Month: April 2021

Users based in India noted on Twitter that the #ResignModi hashtag had been blocked from view on Facebook A hashtag calling for the resignation of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, was briefly blocked on Facebook on Wednesday, hiding more than 12,000 posts critical of the Indian government as the coronavirus pandemic spirals out of …

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Company, which brought in $89.6bn, has thrived during the pandemic as consumers bought more products Apple executives announced another quarter of record revenue on Wednesday, with growth driven in large part by a continued surge in sales. Earnings surpassed analysts’ expectations across categories, with revenue up 54% to nearly $90bn. Sales in China doubled, Mac …

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Despite a slew of antitrust hearings, an operating system update threat, and reports of a data leak, the company’s revenue rose to $26.17bn Facebook earnings beat analyst expectations Wednesday, bolstered by pandemic-driven traffic and ad sales. The positive earnings report for Facebook comes despite a number of roadblocks for the company in previous months – …

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Proposals come days after two men using Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist system were killed in a crash near Houston US automakers have outlined principles designed to encourage drivers to pay attention to the road while driving partially automated vehicles as political scrutiny of the technology intensifies following a series of fatal crashes. The proposals, published yesterday …

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A brother and sister try to escape a satanic spell in this cruddy horror story shot entirely on smartphones In some corner of a US nowheresville town, sad-sack musician-schoolteacher Leo (Joey Millin) gets a call from his mom begging him to pick up his screw-up of a sister Virginia (Madison West). Virginia has had an …

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Relatives of Lee Kun-hee to donate 23,000 artworks to South Korean national museums The family of the late Samsung Electronics chair Lee Kun-hee have said they will pay more than 12tn won (£7.8bn) in inheritance tax and donate his collection of more than 23,000 artworks – including pieces by Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Basquiat …

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Nintendo Switch; NintendoTrekking through forests and meadows in search of quirky creatures to photograph is a serene but repetitive experience Pokémon is nominally about collecting and battling cute monsters, but, like most children’s fiction that has stood the test of time, these games draw you into an interesting and believable place – one where kids …

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Tensions between Facebook and Apple have been growing, but is it just an attempt to get ahead of US antitrust regulators? A longstanding feud between Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook could come to a head this week, as a highly-anticipated Apple operating system update will for the first time allow users to opt out of …

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ACCC won’t rule out regulation of tech giants if people aren’t given more choice when setting up a new device People should be given a choice of apps other than the default Apple and Google phone apps when setting up a new device, under a raft of proposals from Australia’s competition watchdog to reduce the …

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Social media giant gave organisation behind a page for Australian 13- to 17-year-olds option to run alcohol, smoking and gambling ads for as little as $3 Facebook is allowing businesses to advertise to children as young as 13 who express an interest in smoking, extreme weight loss and gambling for as little as $3, research …

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