Apple has said proposed US tariffs on $200 billion worth of products imported from China will raise prices for some of …
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Qualcomm announces job cuts
“Qualcomm is conducting a reduction of our full-time and temporary workforce,” a company spokesperson who declined to be identifies said, without disclosing the exact numbers of job cuts. 0 2870
US Congress grills Facebook, Twitter over political bias
Top executives from Facebook and Twitter defended their companies in the US Congress on Wednesday as lawmakers probe on what they believe as a failure to combat continuing foreign efforts to influence US politics.
Trump accuses Google of rigging news searches
US President Donald Trump warned Google, Facebook and Twitter to tread carefully on after recently accusing Internet and social media firms of political bias and censorship, without providing evidence, Reuters reported.
President Trump to bypass agencies in launching cyber-attacks
United States president Donald Trump has signed an order relaxing rules around the use of cyber-weapons, the Wall Street Journal has …
Musk’s Tesla-Saudi deal may hit a roadblock under Trump administration
Elon Musk will most probably require a clearance from US national security officials for any proposal to take Tesla Inc. …
EU hits Google with record fine in Android operating system feud
The U.S. tech company has said it will appeal the penalty, which is nearly double the previous record of 2.4 billion euros – which Google was ordered to pay last year after its online shopping search service was deemed to be unfair to competitors.
US adds UAE and Saudi to IP watch list
The Trump administration on Friday labeled 36 countries as inadequately protecting US intellectual property rights, keeping China on a priority watch list and adding Canada over concerns about its border controls and pharmaceutical practices, according to Reuters.
Saudi crown prince talks cybersecurity with Google execs
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman met with Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and CEO Sundar Pichai on Thursday, concluding his three week whirlwind tour of visiting US tech titans.
Zuckerberg hits back at Cook’s jab on Facebook
In a recent televised interview with MSNBC and Recode, Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked how we would have responded if he was in the shoes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is reeling from the Cambridge Analytica fallout.
Trump criticises Amazon for exploiting US postal system
US president Donald Trump accused Amazon.com on Thursday of not paying sufficient tax, exploiting the US postal system and putting …