Category: News and Press

November 27, 2023

Today, Australia’s government announced it would bring Apple Pay, Google Pay, and other digital payment services into a new regulatory legislation alongside credit cards and other payments, Reuters reported. This new legislation is set to be introduced to parliament this […]

November 20, 2023

Chaos continues to reign at OpenAI, with the appointment of Emmett Shear, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitch, a video-streaming website, as OpenAI’s interim CEO after the abrupt exit of OpenAI’s ex-CEO, Sam Altman, last week. Shear will be […]

November 16, 2023

Meta and ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, have launched a challenge against the gatekeeper status designated to them by the European Commission under the EU’s Digital Markets Act. The DMA came into force in September 2023 and is designed […]

November 9, 2023

As its battles with regulators intensify, Apple is getting ready to allow sideloading of software from third-party app stores in Europe, based on information in statements buried within the company’s most recent financial filing. “The company expects to make further […]

November 2, 2023

China and the US agreed to work together with at least 25 other countries to mitigate any risks arising out of the progression of AI.The two countries, along with several other countries including the EU, India Germany, and France, signed […]

October 30, 2023

In a sweeping executive order, US President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Monday set up a comprehensive series of standards, safety and privacy protections, and oversight measures for the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Among more than two […]

October 23, 2023

Japan’s competition regulator has said it is investigating Google’s parent company Alphabet for a suspected violation of the country’s Antimonopoly Act. The investigation by the Japan Fair Trade Commission will consist of two parts — an examination into whether Google […]

September 19, 2023

Google has once again sought to overturn a €2.4 billion ($2.6 billlion) fine imposed by the European Union in 2017 after it found the company had violated antitrust rules by using its dominant position in the search engine market to […]

September 5, 2023

Apple and Microsoft are attempting to circumvent the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) by arguing that neither iMessage nor Bing are sufficiently popular enough to be regulated by the legislation. The DMA was approved in July 2022 and is […]

August 31, 2023

India and Japan became the first two countries outside the US to get access to Google’s Generative Search Experience as the company introduced its Search Labs initiative in the two Asian nations. Search Labs, which was launched in May at […]

August 17, 2023

Hidden in the basic infrastructure that runs the US military is a powerful piece of Windows-borne Chinese malware that can disrupt the communications systems, power grids, and water supplies at the military’s bases around the world. One US congressional aide […]

August 14, 2023

Xiaomi has long been known to offer high-end smartphones at intensely affordable prices making it a budget option for most buyers. Recently, the company’s CEO explained that this was essential for its survival. Xiaomi CEO Gives Statement on the Company’s […]

July 19, 2023

Members of the UN Security Council met with two experts on Tuesday to discuss the potential risks and benefits of AI, highlighting the need for countries worldwide to coordinate efforts to regulate the technology. In a meeting chaired by the […]

July 6, 2023

Samsung recorded its lowest operating profit in 14 years for its April to June quarter this year due to the continued downturn of the memory chip market. The South Korean tech giant said in its earnings guidance that it recorded […]

June 30, 2023

If you use a data processing service provider of any kind, you may be happy to hear about the Data Act coming out of the EU. It requires service providers to make it easier to move your business data between […]

June 29, 2023

If you use a data processing service provider of any kind, you may be happy to hear about the Data Act coming out of the EU. It requires service providers to make it easier to move your business data between […]

June 29, 2023

If you’ve been following the tech world in the last few years, you’d know that the European Union has undertaken different actions to try to limit the “power” of big tech corporations. We’ve seen proposed legislation on many fronts aimed […]

June 23, 2023

Apple this week held its first Smart Manufacturing Forum for SMBs event in South Korea at the Apple Manufacturing R&D Support Center. It’s not only a education and research hub, it also builds smart process related equipment, potentially for use […]

June 19, 2023

Last week at WWDC, Apple introduced new capabilities related to Managed Apple IDs and to user identity overall. Managed Apple IDs have been around for some time. They handle many of the same tasks as personal Apple IDs, but are […]

June 8, 2023

Google has updated its hybrid work policy, cracking down on employees who aren’t consistently working from the office. In memos seen by reporters at The Verge and CNBC, Google said it will start tracking office badges to see how often […]