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2024.08.22

07:20

U.S. tech giants hiding AI's real carbon footprint, says Bloomberg

Asia Tech Wire (Aug 22) -- A Bloomberg analysis has found that Amazon, Microsoft and Meta Platforms are hiding their actual carbon footprints.

2022.02.17

05:57

Amazon reaches agreement with Visa over payment fees

Asian Tech Press (Feb 17) -- Amazon.com Inc reportedly reached an agreement with Visa Inc. on the fees for using Visa cards for payments on its website.

2022.01.24

06:38

Apple losts another manager from its self-driving car team

Asian Tech Press (Jan 24) -- Apple Inc. has lost another manager from its self-driving car team, according to the departed executive's LinkedIn profile.

2022.01.04

09:17

Analyst: logic for Apple's next rise lies in "metaverse"

Asian Tech Press (Jan 4) -- Loup Ventures analyst Gene Munster said Monday that the next logical step for Apple Inc.'s rise lies in the metaverse as it becomes the first U.S. company in history to reach $3 trillion in market capitalisation.

2021.12.22

09:14

Intel asks suppliers to ban Xinjiang products

Asian Tech Press (Dec 22) -- Intel Corp. recently announced that its supply chain is prohibited from using any labor, sourcing products or services from Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

2021.12.20

07:30

Apple M2 chip said to use TSMC's 4nm process, expected to debut in H2 2022

Asian Tech Press (Dec 20) -- Apple's M2 chip will reportedly be made by Taiwanese foundry giant TSMC's 4nm process and will be launched in the second half of 2022 at the earliest.

2021.12.13

10:42

Polish antitrust regulator to probe Apple's new privacy rules

Asian Tech Press (Dec 13) -- Poland's antitrust regulator announced on Monday the start of an investigation into Apple's new rules on privacy and personal data processing for iOS devices.

10:18

UK antitrust regulator to probe Microsoft's $16 billion Nuance bid

Asian Tech Press (Dec 13) -- Britain's antitrust watchdog will investigate Microsoft Corp.'s $16 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence and speech technology firm Nuance Communications Inc.

2021.12.01

08:02

Twitter bans sharing personal images, videos without permission

Asian Tech Press (Dec 1) -- Social platform Twitter Inc (TWTR:New York) announced Tuesday that it will not allow personal media content such as photos and videos to be shared on its platform without the consent of the person depicted.

07:38

Google to disallow political advertising for 2022 Philippine elections

Asian Tech Press (Dec 1) -- Alphabet Inc's Google announced Wednesday that it will update its political content policy to ban political advertising for 2022 Philippine elections.

2021.11.24

05:25

Russia requires Apple, Google, other tech giants to open local offices by 2022

Asian Tech Press (Nov 24) -- Russia's mass media watchdog required a list of 13 major foreign Internet companies, including Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc., to open offices in the country by the end of 2021.

2021.11.19

09:34

Instagram investigated by U.S. states over impact on teens

Asian Tech Press (Nov 19) -- A bipartisan coalition of U.S. attorneys general said Thursday it has launched an investigation into Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, for promoting its social platform Instagram to teenagers despite potential harms.

2021.11.17

08:36

Google reportedly cancels plan to market the Pixel Fold

Asian Tech Press (Nov 17) -- Google has reportedly cancelled parts orders for the Pixel Fold, its long-rumored foldable smartphone, and decided not to bring it to market in the near future.

04:28

Epic Games CEO: metaverse offers developers relief from Apple, Google monopoly

Asian Tech Press (Nov 17) -- The metaverse offers developers the opportunity to free themselves from the restrictive mobile duopoly of Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google, Tim Sweeney, CEO of U.S. video game and software development company Epic Games Inc., said Tuesday.

2021.11.10

14:31

Tim Cook says Apple has no plans to do business in cryptocurrencies

Asian Tech Press (Nov 10) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly said he has purchased cryptocurrencies, but Apple has no intention of doing business with them.

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