Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When Apple announced its long-awaited augmented reality headset, Vision Pro, earlier this month, part of the pitch was that these “Ready Player One”-esque goggles would change…
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Twitter faces ‘stress test’ of Europe’s tough new Big Tech rules
A top European Union official is in Silicon Valley to check whether Twitter is ready to comply with the bloc’s tough new digital rulebook, a set of sweeping new standards…
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announces new CEO and chairman in major management reshuffle
Joseph Tsai, executive vice chairman of Alibaba Group, speaks to journalists during Alibaba’s 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, also known as Singles Day, in Shanghai, China, on Nov. 11, 2018. China’s…
Binance to repatriate US customer funds as legal woes mount
US regulators have accused crypto giant Binance of “an extensive web of deception” and “calculated evasion of the law” Binance has agreed to repatriate its US customers’ assets pending a…
Facebook owner wants preteens to step into virtual reality with its Quest headset
Oculus VR headsets sit on display at CES International on Jan. 8, 2019, in Las Vegas. The corporate parent of Facebook and Instagram plans to open a digital gateway for…
Despite widespread protest, Reddit CEO says company is ‘not negotiating’ on 3rd-party app charges
In this image from video provided by the House Financial Services Committee, Steve Huffman, chief executive officer and co-founder of Reddit, testifies during a virtual hearing on GameStop in Washington,…
Twitter hit with $250 million copyright infringement lawsuit from music publishers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A coalition of music publishers, including Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music and Sony Music Publishing, is suing Twitter over “massive copyright infringement” involving the…
The future of work—how will AI and automation affect work?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For decades, advances in technology have changed the ways people work, and now artificial intelligence could be the next big disruptor. Three professors from the University…
Reddit groups go silent in AI-linked fee clash
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Reddit, the hugely popular discussion platform, suffered a major outage on Monday as the site’s communities protested new fees being charged to provide access to developers.…
