Technology

Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal to Replace Jack Dorsey as CEO

Twitter chief technology officer, Parag Agrawal, is due to replace Jack Dorsey as CEO, Twitter announced on Monday. "Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced that Jack Dorsey has decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer and that the Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Parag Agrawal as CEO and a member of the Board, ...

18:15 Et November 30, 2021

UK competition watchdog orders Facebook to sell off Giphy

The United Kingdom’s antitrust watchdog has blocked Facebook’s acquisition of Giphy and ordered the social network to sell off the GIF-sharing platform, saying the deal hurts social media ...

15:30 Et November 30, 2021

Israel slashes list of countries that can buy cyber tech -report

Israel slashed its list of countries eligible to buy its cyber technologies following concern over possible abuses abroad of a hacking tool sold by Israeli firm NSO Group, ...

12:40 Et November 26, 2021

Chinese Companies Begin Search For Lithium In Afghanistan

Representatives of five Chinese companies have arrived in Afghanistan on special visa to explore lithium resources in the war-torn country estimated to be worth $1 trillion, Chinese state ...

13:15 Et November 25, 2021

Leaders in Paris call for protecting children online

Internet giants, including social media apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, joined several world leaders to issue a global call to better protect children online at a Paris ...

15:30 Et November 13, 2021

EU court rejects Google’s appeal of $2.4B antitrust fine

A top European Union court on Wednesday rejected Google’s appeal of a 2.4 billion euro ($2.8 billion) fine from regulators who found the tech giant abused its massive ...

16:30 Et November 10, 2021

US puts new controls on Israeli spyware company NSO Group

 The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is putting new export limits on Israel’s NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company, saying its tools have been used to ...

15:30 Et November 6, 2021

Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, ...

15:30 Et November 3, 2021

Facebook changes company name to Meta, focusing on Metaverse

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced that the company changed its corporate name to Meta. "To reflect who we are and the future we hope to build, I'm proud to share that our company is now Meta," he said. Meta's focus will be to bring the metaverse to life and help people connect, find ...

12:15 Et October 29, 2021

Facebook’s language gaps weaken screening of hate, terrorism

As the Gaza war raged and tensions surged across the Middle East last May, Instagram briefly banned the hashtag #AlAqsa, a reference to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s ...

15:40 Et October 25, 2021
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