Technology

Amazon has been authorized by the US authorities to launch more than 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. The internet giant wants to make fast Internet available all over the world.   The company will invest $ 10 billion in the “Kuiper project,” it said when it released its excellent […]

The business messaging service Slack has filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding alleged distortions of competition by Microsoft.   The latter company automatically bundles its Teams program, mainly used for video meetings, with the widely used office suite Office 365. Slack believes Microsoft is pushing its Teams uninvited […]

The Twitter accounts of multiple prominent and major companies seem to have been hacked by scammers.   Donations in bitcoins have been requested on the accounts of companies such as Apple and Uber and prominent figures such as rapper Kanye West, American Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and billionaires Bill […]

Facebook has given 5,000 developers access to data about their inactive users, although that information had to be blocked. The tech giant has indicated this himself.   Facebook said in an update about its technical features that it found about 5,000 developers who could view the data of inactive users. […]

Microsoft plans to close its physical stores. This mainly concerns shops in American shopping centres.   The so-called Microsoft Experience Centers in London, New York, Sydney and Redmond will remain open. Tech giant Microsoft is changing its sales strategy, the company reports in a blog post, going entirely online. The […]

Apple will now develop its chips based on ARM. Why does it do that, and with that architecture can it match the performance of Intel chips?   Yes, because a lot has changed on the chip market, says microelectronics professor Marian Verhelst. Apple will now develop its own processors with […]

Facebook takes over Swedish Mapillary. The latter focuses on an open map service where users can add photos themselves.   Mapillary has processed hundreds of thousands of photos of streets, including road signs. Many Belgian cities have also been mapped. How much Facebook pays for the acquisition is not known. […]

Broadcom, a major producer of smartphone parts, expects Apple to postpone the release of some iPhone 2020 models.   New iPhones typically appear in early fall, but due to the corona crisis, Broadcom doubts Apple will meet that deadline. The supplier, which specializes in WiFi components, expressed its suspicions during […]