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Elon Musk shows off progress on brain-machine interface

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 17 05:31 PM

Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk late Tuesday revealed his secretive Neuralink startup is making progress on an interface linking brains with computers, and said they hope to begin testing on people next year. Read more »

Netflix gets its game on at E3 with 'Stranger Things'

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 13 04:31 PM

Netflix on Wednesday made its first formal appearance at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, showcasing plans for video games based on hit original shows such as "Stranger Things." Read more »

Germany raises 6.5 billion euros from sale of 5G frequencies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 13 07:31 AM

Germany has raised some 6.5 billion euros ($7.3 billion) from the sale of 5G frequencies to telecoms firms, the Federal Network Agency, said Wednesday, announcing the result of a 3-month auction. Read more »

Twitter adds way to report voter-tricking tweets

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 25 08:04 AM

Twitter on Wednesday began making it easier to report tweets aimed at interfering with people voting, starting first in Europe and India. Read more »

Twitter limits bulk following to thwart spammers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 09 06:40 AM

Twitter on Monday trimmed the number of accounts that a user can follow in a single day in an effort to fight spam at the micro-blogging platform.   Read more »

Asus unknowingly pushed malware on thousands of computers: Kaspersky

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 09:25 PM

Taiwanese electronics firm Asus unknowingly pushed malware to thousands of computers after one of its servers was hacked last year, potentially affecting more than one million people, Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab said. Read more »

Huawei, foldable phones and fast 5G

Adam Satariano and Edu Bayer, The New York Times
Updated as of Feb 28 05:40 PM

The Trump administration sent a delegation to Spain this week to make its case against the Chinese technology company Huawei at one of the world’s biggest tech trade shows. Read more »

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams leaving board

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 03:46 PM

Twitter co-founder and one-time chief executive Evan Williams is stepping down from the board, leaving the one-to-many messaging service to focus on "other projects." Read more »

Online ATM-style scam puts shoppers at risk: Symantec

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 12:01 AM

Online shoppers are at risk from a scam which allows hackers to skim their payment details, cybersecurity firm Symantec warned on Wednesday.   Read more »

Mobile app spending soars, with China a top market: report

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 17 07:55 AM

Mobile app downloads are surging around the world with growth in smartphone use, with nearly half coming from China, a market tracker said Wednesday. Read more »

Apple CEO confident of prospects despite naysayers

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 09 07:58 AM

Shares of Apple nudged higher on Tuesday after Chief Executive Tim Cook touted the company's technology pipeline and characterized worries about the company's future as overwrought. Read more »

Facebook CEO plans 2019 forums on tech's role in society

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 09 07:18 AM

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his personal goal for 2019 on Tuesday: convening a series of public forums on how technology can better serve society. Read more »

Google accused of manipulation to track users

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 28 08:01 AM

Seven European consumer groups filed complaints against Google with national regulators Tuesday, accusing the internet giant of covertly tracking users' movements in violation of an EU regulation on data protection. Read more »

Surge in China theft of Australia company secrets: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 05:37 PM

China has sharply escalated cyberattacks on Australian companies this year in a "constant, significant effort" to steal intellectual property, according to a report published Tuesday that angered Beijing. Read more »

Acer Philippines taps school demand for SE Asia-leading growth

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 11:51 AM

The 20-percent revenue growth in the Philippines outpaces the rest of Southeast Asia and will likely continue until 2019, Wong said. Penetration in the country is still low and "quite far" from 1 PC per family, he said. Read more »

Tesla reports 'historic' profitable quarter

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 25 07:24 AM

Electric car maker Tesla on Wednesday reported a "historic" profitable quarter driven by demand for its Model 3 aimed at the mass market.  Read more »

Trump unblocks more critics on Twitter as ordered by court

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 30 07:34 AM

More critics of US Donald Trump found themselves unblocked from his Twitter account on Wednesday, in keeping with a court ruling that he can't shut out opposing viewpoints.  Read more »

Instagram adds verified accounts to 'stop bad actors'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 29 08:01 AM

Instagram on Tuesday set out to thwart duplicity with an option to authenticate high-profile accounts at the Facebook-owned image or video sharing social network. Read more »

Under-fire Apple removes 25,000 apps in China

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 20 08:04 PM

Apple said Monday it had removed many gambling-related apps from its Chinese app store as the US giant comes under scrutiny amid trade tensions between Beijing and Washington. Read more »

Facebook bug unblocks unwanted connections for a bit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 03 09:17 AM

Facebook on Monday said it is notifying more than 800,000 users that a software bug temporarily unblocked people at the social network and its Messenger service.   Read more »