Month: September 2024

Month: September 2024

France uses tough, untested cybercrime law to target Telegram’s Durov
09/17/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

PARIS — When French prosecutors took aim at Telegram boss Pavel Durov, they had a trump card to wield – a tough new law with no international equivalent that criminalizes tech titans whose platforms allow illegal …

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AI videos of US leaders singing Chinese go viral in China
09/17/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

WASHINGTON — “I love you, China. My dear mother,” former U.S. President Donald Trump, standing in front of a mic at a lectern, appears to sing in perfect Mandarin. “I cry for you, and I also …

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Robot begins removing Fukushima nuclear plant’s melted fuel
09/15/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

tokyo — A long robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of melted fuel debris from …

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Apple faces challenges in Chinese market against Huawei’s tri-fold phone
09/13/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Taipei, Taiwan — The U.S.-China technology war is playing out in the smartphone market in China, where global rivals Apple and Huawei released new phones this week. Industry experts say Apple, which lacks home-field advantage, faces …

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AI not a US election gamechanger yet, officials say
09/11/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Washington — When the U.S. announced the seizure of 32 internet domains tied to Russian efforts to ply American voters with disinformation ahead of November’s presidential election, prosecutors were quick to note the use of artificial …

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China takes lead in critical technology research after ‘switching places’ with US
09/11/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

SINGAPORE — An Australian think tank that tracks tech competitiveness says China is now the world leader in research on almost 90% of critical technologies. In a newly released report, the research group adds there is …

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Google, Apple lose court fights against EU, owe billions in fines, taxes
09/10/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

LONDON — Google lost its last bid to overturn a European Union antitrust penalty, after the bloc’s top court ruled against it Tuesday in a case that came with a whopping fine and helped jumpstart an …

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Zimbabwe rolls out hefty fines for poor telecommunications services
09/10/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Harare, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s government has introduced hefty fines of up to $5,000 for poor service in the country’s telecommunications industry. In a statement Tuesday, Zimbabwe’s ICT Minister Tatenda Mavetera said the government will levy fines …

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Australia plans age limit to ban children from social media
09/10/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

SYDNEY — Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and “onto the footy fields.” …

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Apple embraces AI craze with newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup
09/10/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

CUPERTINO, California — Apple on Monday charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new iPhone lineup that marks the company’s latest attempt to latch onto a technology trend and transform it into a cultural phenomenon.  …

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Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly 
09/10/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — One month after a judge declared Google’s search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that threatens to break up the company, this time over its advertising technology.  The …

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Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner returns home without astronauts
09/07/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

WASHINGTON — Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner made its long-awaited return to Earth on Saturday without the astronauts who rode it up to the International Space Station, after NASA ruled the trip back too risky. After years of …

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Like Brazil, the European Union also has an X problem
09/05/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Brussels — Elon Musk’s woes are hardly limited to Brazil as he now risks possible EU sanctions in the coming months for allegedly breaking new content rules. Access to X has been suspended in South America’s …

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Musk’s Starlink will comply with judge’s order to block X in Brazil
09/04/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

SAO PAULO, brazil — Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked Tuesday and said it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice’s order to block the billionaire’s social media platform, X.  In a statement …

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Brazil Supreme Court panel upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide
09/02/2024 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide, according to the court’s website. The …

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