It’s “just not true” that Facebook would put profits above user safety, says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In a lengthy statement on his Facebook account, he defended himself against recent criticism about Facebook’s influence on the mental health of children and teenagers in particular. On Tuesday, a special hearing […]
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European Commission: Malfunction Teaches Us That We are Too Dependent on Facebook
The hours-long outage of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram shows that the world should not rely on a few large companies, the European Commission believes. “We need alternatives and choices in the tech market,” tweets European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. The problems of Facebook and some other of its apps […]
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Musk and Bezos Appear to Force Satellite Companies into Mergers
Space pioneers Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ plans to launch thousands of satellites into orbit are forcing companies in the sector to prepare for consolidation. As a result, the amount involved in acquisitions, investments and joint ventures this year is already higher at 3.6 billion dollars than for the whole […]
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Online Bulletin Board Reddit Aims to be Worth More Than 10 Billion After Investment Round
Reddit, the online message board where users can chat about various topics, expects to raise $700 million in a new investment round. The company is worth more than $10 billion on paper. Reddit is worth 67 percent more than in the previous capital round in February. In two and […]
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Microsoft Also Makes Vaccination Mandatory for Employees
The American branch of Microsoft requires employees to be vaccinated if they want to return to the company premises. Employees must be able to demonstrate that they have been vaccinated. The rule goes into effect next month. Microsoft joins the ranks of other major American tech companies such as […]
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SAS is Working on IPO
Analysis company SAS Institute wants to go public in 2024 after more than forty years of private ownership. The company itself said so in a press release. The decision to go public has partly to do with the way many tech companies pay their employees: in stocks. SAS also […]
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Apple Sells Half More iPhones
Apple is doing better than expected. The quarterly figures of the tech giant should show that it was not affected much by the persistent chip shortages. Apple posted a third more revenue in the third quarter of its broken fiscal year than in the same period last year. The […]
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Kaseya after REvil Attack: Not Paid for Ransomware Key
The universal ‘decryptor’ that Kaseya offers to its customers to get their files back after a significant ransomware attack was not obtained by paying a ransom. That’s what the company says. Kaseya, whose management software was exploited for one of the biggest ransomware attacks this year, released a universal […]
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European Commission Puts Digital Tax on Hold Until October
The European Commission is suspending the preparation of its proposal for the introduction of a digital tax until October. With this decision, the Commission wants to provide ample scope for the completion of the international agreement on the taxation of multinationals. Last weekend, the G20 finance ministers reached an […]
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Motorola Introduces Almost Indestructible Smartphone
Are you one of those people who drops their mobile phone on the floor or in the toilet bowl every now and then? Then some extra robustness is not an unnecessary luxury. The Motorola Defy delivers exactly that, thanks to a collaboration with ‘rugged smartphone’ specialist Bullit Group. Rugged […]