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Google, Facebook, Twitter threaten to leave Pakistan over new social media
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 22 (ANI): With Pakistan government announcing new "draconian" rules for social media, which aims at giving blanket power to authorities to censor digital content, Information and Technology giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter have threatened to leave the c
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Sweden bans equipment of China's Huawei, ZTE from its 5G networks over sec
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], October 20 (ANI): The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) on Tuesday said it has banned the use of telecommunications equipment of Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE from the development of 5G networks in Sweden at the recommendation of the country's military.
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CEOs of four tech giants testify before House subcommittee on issue of com
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 30 (ANI): The CEOs of four tech giants -- Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google -- appeared before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law on Wednesday to address concerns that their businesses may be harming competition.
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TikTok, Zoom to exit from 'new' Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 7 (ANI): With China continuing to strangle Hong Kongers' of their freedom of speech and expression, TikTok and Zoom have joined the list of tech giants announcing their exit from the Asian financial hub.
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US tech giants criticise Trump's decision to suspend work visas
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], June 23 (ANI): US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend H1B and other work visas, has sparked criticism from technology giants in the country.
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Facebook allows permanent work from home for many employees
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 22 (ANI): Through a live-streamed town hall, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced that many of the employees of the tech giant will be allowed to work from home even after COVID-19 crisis.
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Spotify allows staff to work from home until 2021
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): Joining a growing list of tech giants that have expanded their work from home policies over COVID-19 pandemic, the online music streaming application Spotify allowed its staff to work from home till the end of this year.
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Despite pressure to reopen offices, US big techies in no rush to bring wor
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 19 (ANI): Despite pressure from the government to begin to reopen society to revive a moribund economy, tech giants in the United States -- Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Twitter -- seem to be in no hurry to bring their employees back to offices, rather tell
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Google, Apple prohibit contact tracing apps to track users' location
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] May 5 (ANI): Two of the tech giants -- Apple and Google -- on Tuesday said that the usage of location tracking in their applications will be banned and they will no longer allow contact tracing applications to track the location of users.
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Sony announces USD 100 million COVID-19 Global Relief Fund
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 2 (ANI): Sony joined the list of tech giants extending their support for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by announcing a USD 100 million Global Relief Fund.
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Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, WHO support global COVID-19 online hackathon
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
California [USA], Mar 25 (ANI): Major tech giants and health organisations have come together to find solutions to some of the challenges related to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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Facebook, Google, Microsoft say they are jointly combatting misinformation
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 17 (Sputnik/ANI): US tech giants Facebook, Google and Microsoft together with LinkedIn, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube on Tuesday issued a joint statement, stating they are jointly combating the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, as well as sharin
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