Gener8: the browser that doesn’t grab your data for free
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Amazon not allowing police to use its facial recognition software
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AI-based software for facial recognition is controversial because of its intrusive character and because tests have shown it is often incorrect. Amazon has now announced it is extending a moratorium
Google I/O announcements at a glance
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Google’s I/O, the annual developer conference that was cancelled last year due to COVID, was just held online. Below you can find a summary of the top announcements. Android 12
Gates divorce: New York Times’ revelations and stock price information
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The news about Bill and Melinda Gates divorce may have been a surprise, but left the markets completely unaffected regarding the Microsoft stock price. Τhe speculations though around the causes
Apple’s newly hired executive fired over sexist book
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Apple parted ways with Antonio Garcia Martinez, a former Facebook executive who recently joined the iPhone maker, after his hiring drew fire because of racist and sexist remarks he had
Facebook’s plans for digital currency shrinking
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Facebook’s shrinking plans for a digital currency was down-scaled again when digital currency group Diem Association, earlier known as the social media company’s Libra project, announced it will focus on
Italian authority fines Google for abusing dominant position
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In another focus on the dominance of the big players’ app stores, Italian competition authority concludes that Google has abused the dominant position of its Android mobile operating system and
Amazon won court case avoiding EU back tax
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Amazon won the case about back taxes of Euro 250 million against EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager at EU General Court. The court said the EU had failed to show that
Giants urging politicians to secure access to semiconductors
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The shortage of semiconductors is a global problem for a variety of industries. Apple, Microsoft, Google-owner Alphabet, Amazon, Cisco, HP, Verizon, AT&T, GE and Intel and others have created a
Amazon sustainability bond raising USD 1 billion
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Amazon has issued its first sustainability bond raising USD 1 billion to fund projects in five areas: Renewable Energy, Clean Transportation, Sustainable Buildings, Affordable Housing, and Socioeconomic Advancement & Empowerment.