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Chinese tech giant Huawei says profits fell 28% last year
Beijing (AFP) Mar 31, 2025 Chinese smartphone maker giant Huawei said Monday that profits fell 28 percent last year as it faced international economic uncertainty and weak consumption at home. The Shenzhen-based company has been at the centre of an intense standoff between China and the United States after Washington warned its equipment could be used for espionage by the Chinese government, an allegation Huawei denies. Sanctions since 2019 have cut the firm's access to US-made components and technologies, forcing it to d ... read more |
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France fines Apple 150 million euros over privacy featureParis (AFP) Mar 31, 2025 French antitrust authorities handed Apple a 150-million-euro ($162-million) fine on Monday over its app tracking privacy feature, which is also under scrutiny in several other European countries. ... more 
China's tech giant Tencent: what you need to knowShanghai (AFP) Mar 28, 2025 Chinese tech titan Tencent is set to invest $1.25 billion in French video game maker Ubisoft, in exchange for a 25 percent stake in a new subsidiary of the "Assassin's Creed" publisher. ... more 
Apple boss hails 'next generation of developers' on China visitBeijing (AFP) Mar 26, 2025 Apple boss Tim Cook on Wednesday praised "the next generation of developers" during a visit to a technology hub in eastern China, as the US tech giant battles to stay relevant in the country's vast consumer market. ... more 
Explosive Meta memoir tops US best-seller listSan Francisco (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 A scathing book about Facebook parent company Meta, whose author has been barred from promoting her work, entered at the top of the New York Times bestseller list after its first week of release in the United States. ... more |
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Meta tests 'Community Notes' to replace fact-checkers San Francisco (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced it would begin testing its new "Community Notes" feature across its platforms in the United States next week, as it shifts away from third-party fact-checking toward a crowd-sourced approach to content moderation. ... more 
Taiwan tech giant Foxconn's 2024 profit misses forecastsTaipei (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn reported on Friday a lower-than-expected net profit for 2024 as consumer electronic gadgets underperformed, although demand for its artificial intelligence servers remained robust. ... more 
EU parliament roiled by graft probe linked to China's HuaweiBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 A new graft scandal rocked the European Parliament after police carried out raids Thursday in Belgium and Portugal, detaining multiple suspects in a probe into suspicions of corruption under the guise of lobbying for the benefit of Chinese tech giant Huawei. ... more
EU parliament bars Huawei lobbyists over graft probeBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 The European Parliament said Friday it has barred Huawei representatives from its premises, a day after police made a series of arrests in a probe into suspected corruption on behalf of the Chinese tech giant. ... more 
Albania ban only latest setback for TikTokWashington (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 TikTok may boast more than one billion users worldwide, but a ban set to be enforced in Albania this week is only the latest setback for the social network that has been in the sights of regulators from Washington to Bucharest. ... more |
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Bluesky wants 'a world without Caesars' for social media
Austin (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 "A world without Caesars." With this message emblazoned in Latin on her black T-shirt, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber greeted a standing-room-only audience at the South by Southwest festival. Graber's outfit cleverly referenced a well-publicized sweatshirt worn months earlier by Meta's billionaire boss Mark Zuckerberg, the world's second richest man. His shirt had proclaimed "Aut Zuck aut nihil," riffing on the Latin phrase meaning "Either Caesar or nothing" - except putting his own name in as a nod t ... read more 
TikTok says to add screen time limits for teensParis (AFP) Mar 11, 2025 TikTok said Tuesday it would allow parents to limit the time their teens spend on the app as the Chinese-owned social network confronts political fallout from rising claims that excessive screen time is damaging adolescents' mental health. ... more |
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Trump says US in talks with four groups over TikTok sale Washington (AFP) Mar 10, 2025 President Donald Trump said Sunday the United States was in talks with four groups interested in acquiring TikTok, with the Chinese-owned app facing an uncertain future in the country. ... more
Reddit co-founder joins 'People's Bid' to buy TikTokSan Francisco (AFP) Mar 3, 2025 Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced Monday that he is joining a US bid to buy TikTok, becoming a strategic advisor to the effort. ... more 
China signals renewed tech sector support, but concerns lingerBeijing (AFP) Mar 2, 2025 A simple handshake between President Xi Jinping and once-shunned entrepreneur Jack Ma sent Chinese tech stocks booming in recent weeks as it was interpreted as the latest sign the sector is being brought in from the cold - though experts advise caution. ... more 
Smartphone maker Honor bets on AI-powered 'intelligent phone'Barcelona (AFP) Mar 2, 2025 Chinese smartphone maker Honor said Sunday it was working on an AI-powered "intelligent phone", adding that it would invest $10 billion into artificial intelligence collaborations. ... more 
Microsoft retires Skype, internet call pioneerSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 28, 2025 Microsoft on Friday announced it was retiring Skype, the online voice and video call pioneer that the tech titan acquired in 2011. ... more |
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