Technology

Taiwan chip maker TSMC to invest $100B to grow capacity

Major Taiwan computer chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest $100 billion in the next three years in expanding its manufacturing capacity and supporting research and development, the company said Thursday. The world’s biggest contract producer of semiconductors, TSMC said it anticipates faster growth thanks to long-term trends like the introduction of next-generation ...

15:00 Et April 1, 2021

NASA's Mars helicopter to attempt history-making flight in April

A small helicopter called Ingenuity, which was transported to Mars on board the Perseverance rover, is set to launch on April 11 at the earliest, US space agency ...

14:24 Et April 1, 2021

Microsoft targets 50,000 jobs with LinkedIn 're-skilling' effort

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that it aims to place 50,000 people in jobs that require technology skills as part of a broader push being undertaken with its ...

16:27 Et March 30, 2021

Facebook suspends Venezuelan leader's account

Facebook on Saturday announced that it suspended the account of the leader of Venezuela for 30 days, Anadolu news agency reported. Nicolas Maduro violated the social media platform's ...

10:32 Et March 28, 2021

Portuguese researchers create biological system to produce hydrogen

Portuguese researchers announced Tuesday the creation of a new biological system capable of producing hydrogen from bacteria and synthetic materials, irradiated with light, Xinhua news agency reported. Combining ...

10:26 Et March 24, 2021

Tool created to aid cleanup from Microsoft hack in broad use

A tool designed to help businesses protect themselves from further compromises after a global hack of Microsoft email server software has been downloaded more than 25,000 times since it was ...

20:48 Et March 22, 2021

Trump plans social media return with his own platform

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, suspended from Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, plans to launch his own platform ...

21:30 Et March 21, 2021

Twitter to establish legal entity in Turkey, comply with law

Twitter has announced it will establish a legal entity in Turkey in order to continue operating in the country, which passed a controversial social media law last year. ...

19:30 Et March 20, 2021

Instagram Introduces New Policies to Protect Teens

New policies restricting communications between teens and adults who do not already follow each other were announced Tuesday by Instagram. According to the photo-sharing social network, a machine learning technology will be used to better identify the age of users and show safety prompts to kids to protect them from being targeted for harassment or ...

11:10 Et March 17, 2021

Russia threatens to temporarily ban Twitter

Russia has threatened to block Twitter for a week, after it already reduced data speeds for the social media site, citing the platform's failure to remove illegal content. ...

20:10 Et March 16, 2021
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