Technology

The US government will soon provide billions in new subsidies for chip makers such as Intel and the Taiwanese TSMC, reports the American business newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). According to chip industry executives, the…
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Apple's iPhone was the best-selling smartphone series in China for the first time last year. The iPhone ranked first in the country regarding shipments in the fourth quarter and throughout 2023. The American tech group achieved a…
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Oppo has entered a licensing agreement with Nokia regarding its 5G patents. This would allow the company to distribute smartphones in many European countries again. Oppo and Nokia have been involved in lawsuits for about two years…
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The popular video app TikTok from the Chinese company ByteDance was the first to surpass $10 billion in so-called in-app purchases in 2023. Total global mobile app revenues reached a new record level in a year when gaming revenues fell.…
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The European Commission is considering whether a formal investigation is necessary into the investments of tech group Microsoft in OpenAI, the American company behind chatbot ChatGPT. To this end, Brussels is first investigating…
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The American FBI has taken the website of the ransomware group ALPHV/Blackcat offline and is releasing a tool to decrypt the encrypted files. BlackCat was one of the most active cybercrime groups in the past year and a half and…
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Google's parent company, Alphabet, will pay 700 million dollars to end American lawsuits against its app store's policies. Alphabet is also adjusting Google Play's policy. Dozens of US states and consumer groups had sued Google.…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) could become a threat to financial stability, according to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. U.S. regulators must make that topic their top priority next year. Yellen said this during a US Financial…
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