EU fines Meta $840m for ‘abusive’ practices on Facebook platform
Apple accused of trapping, ripping off 40m iCloud customers
Meta has said it will begin to restrict news on its platforms to Canadian consumers after parliament passed a controversial online news bill. The bill forces big platforms to compensate news publishers for content posted on their sites. Meta and Google have both already been testing
Apple's latest innovation -- the Vision Pro headset -- is set to revolutionize the way we interact with the world around us. Powered by the visionOS operating system, the headset introduces a groundbreaking feature known as "Visual Search." This feature, reminiscent of the
Two of the world's most high-profile technology billionaires - Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg - have agreed to fight each other in a cage match. Mr Musk posted a message on his social media platform Twitter that he was "up for a cage fight" with Mr Zuckerberg. Mr
Australia’s internet safety watchdog has given Twitter 28 days to clean up “toxicity and hate” on its platform, threatening to fine the company if it fails to comply. Twitter has become Australia’s most complained about platform since Elon Musk, one of the
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said the electric carmaker will be in India "as soon as humanly possible". His comments followed a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a state visit to the US. The Indian government said it had invited Mr Musk to explore
Chinese tech giant Alibaba announced on Tuesday that it will replace chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang with current executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai in September. Zhang said in a statement it was "the right time" for him to step down as the firm looks to implement a full
Elon Musk's company SpaceX and Indonesia have launched a satellite from the United States aimed at bringing high-speed internet to remote areas across the sprawling archipelago of more than 17,000 islands. Over a third of Indonesia's population do not have access to the web,
A group of 17 music publishers in the US has sued Twitter, claiming the platform enabled copyright violations involving nearly 1,700 songs. The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) is seeking more than $250m (£197.7m) in damages. In a lawsuit filed at the Federal
Artificial-intelligence experts generally follow one of two schools of thought - it will either improve our lives enormously or destroy us all. And that is why this week's European Parliament debate on how the technology is regulated is so important. But how could AI be made safe?
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has alleged that the Indian government had threatened to shut the platform and raid employees' houses in the country. In an interview with a US-based YouTube channel, Mr Dorsey said India requested removal of several tweets and accounts linked to the
Meta Platforms on Thursday introduced WhatsApp Channels, a feature that the social media giant said would help make the app a “private broadcast messaging product.” Users in Colombia and Singapore will be the first to receive access to Channels. Over the coming months, Meta
Britain will host the world's first summit on artificial intelligence [AI] later this year, in a bid to broker a common approach by countries to limit the technology's potential doomsday risks while harnessing its potential, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said. "AI has an
Apple on Monday unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter's ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the public's imagination. After years of
Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console. The agency charged that Microsoft gathered the data without notifying parents or obtaining
Three Chinese astronauts working at the country’s space station have returned safely to earth, state media reported on Sunday, hailing the mission as a “complete success”. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 spaceship touched down at a landing site in northern
YouTube will stop removing videos with false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the social media platform announced on Friday. The move, ahead of the 2024 elections, is a reversal of its policy put in place after the 2020 vote. The company said it has deleted tens of
The finance minister on Thursday (June 1) proposed an increase in allocation for the ICT Division by Tk 452 crore to Tk 2,368 crore in the budget for 2023-24 fiscal year. According to him, the 23.59 per cent rise in allocation in the ministry comes as the government has set out a plan
More than 18 crore mobile SIMs are being used while 13 crore people are using the internet across the country. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal came up with the information while placing national budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 at the Jatiya Sangsad here today (June 1).
Global leaders should be working to reduce “the risk of extinction” from artificial intelligence technology, a group of industry chiefs and experts warned on Tuesday, urging policymakers to equate its threat on a par with risks posed by pandemics and
Steve Wozniak is no fan of Elon Musk. In February, the Apple co-founder described the Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter owner as a “cult leader” and called him dishonest. Yet, in late March, the tech titans came together, joining dozens of high-profile academics, researchers and