What tech needs these days are fewer conspiracy theories
If your world felt very different in recent weeks, take comfort in the knowledge you were not alone. It is estimated a third of the global population had…
Tech privacy firm warns contact tracing app violates policy
A contact tracing app pushed by the governors of North Dakota and South Dakota as a tool to trace exposure to the coronavirus violated its own privacy…
Philippine lawmaker proposes taxing big tech firms to fund virus fight
MANILA: A Philippine lawmaker has introduced a bill in parliament aimed at taxing big tech firms such as Facebook, Alphabet’s Google and Youtube, Netflix and…
IBM becomes latest tech giant to cut jobs amid pandemic
NEW YORK – International Business Machines (IBM) cut an unspecified number of jobs across the US, eliminating employees in at least five states. The company…
US adds new sanction on Chinese tech giant Huawei
The U.S. government imposed new restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei on Friday, severely limiting its ability to use American technology to design and…
Future generation may not have full-time jobs, warns govt tech body
PETALING JAYA: A Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) director said future jobs will either be on contract basis, part-time or temporary and the coming…
Australia media group wants tech giants to pay $400m a year
A leading publisher called Thursday for Google and other tech giants to pay Australian news outlets some US$400 million a year under a mandatory code of…
China tech giant Tencent’s net profit jumps during pandemic
Chinese internet giant Tencent reported Wednesday a sharp rise in first-quarter net profit after a surge in demand for its online games as the coronavirus…
Is China’s e-payments tech ready for the rest of Asia?
China, unlike Japan and the US, has leapfrogged from cash to mobile payments, bypassing the payment cards system. This has bred a booming third-party mobile…
Uber working on tech to verify its drivers wear masks
SAN FRANCISCO: Uber will soon require drivers in certain countries to wear protective face masks while on the job as the Covid-19 risk is still high, CNN…