Category Archives: Technology

Trump administration officials claim the Chinese-owned app presents a security risk to American users.

Link to article: www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/technology/wechat-ban-court.html

Users of the England and Wales contact-tracing apps are reporting getting alerts which then vanish.

Link to article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54389083

Millions of tweets published by suspected state-linked accounts are made public by Twitter.

Link to article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45894486

Amazon.com Inc is scouting for land in central Mexico for a fourth distribution center in the country, sources said, aiming at a bigger slice of the burgeoning e-commerce market in Latin America’s second-largest economy. ... read more - click title

Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday revamped how it distributes its mobile apps in the European Union, introducing a licensing fee for device makers to access its app marketplace in a response to regulators’ findings that it had broken antitrust law. ... read more - click title

Several public funds that hold shares in Facebook Inc on Wednesday backed a proposal to remove Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg as chairman, saying the social media giant mishandled several high-profile scandals. ... read more - click title

To comply with a European antitrust ruling, Google will begin charging a licensing fee of handset makers.

Link to article: www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/technology/google-android-europe-apps.html?partner=rss&emc=rss ... read more - click title

A court grants search warrants and freezes the assets of five people accused of making cheat software.

Link to article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45891126

Phone and tablet companies will be able to experiment with alternative versions of Android.

Link to article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45888486

The tech mogul, whose Craigslist site helped replace newspaper classifieds, has given $50 million to revitalize local reporting in New York — including a new gift on Wednesday.

Link to article: www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/technology/craig-newmark-journalism-gifts.html?partner=rss&emc=rss ... read more - click title