BEIJING (AP) — China’s government promised Monday to open its oil, telecom and power markets wider to private competitors as the ruling Communist Party tries to shore up growth in the slowing, state-dominated economy. The Cabinet also promised to give private companies equal treatment with state-owned enterprises in more industries. The statement gave no indication […]
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By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press French phone and Internet provider Orange was found guilty Friday of a string of employee suicides. A Paris court fined it 75,000 euros (more than $83,000) on Friday in a landmark court ruling over suicides in the 2000s while the company was undergoing difficult restructuring. A decision on whether to […]
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook plans to clamp down on attempts to use its services to interfere with the 2020 U.S. census, including the posting of misleading information about when and how to participate, who can participate and what happens when people do. Facebook and other […]
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — EU regulators must block tech companies from transferring data outside the bloc in cases in which privacy rules are broken, an advisor to the European Union’s top court said Thursday, in a long legal case involving an Austrian privacy campaigner and Facebook. The European Court of […]
Telematics is a multifaceted field that comprises of telecommunications, vehicle technologies, road transportation and road safety. It is designed to improve vehicle performance by using progressive technology, which offers better services through innovation. Ernst & Young have reported, that there will be rapid growth of the global telematics market, with approximately 104 million new cars […]
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech companies including social media giant Tencent were ordered by regulators on Thursday to clean up how their apps handle user information or face possible penalties. The order is the latest in a series of crackdowns by Communist authorities who encourage internet use but are steadily tightening censorship and other controls […]
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp.’s upgraded version of the human-shaped robot T-HR3 now has faster and smoother finger movements because the wearable remote-control device has become lighter and easier to use. In a recent demonstration in Tokyo, a person wearing a headset and wiring made the robot move […]
The contribution of the mobile economy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, is expected to reach just over 220 billion USD by 2023, as countries increasingly benefit from the improvements in both productivity and efficiency, as a result of increased utilisation and take-up of mobile services. Last year, mobile communication technologies and […]
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland is offering a techy Christmas gift to all European Union citizens — a free-of-charge online course in artificial intelligence in their own language, officials said Tuesday. The tech-savvy Nordic nation, led by the 34-year-old Prime Minister Sanna Marin, is marking the end of its rotating presidency […]
Suspension of Google support on Huawei devices left all of its users bewildered. Although the issue has now been resolved and Google is once again providing Android support, people are still somewhat afraid to purchase any devices from the Chinese tech giant, especially when it’s as expensive as Huawei Mate X. Their latest model has […]