The European Union’s crackdown on Google’s Android has led to an unintended consequence: boosting the popularity of Russia’s favorite search-engine, accused by the bloc of spreading Kremlin propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine.
Forget ping-pong tables. Companies are offering workers early cancer detection screening.
ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok and Meta Platforms Inc. were added to the European Union’s list of tech firms being quizzed about how they are mitigating risks of possible illegal content spreading on their social media platforms amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Amazon.com Inc. and X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, appear poised to escape paying millions of euros in fees to enforce the EU’s strict new content rules, leaving other tech companies to pay a larger share.
Renault SA is pushing on with a plan to list its Ampere electric-vehicle and software unit in the first half of next year, undaunted by recent market jitters and the skepticism of some analysts.
Representative Ted Lieu expects Democrats and Republicans will use AI to help with their campaigns, “not only this election but every upcoming election.”
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is meeting Israel officials on Thursday, as efforts intensify to contain the Israel-Hamas war and push for the entry of vital aid to Gaza. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is due in Egypt, while Germany’s top diplomat will visit Jordan, Israel and Lebanon before the weekend.
Tata Group is weighing putting in $1 billion of fresh capital into its super app venture as the salt-to-software conglomerate seeks to improve the digital business, according to people familiar with the matter.
Google pays as much as $10 billion per year to ensure that users access the internet through its search engine — payments that have blocked startups and fellow tech giants Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. from competing, according to the US Justice Department.
Netflix Inc. is raising prices for some customers in the US, UK and France after posting its best quarter for subscriber growth in years, a sign of management’s confidence in the future even as rival streaming services lose money.
