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Meta maps way to 'kill' online deception campaigns

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 17 10:27 AM

Meta released a framework for exposing and combating malicious online campaigns from election lies to terrorist recruitment. Read more »

Musk vows interface implants in human brains within 6 months

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 01 06:28 PM

Elon Musk said one of his companies would in 6 months be able to implant a device into a human brain that would allow communication with a computer. Read more »

NVIDIA, PC retailers tie up for esports-dedicated builds

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 14 01:19 PM

The company announced its tie-up with major retailers to offer system units containing their newest generation of RTX graphics cards. Read more »

Apple devices getting beefed-up defense against spyware

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 07 07:28 AM

Apple on Wednesday unveiled a new way for activists, journalists and other targets of state-sponsored espionage to protect themselves from spyware. Read more »

Sony launches PC gaming gear, expanding beyond PlayStation

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 29 11:41 AM

Sony is launching a new brand that will offer PC gaming gear, the company announced, as it aims to expand beyond its flagship PlayStation console. Read more »

Google row exposes AI troubles

Glenn Chapman and Julie Jammot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 15 11:35 AM

An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open. Read more »

PC sales growth in PH to slow but remain robust: IDC

Art Fuentes, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 08:05 PM

Sales of PCs in the Philippines are expected to remain robust in the coming years though not as strong as during the pandemic, industry tracker IDC said. Read more »

Tinder lets users run background checks

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 11:11 AM

Dating app Tinder will give US users a way to check if potential dates have been convicted of a violent crime. Read more »

NEC to provide coating service on PCs to combat COVID

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 23 08:49 AM

NEC Corp. will start providing a coating service for business operators from late February to counteract the coronavirus on personal computers. Read more »

US to finalize program to replace Huawei equipment in networks

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 14 12:42 PM

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to finalize a $1.9 billion program to reimburse mostly rural US carriers for removing equipment from Huawei and ZTE Corp. Read more »

Huawei plans to launch new operating system for phones in June

Reuters
Posted at May 25 02:01 PM

China's Huawei Technologies said it will launch its new Harmony operating system for smartphones on June 2, its biggest move yet aimed at recovering from the damage done by US sanctions to its mobile phone business.   Read more »

Huawei founder urges software push to counter US sanctions

Reuters
Posted at May 24 09:17 PM

Founder of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Ren Zhengfei has called on staff at the company to "dare to lead the world" in software as the company seeks growth beyond hardware operations crippled by US sanctions. Read more »

'Perfect storm': phones, consoles could get pricier as chip crisis bites

Sam Reeves, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 02:04 PM

Prices of popular gadgets such as PlayStations and iPhones could rise because of microchip shortages caused by a "perfect storm" of coronavirus-driven demand, supply chain disruptions and trade war stockpiling, experts warn. Read more »

Kit to detect coronavirus on doorknobs, laptops goes on sale in Japan

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 08 09:07 PM

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. started selling on Monday test kits that can detect coronavirus on inanimate surfaces, including doorknobs, faucets and computers, for the first time in the world. Read more »

Lenovo brings foldable computer to PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 02:28 PM

Lenovo Philippines has launched its ThinkPad X1 Fold, dubbed as the world's first foldable computer, in the Philippines.  Read more »

Global PC shipments see double-digit growth in Q3 as COVID-19 keep workers, students at home

Jane Zhang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 13 11:05 PM

The global PC market has posted back-to-back quarterly double digit growth rates as corporations and schools continue to invest in the transition to remote working and learning amid second and third waves of COVID-19 in many countries. Read more »

Microsoft grabs some of world’s biggest games in $7.5 billion deal

Kellen Browning and Steve Lohr, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 22 09:09 AM

The company’s acquisition of ZeniMax Media puts it in a strong position against Sony just weeks before the release of their next generation of gaming consoles.  Read more »

TikTok denies sharing Indian user data with Chinese govt

Bhuvan Baggam Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 01:58 PM

TikTok on Tuesday denied sharing information on Indian users with the Chinese government, after New Delhi banned the wildly popular app citing national security and privacy concerns.   Read more »

After deadly clash, India bans 59 Chinese mobile apps over 'security'

Jalees Andrabi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 07:20 AM

India on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns two weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash between the nuclear-armed neighbors. Read more »

YouTube hit with discrimination suit by black video artists

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 12:02 PM

A lawsuit filed this week in federal court accuses YouTube of discriminating against African American video makers and viewers by factoring in race when it comes to filtering or monetizing content. Read more »