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Twitter Ban Remains, Says NCC As Nigerians Lose N220.36bn
The Twitter ban in Nigeria is still in effect according to the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications…
China’s Tech Giants Pour Billions Into Xi’s Vision Of ‘Common
Alibaba will invest 100 billion yuan ($15.5 billion) over the next few years into “common prosperity”…
WhatsApp faces $267M Fine For Breaching Europe’s GDPR
It’s been a long time coming but Facebook is finally feeling some heat from Europe’s much trumpeted data protection…
Nio And Xpeng Deliveries Fall in August As Chip Shortage Hits China’s Electric…
Nio and Xpeng deliveries dropped in August as the chip shortage and supply chain constraints hit the Chinese…
Apple Will Let Some Apps Guide Users To Websites To Make Payments, Bypassing…
Apple on Wednesday said that some apps will be allowed to provide a link to their websites to prompt users to sign…
Chinese Regulators Summon 11 Ride-Hailing Firms, Including Didi, Over ‘Illegal…
Chinese regulators have summoned and interviewed 11 ride-hailing firms asking them to rectify non-compliant…
Online Dating Company ParshipMeet Prepares For IPO In 2022
Rivals such as Bumble and Tinder-owner Match Grouping trade at about 50 times their expected core earnings. That…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Wins $2Bln Computing Service Deal With U.S. National…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HPE.N) on Wednesday said it won a 10-year, $2 billion contract to supply…
Google Appeals France’s ‘Disproportionate’ $591 Million Fine In…
Google (GOOGL.O) said on Wednesday it was appealing against a 500 million euro ($591 million) fine imposed by…
Exclusive Chinese State Firms To Take Big Stake In Ant’s Credit-Scoring JV…
State-backed firms are set to take a sizeable stake in a key Ant Group asset for the first time, three people told…
Australia Is Considering New Laws For Apple, Google, WeChat Digital Wallets
The Australian government is considering new laws that would tighten the regulation of digital payment services…
Google Reportedly Plans To Put Its Own Chips In Chromebook Laptops From 2023
Google is edging closer to rolling out its own central processing units, or CPUs, for its Chromebook laptops,…
Data And AI Platform Databricks Raises $1.6 Bln, Valued At $38 Bln
Databricks, a data analytics platform that uses artificial intelligence, said on Tuesday it raised $1.6 billion to…
S.Korea’s Parliament Passes Bill To Curb Google, Apple Commission Dominance
South Korea's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that bans major app store operators such as Google and Apple…
Apple Watch Production Delayed – Nikkei
Production of Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) latest smartwatch has been delayed due to its complicated design, the Nikkei…
Zoom Shares Slide 11% As Searing Growth Tapers Off
Shares of Zoom (ZM.O) slid more than 11% in premarket trading on Tuesday, after the video conferencing company…
Market’s Record Price Action Is Mimicking Late 1999 And It Could Spark a 10% to…
A dicey situation reminiscent of the dot-com bubble may be unfolding on Wall Street.
According to BTIG’s Julian…
Tencent and NetEase Shares Pare Losses After China Tightens Gaming Rules For Kids
Shares of China’s second-largest gaming company NetEase fell on Tuesday after regulators dramatically cut down the…
SoftBank-Backed Ride-Hailing Firm Ola Plans To Raise $1 Billion In India IPO
Indian ride-sharing firm Ola is planning to raise up to $1 billion through an initial public offering, a source…
Young Chinese Gamers Vent At Beijing’s New Rules As Shares In Gaming…
China's new rules forbidding under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours a week knocked shares in…
PayPal Exploring Stock-Trading Platform For U.S. Users
Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) jumped on Monday after a report that it is exploring ways to let its U.S.…
Google, Facebook, Microsoft Top EU Lobbying Spending – Study
Alphabet Inc's (AAPL.O) Google unit, Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) are the three biggest lobbying…
Australia Considering New Laws For Apple, Google, WeChat Digital Wallets
The Australian government is considering new laws that would tighten the regulation of digital payment services by…
Tim Cook Receives Over 5 Million Shares Of Apple Stock Worth $750 Million
Apple CEO Tim Cook received more than 5 million shares of Apple stock this week, selling most of the stock for more…
Search Fund Buys Majority Stake In Electronic Security Firm
Africa Search Capital (ASC) (www.AfricaSearchCapital.com) today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in…
Chinese A.I. firm SenseTime Files For Hong Kong IPO Despite Tech Crackdown And…
One of China’s top artificial intelligence firms SenseTime has filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong.…
Nigeria: TikTok Bans Viral Milk Crate Challenge Over Safety Concerns
TikTok has banned the popular “milk crate challenge” from its platform due to concerns that users participating in…
TikTok Owner ByteDance Takes First Step Into Virtual Reality With Latest…
TikTok owner ByteDance has made its first foray into virtual reality (VR) through the acquisition of a start-up…
Following Complaints, Microsoft Will Make Windows 11 Compatible With More PC Chips
Microsoft said Friday it will allow a wider variety of PC chips to run Windows 11, the next-generation desktop…
Astra Stock Drops After Cutting Short Rocket Launch, With Next Attempt Expected In…
Astra Space cut short its first launch attempt since the company went public, with the rocket’s engines firing for…