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Child Safety Or Privacy? UK Holds Firm On Online Safety Bill Amid Big Tech Backlash
Thursday, September 7, 2023 - 2:52am | 725Despite growing concerns from tech firms, the U.K. government has denied any change in its stance on the Online Safety Bill, which seeks to regulate messaging platforms concerning child abuse content. What Happened: A BBC report highlighted an ongoing dispute between the...
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FTX Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Barred From Using VPNs While Out On Bail
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 - 6:55pm | 437FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been barred from using virtual private networks (VPNs) while out on bail after being charged with fraud following the collapse of a cryptocurrency exchange. What Happened: U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan noted that VPNs pose similar risks to...
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Apple, Microsoft 'Doing Very Little' To Tackle Child Sexual Abuse Content, Says Australia
Thursday, December 15, 2022 - 3:11am | 439Australia accused Apple Inc (NASDAQ:APPL) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) of not doing enough to stop child exploitation content on their platforms. What Happened: The Australian e-Safety Commissioner said that after seeking information from the tech giants – including Meta Platforms Inc, Snap Inc...
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Apple Releases New iPad, Red iPhone
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 9:25am | 670Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) fans are likely rejoicing as the company announced a few new product launches on Tuesday. New iPad Apple announced the launch of a new 9.7-inch iPad, equipped with a retina display and will sell for what the company describes as the "most affordable price ever" at $329 for...
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Google Debuts 'Duo,' Its Cross-Platform Video Chat App
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 12:33pm | 473Google, owned by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), has launched its one-to-one video chat app Duo for Android and iOS. In Duo, a user is not required to have a Google account as the app is tied to a phone number, Google explained in a recent blog post. Google explained, "You shouldn't...
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VirnetX Wants Half-Billion From Apple: Here's Why
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 11:07am | 304A VirnetX Holding Corporation (NYSE: VHC) lawyer told the federal jury Monday that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) owes $532 million for using the company's patented technology for secure communications. "Apple hasn't played fair. They have taken VirnetX's intellectual property without permission,"...
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Facebook's WhatsApp To Take On FaceTime And Skype
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 - 7:57am | 372Last year, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg bought messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion dollars in a deal that many questioned at the time. Since purchasing the app, Facebook has been working to improve its functionality and grow its user base. So far, WhatsApp has more than...
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Apple's Due With Number Two! Rumored To Be Working On Another Watch, Coming 2016
Friday, June 19, 2015 - 1:39pm | 387The website 9to5mac.com recently published a piece that revealed that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) might already be planning the second version of its Apple Watch and may launch it in 2016. The article mentioned that Apple plans to includes a FaceTime camera in the watch and keep the battery life...
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Gene Munster Admits Defeat On Apple TV
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 10:16am | 368In a report published Tuesday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster discussed various media reports that suggested Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has shelved a program to make a television. "Given how adamant we have been about the reality of an Apple television, it's hard to accept the...
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Apple, IBM Partner With Japan Post To Serve An Aging Japanese Population
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 10:59am | 371On Thursday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that it would be partnering with International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and Japan Post Holdings Co. to serve Japan's elderly population. The three companies are planning to improve the quality of life for senior citizens in Japan...
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Facebook Adds Video Calling, Cuts Ties With Skype
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 11:59am | 230Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) launched a video calling service Monday to the 600 million monthly users of its Messenger App. Separately, Facebook in recent months has quietly severed its long-standing links with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s Skype service, according to a report Monday...
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Apple's Newly Announced $99 iPhone 5C, $199 iPhone 5S Coming September 20 (AAPL)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 3:13pm | 921Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled two highly-anticipated smartphones today -- the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. Both are due on September 20 and are pretty much identical to what the rumors suggested. The former is a low-cost iPhone that starts at $99 (with a two-year contract) for the 16GB model, and...
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Samsung's New Tech is 133 Times Faster than 4G
Monday, May 13, 2013 - 1:17pm | 476Don't get too excited -- it's seven years away. Samsung is testing a new high-speed mobile Internet technology that will blow the lid off 4G and allow users to download full HD films in a couple of seconds. According to an AppleInsider translation of a Yonhap News piece, Samsung has created a 5G...
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AT&T Blocks Key Feature for Certain Customers
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 9:24am | 466In a move to persuade customers to switch to a more expensive data plan, AT&T (NYSE: T) recently announced that it would only allow shared data plan subscribers to use FaceTime over cellular. Thus far, AT&T -- which argued that its actions are well within the Net Neutrality guidelines --...
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More Bad News for FaceTime: Skype Brings HD Video Calls to Lion
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 12:44pm | 248Will we even remember what FaceTime was five years from now? Probably. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a stickler for standing by its own technologies, so it seems unlikely that FaceTime will be abandoned. But while it may have seemed like a necessary evolution in videoconferencing when it first debuted,...