Tech

A senior researcher has quit his job at Google in protest over the company’s leaked plans to create a censored web search app for China, codenamed “Dragonfly.” Jack Poulson, 32, who worked for the research and machine-intelligence department, left Google on Aug. 31 after discussing his concerns with his bosses for several weeks. He felt […]

Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology group held an extended investment promotion and marketing conference for its three major science parks: Hsinchu, Central, and Southern science parks at the Hyatt Regency in Boston on Sept. 13. Yu-Chin Hsu, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, shared experiences with over a hundred guests attending the event. Hsu voiced the […]

CUPERTINO, California—Apple is trying to turn its smartwatch from a niche gadget into a lifeline to better health by slowly evolving it into a medical device. In its fourth incarnation, called Series 4 and due out later this month, the Apple Watch will add features that allow it to take high-quality heart readings and detect […]

The Swiss watch industry faces an increased threat from a new Apple Watch, which is able to detect heart problems and is likely to appeal to older shoppers, industry experts said on Sept. 13. Apple Inc presented the new Apple Watch Series 4, able to take an electrocardiogram to detect an irregular heartbeat and start an […]

Spotify is increasingly attracting viewers as well as listeners to its free music streaming service and is finding new ways to target adverts and podcasts at customers, its head of global advertising sales told Reuters. The Swedish company, which has risen 39 percent in value since it floated in New York in April, is seeing […]

A nonprofit organization was unable to promote several tweets that included the terms “illegal alien” and “criminal alien” on Twitter after the social-media platform invoked its “Hateful Content” policy. Twitter eventually reversed the decision, saying it was “made in error,” after the issue received significant media attention. The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which advocates […]

Toronto as a tech hub keeps getting bigger. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the ride-sharing company would be investing over $200 million in the next five years as it opens a new engineering office in 2019. Microsoft and Intel also unveiled plans to expand in Toronto this week. Canada’s largest city has a growing reputation […]

The European Union’s chief executive on Sept. 12, proposed hefty fines on Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other online platforms if they fail to remove extremist content within one hour. Brussels gave internet firms three months in March to show they were acting faster to take down radical posts. Industry lobby groups said they have made […]

Six major Web companies and internet-service providers, including AT&T Inc, Twitter Inc, and Alphabet Inc’s Google, will detail their consumer data privacy practices to a U.S. Senate panel on Sept. 26, according to a congressional statement on Sept. 12. The Senate hearing will give the six technology-related companies, which also include Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, […]

Google said it has signed a 10-year deal to buy renewable energy from three new wind farms that are being built in Finland and which will power one of its data centers. Big companies have rushed to secure cheap renewable energy to manage costs and reduce their carbon footprint through so-called corporate power purchase agreements […]

Mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson said on Sep. 11, it had signed a $3.5 billion multi-year deal to support T-Mobile’s United States 5G network deployment, the biggest 5G order that Ericsson has announced. T-Mobile, the third-biggest U.S. mobile carrier, said in February 2018 it was working with Ericsson and rival network vendor Nokia of Finland […]

Tesla Inc will eliminate some color options for its electric cars to streamline production, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Sep. 11, as the company intensifies its efforts to ramp up production. Tesla currently offers seven colors for its vehicles that include top variant Model S, mid-level Model X and its most affordable sedan […]

Homer’s “Iliad” is usually thought of as the first work of European literature, and many would say, the greatest. It tells part of the saga of the city of Troy and the war that took place there. In fact, the “Iliad” takes its name from “Ilios,” an ancient Greek word for “Troy,” situated in what […]

Text messaging is now the most popular form of communication among teenagers, according to a survey conducted by Common Sense. Teenagers overwhelmingly preferred in-person communication six years ago, with almost 1 in 2 saying it was their favorite way of communicating in 2012. But face-to-face conversations have given way to text messages as teens’ preferred […]

In order to promote the Taiwan Science Parks and to attract overseas investment, Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology for the first time—jointly with Hsinchu, Central, and South Science Parks of Taiwan—launched a marketing campaign in United States and Japan. On September 7th, the Taiwan’s Science Parks Investment and Marketing Conference was held in Silicon […]

On September 7th, Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology held a “Taiwan’s Science Parks Investment Promotion and Marketing Conference” at the Hilton in Santa Clara, California. The conference introduced Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology and the unique features of the tech-based clusters of Taiwan’s three science parks. Dr. Yu-Chin Hsu, Taiwan’s Deputy Minister of Science […]

The European Union approved Apple’s planned acquisition of British music discovery app Shazam on Sept. 6. EU antitrust investigation showed it would not harm competition in the bloc. The deal, announced in December last year, would help the iPhone maker better compete with Spotify, the industry leader in music streaming services. Shazam identifies songs when […]

Uber Technologies on Sept. 6, said it would launch a taxi-hailing app for taxis operating in Nagoya, as the U.S. firm tries to expand its foothold in a country where it has been blocked from offering its own ridesharing service. The U.S. firm said it was working with Fuji Taxi Group, which has been operating […]

The European Commission will propose legislation this month requiring Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other internet companies to remove extremist content and cooperate with law enforcement authorities. The Commission told such companies in March that they had three months to show they were removing extremist content more rapidly or face legislation forcing them to do so. […]

Microsoft said on Sept. 5, that EU lawmakers’ copyright reforms limiting the use of potentially valuable data to non-profit bodies could damage the European Union’s digital development. Companies, research bodies, and organizations such as Wikipedia have stepped up their lobbying ahead of a European Parliament vote next week which will determine its position ahead of […]