Google may soon be forced to share its algorithms. Photo / Getty Images For all the tech industry’s fondness for “disruption”, game-changing new innovations that can turn markets on their heads, the largest tech companies have spent the past 20 years trying to avoid being disrupted themselves. Google’s efforts to remain the world’s No.1 search …
Since its inception, the internet has become an increasingly important aspect of everyday life. According to Statista, the average daily user spent around 6.4 hours online every day in 2023. Whether it be for work, communication or entertainment, demand is growing for access to fast and reliable connections. Newsweek has mapped which U.S. states have …
Ewallet service WeChat Pay MY has announced that it will discontinue its payment service in Malaysia from Sept 1 due to “business strategy adjustment”. “Users will be able to withdraw the balance in their ewallets via the ewallet portal until December 31, 2024. However, users still could opt for special withdrawal arrangement from January 1, …
Virginia will receive nearly $1.5 billion in federal grants under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law pushed by the Biden administration to expand affordable internet access to all Virginia homes and businesses, the administrations of both President Joe Biden and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Friday. The Biden administration approved $1.48 billion in grants to …
Modern internet infrastructure hides in plain sight, reshaping our cities and social relationships with its bold promises of infinity At 60 Hudson Street in Tribeca, the web hums an ominous tune. From street level, a constant low whir is the only clue that 70 percent of the Northeast’s internet traffic is routed through the address. …
By KosovaPressJuly 12, 2024 Massive internet outages were reported across Africa on Thursday, affecting businesses and communications, local media and internet observatory Netblocks reported. Netblocks said in a post on X that live network data showed that Thursday’s telecom outages in Africa had intensified. The incident has a high impact on West Africa with significant …
BEIJING: China on Saturday (Jul 13) announced new controls on internet content, taking aim at video apps and social media platforms to purge material deemed harmful to children. The ruling Communist Party strictly regulates the domestic web, censoring content deemed vulgar, ostentatious or politically subversive. It has periodically clamped down on specific sectors, from online …
Jessamyn West used to describe Metafilter as a social network for non-friends, a description belied in part by the tight-knit camaraderie that emerges in an online group of only a few thousand people. West herself is an example: She met her partner on the site. She also describes the Metafilter cohort as “a community of …
The EU-funded project part of the Next Generation Internet initiative launches its Open Call 4 from the 3rd of June to the 1st of August 2024 Applicants must be startups or SMEs, universities or research centres, and NGOs or foundations from Europe, Canada or the US Topics for this open call include trust and data …
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during the company’s annual general meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, June 20, 2024. Son sketched out ambitions to help create AI thousands of times smarter than any human, making his most grandiose pronouncements since the Japanese conglomerate began taking steps to shore …