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Nvidia embraces the metaverse with new software, marketplace deals 04 Jan 2022 - 08:11 pm

Nvidia Corp on Tuesday said that it would give away software for free to artists and other creators building virtual worlds for the...

BlackBerry pulls life support for once-indispensable business smartphone 04 Jan 2022 - 03:00 pm

BlackBerry Ltd is pulling the plug on service for its once ubiquitous business smartphones, which were toted by executives, politicians and legions of...

NASA's revolutionary new space telescope due for launch from French Guiana 25 Dec 2021 - 11:02 am

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary $9 billion instrument able to peer more deeply into the cosmos than ever, was due for...

Waymo, TikTok join retreat from CES over rising COVID-19 cases 23 Dec 2021 - 08:56 pm

Waymo, the Alphabet Inc-owned self-driving auto-technology company, and ByteDance's social video app TikTok on Thursday joined the companies no longer attending the Consumer...

Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest drop CES plans over COVID-19 concerns 22 Dec 2021 - 12:32 am

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc , Twitter Inc and Pinterest Inc separately said on Tuesday that they will not send teams to the...

SpaceX headquarters hit by Covid outbreak with 132 infected 21 Dec 2021 - 11:22 pm

At least 132 employees at SpaceX’s California headquarters have tested positive for Covid-19 in recent months, the largest non-residential confirmed case count in...

Google smart-city spinoff folding over founder's health 17 Dec 2021 - 08:48 pm

Google parent company Alphabet is folding one of its subsidiaries back into Google as the startup's founder steps down to confront a neurological...

Apple shuts three stores in U.S., Canada after rise in COVID-19 cases 16 Dec 2021 - 12:12 am

Apple Inc has temporarily closed three retail stores in Miami, Annapolis and Ottawa after a rise in COVID-19 cases and exposures among employees,...

Amazon's AWS recovers from brief outage affecting third-party services 15 Dec 2021 - 08:13 pm

Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it had recovered from a brief outage at its Amazon Web Services cloud unit that affected internet connectivity...

Amazon's AWS hit again, affecting third-party services 15 Dec 2021 - 07:46 pm

Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday that its cloud service, Amazon Web Services, is facing internet connectivity issues in two regions on the U.S....

Apple makes masks mandatory at US retail stores as COVID-19 cases rise 14 Dec 2021 - 11:40 pm

Apple Inc will require all customers and employees to wear masks at its U.S. retail stores, the iPhone maker said on Tuesday, as...

UK regulator says Google and Apple have 'vice-like' grip on consumers 14 Dec 2021 - 01:48 pm

LONDON: Google and Apple hold a "vice-like" grip over how people use mobile phones, stripping any meaningful choice from the system for customers,...

Twitter tests overhaul of process to flag harmful tweets 07 Dec 2021 - 09:42 pm

Twitter Inc will begin overhauling how users report harmful tweets in an effort to make it easier for people to describe what is...

Amazon's Prime, Ring and other apps down for thousands of users 07 Dec 2021 - 09:02 pm

Several Amazon.com Inc services including Prime Video, its namesake e-commerce website and applications that use Amazon Web Services (AWS) were down for thousands...

Instagram to nudge people to ‘take a break’ from scrolling 07 Dec 2021 - 01:13 pm

Meta Platforms Inc.’s photo-sharing app Instagram is encouraging users to take a break as the company battles accusations that too much time spent...

Apple tells suppliers iPhone demand has slowed as holidays near 02 Dec 2021 - 07:40 am

AppleInc., suffering from a global supply crunch, is now confronting a different problem: slowing demand. The company has told its component suppliers that...

Twitter prohibits sharing of personal photos, videos without consent 30 Nov 2021 - 09:02 pm

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it will not allow sharing of personal media such as photos and videos on its platform without the...

New Twitter CEO steps from behind the scenes to high profile 30 Nov 2021 - 12:22 pm

Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley's highest-profile and politically volatile...