Category: Tech

WASHINGTON (Reuters): Apple Inc AAPL.O, advertising giant GroupM and others asked the judge hearing the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google GOOGL.O on Friday to allow them to designate certain data used by the government as “highly confidential,” to ensure that no-one from Google could see it. The Justice Department, which sued the search and… Continue reading Apple, GroupM, others ask for tough protection for data in Google lawsuit

BOSTON (AP): Microsoft said it has detected attempts by state-backed Russian and North Korean hackers to steal valuable data from leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers. It said in a blog post Friday that most of the attacks in recent months were unsuccessful, but provided no information on how many succeeded or how serious those… Continue reading Microsoft: Russian, North Korean hackers target vaccine work

(Reuters): Ford Motor Co F.N has reversed course and is now considering making its own battery cells as sales volumes of electric vehicles rise around the world, the automaker’s top executive said on Friday. “We are discussing (battery) cell manufacturing,” Ford’s Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley said Friday at the Reuters Automotive Summit teleconference. “I… Continue reading Ford CEO says carmaker now eyes making own EV batteries

(The Guardian): The US government has announced it will delay enforcement of a ban on TikTok, granting the Chinese-owned social media app a temporary reprieve in its battle against the Trump administration. The popular app was facing restrictions over national security concerns that would have effectively barred it from app stores in the US. The… Continue reading Trump administration to delay enforcement of TikTok ban

NEW YORK (AP): Retailers and carriers are preparing for an online holiday shopping surge that could tax shipping networks and lead to delivery delays. FedEx and UPS are ramping up their holiday hiring while expanding their weekend operations and asking retailers to use their shipping network when there is more slack. And stores are pushing… Continue reading Online shopping surge could lead to holiday delivery delays

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters): Apple Inc AAPL.O on Tuesday introduced a MacBook Air notebook and other machines with its first central processor designed in-house for Macs, a move that will tie its computers and iPhones closer together technologically. The new chip, called the M1, marks a shift away from Intel Corp INTC.O technology that has driven… Continue reading Apple launches MacBook laptops powered by its own computing chips

(Reuters): Apple Inc AAPL.O on Tuesday is expected to introduce Mac computers with its own processor chips, marking the start of its move away from Intel Corp’s INTC.O chips.Apple said in June that it would begin outfitting Macs with its own chips, which will build on its decade-long history of designing processors for its iPhones,… Continue reading Apple to unveil Macs with their own processors, widening its app ecosystem

(BBC): China has successfully launched what has been described as “the world’s first 6G satellite” into space to test the technology. It went into orbit along with 12 other satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in the Shanxi Province. The telecoms industry is still several years away from agreeing on 6G’s specifications, so it… Continue reading China sends ‘world’s first 6G’ test satellite into orbit

Beijing (IDC): According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 84.8 million smartphones were shipped in China in the third quarter of 2020, down 14.3 percent year-on-year (YoY). This was the result of multiple factors: soft demand; Huawei’s supply constraints; and delayed flagship launches from both Huawei and Apple.According to the… Continue reading China’s smartphone market drop 14.3 pc in Q3 2020 under soft demand and delayed product availability; IDC Reports