China’s ‘Singles Day’ shopping bonanza loses its lustre
BEIJING, Nov 11, 2023 (AFP) - China's annual "Singles Day" sales bonanza wraps up at midnight on Saturday, but consumers…
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Major outage hits Australian telecoms giant
SYDNEY, Nov 8, 2023 (AFP) - Nationwide outages hit a major Australian communications company Wednesday, disrupting phone lines, crashing payment…
2 years ago
Disney completes Hulu takeover with $8.6 billion deal
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 1, 2023 (AFP) - The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday announced it will buy Comcast's $8.6 billion…
2 years ago
Social media giants removed ‘anti-state’ posts in Vietnam: state media
HANOI, Oct 6, 2023 (AFP) - Social media giants YouTube, TikTok and Facebook removed nearly 800 "anti-state" or "false"…
2 years ago
TikTok to stop sales in Indonesia after social media transaction ban
JAKARTA, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) - Short video app TikTok said it will stop transactions on its app in Indonesia…
2 years ago
Indonesia to regulate social media sales soon: leader
JAKARTA, Sept 25, 2023 (AFP) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo said new regulation on social media commerce could be passed…
2 years ago
A third of the global population still without internet: UN study
GENEVA, Sept 12, 2023 (AFP) - A third of the world's population is still without access to the internet, even…
2 years ago
Google to block local news in Canada in response to media law
OTTAWA, June 29, 2023 (AFP) -- Google on Thursday became the latest Silicon Valley giant to block Canadian users from…
2 years ago
Meta says Canada news to be blocked after media bill passes
OTTAWA, (AFP) -- Facebook and Instagram users in Canada will be blocked from viewing Canadian news, parent-company Meta said Thursday,…
2 years ago
India denies threatening Twitter with shutdown
NEW DELHI, June 13, 2023 (AFP) - India on Tuesday denied claims it had threatened to shut down Twitter inside…
3 years ago
UN chief proposes code to tackle ‘grave’ misinformation
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Alarm over advancements in artificial intelligence must not obscure the "grave" harm already being…
3 years ago
French parliament seeks to regulate ‘jungle’ of social media influencers
PARIS, June 1, 2023 (AFP) - The upper house Senate of France's parliament was Thursday due to pass a…
3 years ago
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