Huawei says that production of its high-end Kirin smartphone chips will stop Sept. 15 and, more broadly, its smartphone production has "no chips and no supply" Techmeme · 4 days ago
EU imposes its first ever cyber sanctions, hitting six people and three organizations including GRU, for involvement in WannaCry, NotPetya, and other attacks Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Trump is running Facebook ads accusing Twitter and Snapchat of election interference, while Biden's Facebook ads accuse Facebook of posing a threat to democracy Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
California regulators have sued Cisco Systems, saying an engineer faced discrimination because he is a Dalit, the lowest caste in the Indian caste system Techmeme · 1 month ago
As it launches new green initiatives, Amazon says its carbon footprint rose 15% YoY in 2019, emitting 51.17M tons of CO2, up from 44.4M the year before Techmeme · 2 months ago
IIHS study of 5K+ crashes: self-driving cars would've prevented only one-third, which were caused by "sensing and perceiving" errors and driver "incapacitation" Techmeme · 2 months ago
Tesla rolls out a new update enabling select vehicles to automatically stop at traffic lights and stop signs Techmeme · 4 months ago
India restores internet access in Kashmir for two weeks, though mobile data restrictions remain, after Supreme Court ruling that the ban could not be indefinite Techmeme · 5 months ago
Moscow court fines Twitter and Facebook ~$63K for refusing to store data on Russian citizens inside Russia, the largest such fine issued under internet use laws Techmeme · 6 months ago
Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Facebook account for ~18% of the S&P 500 index by market value Techmeme · 6 months ago
Irish regulators have launched separate inquiries into Google, over location data, and Tinder, examining how they process user data after a number of complaints Techmeme · 6 months ago
House subcommittee launches an investigation into dating apps such as Tinder and Bumble for allegedly allowing minors and sex offenders to use their services Techmeme · 7 months ago