named “App Tracking Protection for Android,” will follow Apple’s Tracking Transparency tool, and its beta version will mirror the iPhone maker’s iOS controls. “The idea is we block this data […]

NYC Aims to Be First to Rein in AI Hiring Tools

Job candidates rarely know when hidden artificial intelligence tools are rejecting their resumes or analyzing their video interviews. But New York City residents could soon get more say over the computers making behind-the-scenes decisions about their careers. A bill passed by the city council in early November would ban employers from using automated hiring tools […]

Electric vehicles get spotlight at Los Angeles Auto Show

Battery-powered vehicles will get top billing at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which opens this week after a year’s hiatus due to the novel coronavirus. Subaru, which has seen strong sales growth in the U.S. during the past decade, will unveil its first all-electric vehicle, a smallish SUV named the Solterra. VinFast, a Vietnamese automaker […]

EU opens door to giving aid for semiconductor production

The European Commission said Thursday that it could approve aid to fund production of semiconductors in the 27-nation bloc amid a global chip shortage and intense worldwide competition to fill the need. The EU’s executive arm expects that the scarcity of semiconductors — a key component in everything from smartphones to cars — will last, […]

Facebook gives users control over News Feed content

Meta revealed on Thursday that it is assessing different ways for consumers to control their News Feed content on Facebook, to accurately enhance preferences from certain people, pages, and more. The social networking giant has re-altered its News Feed functionality, following many previous attempts in preceding years, as the giant is constantly presenting diversified ways […]

Alibaba shares drop as rivals’ rise, warns from consumer spree shift

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group’s shares plummeted on Thursday in both New York and Hong Kong listings by more than 10 percent, following the giant’s drastic cut in sales, led by slow growth in China’s consumer spending.  Following the quarterly results, Alibaba revealed expectations of reaching a 20 to 30 percent rise in sales in the […]

Ford, GM to enter chip market to curb U.S.-shortage

U.S. automobile manufacturers Ford Motor Co. and General Motors (GM) Co are altering their business plan by joining the semiconductor chip market, following a computer chip shortage that disrupted their global factory output for almost a year. On Thursday, Ford announced a calculated plan of going into business with semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries Inc. to create […]

State attorneys general probing Instagram's effects on kids

A group of state attorneys general are investigating the photo-sharing platform Instagram and its effects on children and young adults, saying its parent company Facebook — now called Meta Platforms — ignored internal research about the physical and mental health dangers it posed to young people. The investigation is led by a bipartisan coalition of […]