Twitter Inc has picked up a minority stake in Aleph Group Inc, the digital advertising firm said on Tuesday as it seeks to go public in the United States. Aleph did not reveal any financial terms of the investment but said Twitter’s stake buy would help the company expand its […]
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The KCC said Apple plans to allow alternative payment systems for a lower service fee versus the current 30% commissions. South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said on Tuesday that Apple had submitted plans to allow third-party payment systems on its app store, to comply with a law banning major app store […]
WASHINGTON: The most powerful space telescope ever built completed a tricky two-week-long deployment phase on Saturday (Jan 8), unfolding its final golden mirror panel, as it readies to study every phase of cosmic history. Engineering teams in the James Webb Space Telescope’s control room cheered as confirmation came back that […]
The Information said that Meta, formerly known as Facebook, had shelved the project, which involves hundreds of employees and has been in the works for years. Meta Platforms Inc said it has no plans to halt the development of a new operating system to run its virtual and augmented reality-powered […]
Farm equipment maker John Deere has unveiled its first automated tractor that can till a field without a driver. The heavy-duty machine can be activated by smartphone, using cameras and sensors to navigate farmland. Instead of being a new machine, the automated functions are a kit that can be added […]
It was a verdict that reflected the often painful complexities and contradictions of blood testing company Theranos. Four guilty verdicts, four acquittals and three charges on which the jury couldn’t agree. For many who have followed the Theranos saga, the podcasts, the documentaries, the books, you might have thought that […]
Two of the biggest US phone firms have rejected a government request to delay the rollout of 5G services this week. The US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made the request over concerns about aviation safety. However, AT&T and Verizon did say they will implement […]
PUBG: New State will be adding a new map to the game in mid-2022. Here’s all you need to know about it. PUBG: New State is set to get a new map along with its next major update. Publisher Krafton has announced in a new post that a new map […]
Here are five trends that will shape the personal technology space in 2022 and beyond. The global pandemic dominated product decision-making last year. Things are unlikely to change much in 2022, but we can expect to see the emergence of a new product category in a big way. Experts hope […]
LONDON: Paris Hilton commands as much as US$1 million (RM4.2 million) a night working as a celebrity DJ, entertaining partiers at clubs in China, Dubai and on the Spanish vacation island of Ibiza. This New Year’s Eve, she will be playing an electronic set for the revellers who drop by […]