Sydney (Reuters) - Australia will force U.S. tech giants Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google to pay Australian media outlets for news content in a landmark move to protect independent journalism that will be watched around the world. Australia will become the first country to require Facebook and Google to pay for news content provided by media companies ...
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July 18 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on “dangerous content” that goes against scientific consensus during the coronavirus pandemic. The world’s largest search engine updated its policy as the health crisis has continued to rage throughout the United States, and digital advertising giants ...
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Jakarta, July 7 (Reuters) - Indonesia imposed a 10% value-added tax on sales by technology firms including Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Google on Tuesday, as spending patterns shift with increased remote working as a result of the coronavirus crisis, which has hit state finances. The Southeast Asian country’s tax office said in a statement that it had already assigned tax ...
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June 30 (India Today) - TikTok has broken its silence on the government’s decision to ban 59 Chinese apps. The company said that they are complying with the government’s order and will meet with the government stakeholders to submit clarifications. TikTok India head, Nikhil Gandhi issued a statement on Twitter, he said, “The Government of India has issued an interim ...
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Feb 4th (Mashable) - Sometimes, a system as sophisticated as Google Maps can be tricked in the simplest of ways. This was recently proved by artist Simon Weckert, who hauled around 99 smartphones in a handcart, thus generating a traffic jam on Google Maps, which falsely registered this activity as a bunch of cars being around the same location. In ...
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Yangon, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Saturday blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s name appearing as “Mr Shithole” in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologizing for any offense caused. The error came to light on the second day of a visit by the president to the Southeast Asian country, ...
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According to New York Times ToTok is only a few months old, but in that time garnered millions of downloads across Google Play and Apple's App Store.
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