Search engine giant Google is making moves to appeal a guilty ruling by a US court, which found it culpable for illegally acting to maintain a monopoly in online search. A …
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FG reacts to WhatsApp’s threat to exit Nigeria over $220m fine
The Federal Government of Nigeria has reacted to the threat by Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram that it may be forced to exit the …
Read More »Russia slaps Google, Tiktok with sanction over failure to do away with ‘forbidden content’
Russia punished Alphabet’s Google and TikTok on Wednesday for failing to comply with a communications regulator Roskomnadzor ruling about illegal content, according to the Moscow courts’ press service. The court …
Read More »ADVERT MANIPULATION: LinkedIn avoids planned lawsuit, coughs out $6.625m as settlement
A planned class action lawsuit against LinkedIn, accusing the social networking site of manipulating the number of views on its video advertisements, has been resolved for $6.625 million. The settlement …
Read More »Scientists discover metallic minerals on deep ocean as oxygen source
Scientists have discovered that metallic minerals on the ocean floor at 13,000 feet (3,962 meters) below the surface of the earth may produce oxygen. The discovery by a group of …
Read More »OpenAI begins testing of SearchGPT to compete with Google
American Artificial Intelligence (AI) research organization OpenAI is seeking to compete directly with search engine giant,Google, by testing SerachGPT. The search engine launches with a big textbox that asks the …
Read More »Apple seeks Google market share with launch of Apple Maps on Beta
American tech giant, Apple announced that it will be launching Apple Maps on the web on July 24 as it seeks a market share with search engine giant Google. Users …
Read More »Meta begins crackdown on cyber fraudsters, deletes 63,000 ‘yahoo’ accounts
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has deactivated 63,000 accounts affiliated with the notorious “Yahoo Boys” scam organization, according to the company’s Q1 2024 Adversarial …
Read More »Alphabet set to invest another $5bn in its self-driving subsidiary Waymo
Alphabet, the parent company of Google is set to invest another $5 billion in its self-driving subsidiary Waymo as it moves to meet up with competition in the autonomous vehicle market. This much was made …
Read More »Tesla to deploy humanoid robots next year —Elon Musk
American businessman and investor, Elon Musk has announced that Tesla will develop “genuinely useful” humanoid robots, which will begin working in its factories next year. On Tuesday, Elon Musk asserted …
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