Page 7 - Big Tech

UK watchdog to probe Face ID privacy complaint against Apple

The data watchdog in the UK is launching a probe into Apple after a former senior woman engineer claimed the tech giant accessed smartphones of its employees via the Face ID feature.

Apple likely working on 'Dual USB-C Power Adapter', says report

On Friday, a support document briefly posted then removed from Apple's website described the unreleased Apple 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter: Report

The carbon cost of data

It is estimated that the cloud industry consumes more power than many nation states, and it is a bigger emitter than the global aviation industry

Apple may add 11-Inch MacBook Air model to obsolete products list

According to an internal memo obtained by MacRumors, all three notebooks have already been on Apple's list of "vintage" products since 2020 and will be moved to the "obsolete" list

Apple allows Dutch dating apps to use 3rd-party payment options

The company said it is eliminating the requirement that developers of dating apps in the Netherlands "who choose to use the above entitlements must create and use a separate binary".

LinkedIn forced to change global policy over job posting removal

The professional networking website faced severe criticism for excluding a job opening by the Centre for the Analysis of Freedom and Authoritarianism in Brazil.

After $55 mn fine, Apple faces bigger penalty over Dutch dating apps

The Dutch regulator has been levying its fines in $5.5 million increments on Apple, for failing to address its demands to allow dating apps to use alternate formats of payments.

Australia to make Big Tech hand over data on misinformation

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will also be able to enforce an internet industry code on uncooperative platforms, the federal government said on Monday

Australia's social media anti-trolling bill raises alarm for tech giants

Tech giants like Meta, Twitter have decried Australia's proposed social media anti-trolling bill, stressing that it would put an unprecedented level of defamation risk on social media platforms

Russia-Ukraine war: Big Tech's role poses strategic questions for countries

American tech giants choosing to side with the US in the Russia-Ukraine war pose important strategic questions

Apple shareholders urge company to undergo independent civil rights audit

The measure passed Friday during Apple's annual meeting is non-binding, so the Cupertino, California, company isn't required to adopt the recommendation.

Ukraine conflict: Big tech begins restricting Russian state media platforms

The EU announced a ban Sunday, which countries are expected to sign off on today after a formal proposal.

Alibaba has a much bigger problem than the crackdown on technology

Alibaba's struggle is borne out in the numbers. Revenue for the three months to December climbed just 10%, compared with 29% growth the prior period

Data localisation row: It's Big Tech vs Reliance Industries and Paytm

RIL, Paytm support localisation; global tech firms say it could have socioeconomic fallouts

Top headlines: Big tech in data localisation row, banks told to up UPI cap

States start easing Covid-19 curbs as cases decline. More on that in our top headlines.

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal takes 'few weeks' of parental leave

Agrawal, who became Twitter CEO in November and is the executive sponsor of Twitter's internal parents' community, plans to be "connected" with the company's executive team during his leave.

Make Big Tech accountable to communities and society: MoS Electronics & IT

Nations must cooperate to make firms like Facebook, Google answerable: Min

Netherlands' competition regulator fines Apple another $5.6 million

The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) said the revised conditions that Apple has imposed on dating-app providers are unreasonable, and create an unnecessary barrier.

Microsoft to fully reopen its headquarters on February 28 as Covid subsides

The company said that based on improving local health metrics, its Washington state work sites will move to the sixth and final stage of the hybrid workplace model, effective February 28

Facebook loses daily users for first time ever, ad growth slows

The Meta-owned Facebook platform registered 1.929 billion daily users in the fourth quarter of 2021 -- from 1.93 billion in the previous quarter