Tag: Apps

Categories Russia

Russian anti-monopoly agency hits Apple with $12m fine for ‘anti-competitive’ policy as Silicon Valley firm insists it will appeal

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American tech giant Apple has said it will fight claims it has used its dominant position to advance its own products ahead of its competitors after Russia’s fair-trading watchdog said it would hand down a $12 million fine. … Read More >Russian anti-monopoly agency hits Apple with $12m fine for ‘anti-competitive’ policy as Silicon Valley firm insists it will appeal

Categories World

Spotify’s plans to guess listeners’ gender will hurt trans people and reinforce stereotypes – rights group

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A digital rights group has lashed out at music service Spotify over new technology that would listen in on users to better predict what they want to listen to. The plan discriminates against trans and non-binary people, it said. … Read More >Spotify’s plans to guess listeners’ gender will hurt trans people and reinforce stereotypes – rights group

Categories Russia

Russian state fund invests in Telegram as part of messenger’s $1bn fundraising drive, despite country once trying to ban service

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A controversial and increasingly popular messaging app has attracted more than $1 billion from new investors, its founder has announced, with Russia’s sovereign wealth stash said to be among those putting cash into the business. … Read More >Russian state fund invests in Telegram as part of messenger’s $1bn fundraising drive, despite country once trying to ban service

Categories Asia & Pacific

‘Covid-19 passport’ trials: Singapore Airlines to test digital health ID for flights to London

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Singapore Airlines has announced that its flights to London will begin using a mobile app that verifies passengers’ Covid-19 status, as part of a pilot program for a health passport that could be adopted around the world. … Read More >‘Covid-19 passport’ trials: Singapore Airlines to test digital health ID for flights to London

Categories USA

Not very PC? Chelsea Clinton-funded ‘trans’ app urges transitioning people to budget their money & be nice to cops

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A mobile app marketed at trans people that received funding from former first daughter Chelsea Clinton has been slammed by the internet as overtly patronizing. Even worse, the app urges users to be polite to the police. … Read More >Not very PC? Chelsea Clinton-funded ‘trans’ app urges transitioning people to budget their money & be nice to cops

Categories USA

‘We will not be canceled’: Social media platform Parler RELAUNCHES after being axed by Big Tech following Capitol riots

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Social media app Parler is back online after being booted off the servers of Amazon Web Services last month in the wake of the Capitol riots, after it was accused of allowing threats of violence to be shared on the platform. … Read More >‘We will not be canceled’: Social media platform Parler RELAUNCHES after being axed by Big Tech following Capitol riots

Categories Business

China to give away over $6mn in digital currency during Lunar New Year in massive e-yuan trials

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As China gets ready to celebrate one of its biggest holidays, the Lunar New Year, authorities in Beijing and Suzhou are handing out 40 million yuan ($6.2 million) in another public lottery as part of digital currency tests. … Read More >China to give away over $6mn in digital currency during Lunar New Year in massive e-yuan trials