Category: Tech

HONG KONG (AP): China is ramping up its scrutiny of the practice of community group buying, summoning some of the nation’s largest tech companies for discussions as part of an anti-monopoly push. Community group buying allows groups of people living in the same town or region to buy groceries and other items in bulk at… Continue reading Closer look by Beijing at group buying and big tech

SYDNEY (Reuters): Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has removed the page of Australian celebrity chef turned conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for spreading misinformation about COVID-19, the tech giant’s latest move to police false content about the pandemic. Evans, a former judge on prime time Australian cooking shows with a large catalogue of cookbooks, has… Continue reading Facebook removes Australian celebrity chef’s page for COVID-19 conspiracies

Kathmandu: Apple plans to close Apple’s retail stores in California and London. Apple is closing its stores in markets affected by the rapid rise in Corona virus infections. The day after the decision to close Apple stores in the Los Angeles area, Apple announced on its website that it would close all 53 stores in… Continue reading Apple closing its outlets in London and California

(Reuters): Netflix Inc’s video streaming services were down for more than 1,000 users on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Downdetector.com showed there were nearly 1,300 incidents of people reporting issues with the video streaming service. The website’s live outage map showed that… Continue reading Netflix streaming down for more than 1,000 users – Downdetector.com

(BBC): Google applications including YouTube, email, and Docs have suffered a rare service outage, with users unable to access many of the company’s services. The outage started shortly before noon UK time, lasting more than half an hour before services were restored. Users around the world reported problems with Gmail, Google Drive, the Android Play… Continue reading Google outage: YouTube, Docs and Gmail knocked offline

WASHINGTON (AP): The giant tech companies whose services are woven into the fabric of social life are now the targets of a widening assault by government competition enforcers. Regulators filed landmark antitrust lawsuits Wednesday against Facebook, the second major government offensive this year against once seemingly untouchable tech behemoths. The Federal Trade Commission and 48… Continue reading US antitrust siege of tech widens with lawsuits vs Facebook

LONDON (Reuters): Personal data can be properly protected without forcing banks to build storage servers in every country they serve, which bumps up costs for customers and dents growth, a financial think tank said in a study on Tuesday. The London-based International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) said data can be sufficiently protected without “localisation” –… Continue reading Study calls for streamlining of global data protection rules

Kathmandu: The Central Cyber ​​Bureau under Nepal Police has launched a special operation called ‘Hacker Hunt’. The bureau has arrested three hackers for spreading misleading messages through unauthorized access to government information systems. According to the bureau, information and petitions were received from various media outlets regarding unauthorized access to official electronic media. Based on… Continue reading Central Cyber ​​Bureau begins ‘Hacker Hunt’ operation

WASHINGTON (AP): The Trump administration is accusing Facebook in a lawsuit of discriminating against U.S. workers in favor of foreigners with special visas to fill more than 2,600 high-paying jobs. The Justice Department announced the suit Thursday, alleging that the social media giant refused to recruit, consider or hire qualified and available U.S. workers for… Continue reading Govt accuses Facebook of discriminating against US workers