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Lee Kun-Hee, Force Behind Samsung’s Rise, Dies at 78
Lee Kun-hee, the ailing Samsung Electronics chairman who transformed the small television maker into a global giant of consumer electronics, has died. He was 78.A Samsung statement said Lee died Sunday with his family members, …
DetailsUS Judge Denies New Government Bid to Remove China’s WeChat From App Stores
A U.S. judge in San Francisco on Friday rejected a Justice Department request to reverse a decision that allowed Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google to continue to offer Chinese-owned WeChat for download in U.S. …
DetailsNew Huawei Phone Comes at Crucial Time for Chinese Company
Huawei’s new smartphone has an upgraded camera, its latest advanced chipset and a better battery. What it may not have outside the Chinese tech giant’s home market is very many buyers. Huawei, which recently became …
DetailsFacebook Launches Dating Service in Europe
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is launching its dating service in 32 European countries after the rollout was delayed earlier this year due to regulatory concerns.The social media company had postponed the rollout of …
DetailsMicrosoft Disables Most of Cybercriminals’ Control Over Massive Computer Network
Microsoft Corp said Tuesday it had disabled more than 90% of the machines used by a gang of Russian-speaking cyber criminals to control a massive network of computers with a potential to disrupt the U.S. …
DetailsUS 2020 Election Carries High Stakes for Twitter, Facebook
Facebook, Twitter and other internet companies are rolling out new policies on controversial content during the U.S. presidential campaign. Michelle Quinn reports. Camera: Deana Mitchell …
DetailsUS Justice Department, 11 States Sue Google
The FILE – U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a press conference in Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 9, 2020. (AFP)Barr said the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., is not tied to conservative …
DetailsUS Election Carries High Stakes for Twitter, Facebook
Internet giants Twitter, Facebook and Google appear to be increasing enforcement of their policies in the run-up to U.S. Election Day. That has put them on a collision course with Republicans, who are calling out …
DetailsUS Charges Six Russian Military Officers in Global Cyberattacks
U.S. prosecutors on Monday announced charges against six Russian military intelligence officers in connection with a global computer hacking campaign that targeted the 2017 French presidential election and the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, …
DetailsGot Any Signal Up Here? Nokia to Build Mobile Network on Moon
Finland’s Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the company said on Monday. The lunar network will be part of the U.S. space agency’s efforts to …
DetailsTwitter Blocks Tweet About Masks From White House Coronavirus Team Adviser
Dr. Scott Atlas is a neuroradiologist, a fellow at a conservative-leaning think tank, a science adviser to President Donald Trump and a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force. He is also the latest person …
DetailsYouTube Follows Twitter And Facebook With QAnon Crackdown
YouTube is following the lead of Twitter and Facebook, saying that it is taking more steps to limit QAnon and other baseless conspiracy theories that can lead to real-world violence. The Google-owned video platform said …
DetailsIn Blocking Tweets, Is Twitter Protecting the Election or Interfering?
The decision by Twitter to block the dissemination of a story on its site about Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, has added to an already heated discussion in the U.S. …
DetailsRepublicans to Subpoena Twitter CEO Over Blocking Article Attacking Biden
Senate Republicans said Thursday they will subpoena Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey over the decision to block a news report critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. “This is election interference and we’re 19 days out …
DetailsCOVID-19 Apps Roll Out Nationwide as States Try to Reopen
Around the world, governments are turning to technology to trace people who have been exposed to the coronavirus. There are two main approaches. Michelle Quinn has a look at how they aim to work. …
DetailsReport Tracks How Governments Fighting COVID Are Increasing Surveillance
Governments around the world have used the COVID-19 pandemic as their reason for expanding digital surveillance and collecting more data from their citizens, according to a report published Wednesday.The annual FILE – People wearing face …
DetailsApple Unveils New iPhones for Faster 5G Wireless Networks
Apple unveiled four new iPhones equipped with technology for use with faster new 5G wireless networks, hoping that demand for higher data speeds will spark demand for new phones. That might not happen as quickly …
DetailsAnti-Migrant Sentiment Fanned on Facebook in Malaysia
As coronavirus infections surged in Malaysia this year, a wave of hate speech and misinformation aimed at Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar began appearing on Facebook. Alarmed rights groups reported the material to Facebook. But six months …
DetailsApp Allowing Chinese Citizens Access to Global Internet Quickly Disappears
A mobile app launched last week in China that many there hoped would allow access to long banned Western social media sites abruptly disappeared from Chinese app stores a day after its unveiling.Tuber, an Andriod …
DetailsMicrosoft Attempts Takedown of Global Criminal Botnet
Microsoft announced legal action Monday seeking to disrupt a major cybercrime digital network that uses more than 1 million zombie computers to loot bank accounts and spread ransomware, which experts consider a major threat to the U.S. …
DetailsFacebook to Ban Content that Denies, Distorts Holocaust
Facebook announced Monday that it is updating its hate speech policy and will ban all posts that deny or distort the Jewish Holocaust.Today we’re updating our hate speech policy to ban Holocaust denial. We’ve long …
DetailsChinese 5G Not Living Up to Its Hype
Mounted on rooftops, utility poles and streetlights throughout China since last year are hundreds of thousands of high-tech wireless towers for 5G, a powerful sign of the country’s ambition to lead in new technology. Yet …
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