Fri 26 June 2020: Microsoft said Friday it is permanently closing nearly all of its physical stores around the world. Like other retailers, the software and computing giant had to temporarily close all of its stores in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to its website, Microsoft has 72 stores in the United […]
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Fri 26 June 2020: Facebook has banned the sale of all ancient artefacts amid fears that items looted from Iraq and Syria are being traded on its platforms. The move — a tightening of previous rules that only covered stolen artefacts — followed a campaign by academics and a BBC News exposé of illicit sales. […]
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Thu 25 June 2020: Twitter has shut down and banned the account of Wikileaks-style publisher Distributed Denial of Secrets (or DDoSecrets) after it had published a trove of leaked documents from US police agencies that were hacked by the Anonymous group. The social media platform took down the account some time on Tuesday, just days after DDoSecrets […]
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Wed 24 June 2020: Tweet about White House protesters is ‘violating our policy against abusive behavior,’ says company WASHINGTON (AA) – Twitter on Tuesday put a “public interest notice” on a tweet by US President Donald Trump that threatened protesters with “serious force.” The warning label said the tweet is “violating our policy against abusive […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: Silicon Valley show support for immigrants who play ‘vital role’ in US economy ANKARA (AA) – American technology giants slammed US President Donald Trump’s executive order that bars new employment-based H-1B visas, generally used for high-skilled workers. The order signed Monday also bars new H-4 visas for spouses of H-1B and […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: Technology developed by Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group was used by the Moroccan government to spy on journalist Omar Radi, a critic of Morocco’s human rights record, Amnesty International said on Monday. The organization found that Radi’s phone was subjected to several attacks using a “sophisticated new technique” that silently installed […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: Apple announced an upgrade to its iPhone operating system on Monday that will allow drivers to use their iPhones as digital car keys to unlock and start their vehicles. The new system, which also lets users share digital car keys with friends and family embers via the company’s iMessage system, will […]
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Tue 23 June 2020: Outdoor clothing giant Patagonia announced it would pause all advertisements on Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram for at least the month of July, joining a growing ad boycott led by civil rights organizations. “For too long, Facebook has failed to take sufficient steps to stop the spread of hateful lies and dangerous […]
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Thu 18 June 2020: Soon you would be able to post a 140-second long audio tweet, along with the 280 characters as text, as the micro-blogging platform on Wednesday rolled out a test for a limited number of people in the US to record audio snippets and attach those to tweets. Twitter said Wednesday it […]
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Mon 15 June 2020: Facebook has rejected a proposal to share advertising revenue with news organisations, saying there would “not be significant” impacts on its business if it stopped sharing news altogether. On Monday, the social media giant issued its response to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, which has been tasked with creating a mandatory code […]
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