Category: Technology
internet restrictions iran: As net tightens, Iranians pushed to take up homegrown apps
[ad_1] Banned from using popular Western apps, Iranians have been left with little choice but to take up state-backed alternatives, as the authorities tighten internet restrictions for security reasons following months of protests. Iranians are accustomed to using virtual private networks, or VPNs, to evade restrictions and access prohibited websites or apps, including the US-owned ...
ai jobs: Audio book narrators say AI is already taking away business
[ad_1] As people brace for the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and everyday living, those in the world of audio books say their field is already being transformed. AI has the ability to create human-sounding recordings — at assembly-line speed — while bypassing at least part of the services of the human professionals ...
airbnb: Once an evangelist for Airbnbs, she now crusades for affordable housing
[ad_1] When Precious Price bought her first home four years ago in Atlanta while working as a marketing consultant, she took advantage of her frequent business trips by renting out her house on Airbnb during her absences. “I knew I wanted to use that as a rental or investment property,” she said. “I began doing ...
buffett: How TikTok sensation Squishmallows found Warren Buffett
[ad_1] Squishmallows joined Warren Buffett‘s business empire two years after Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian and others helped make the plush stuffed toys a viral sensation on TikTok. For Judd and Laura Zebersky, whose company Jazwares makes the toys, the success of Squishmallows is hardly what they imagined when they met 33 years ago at the ...
sco: SCO members vote unanimously to adopt India’s proposal on DPI
[ad_1] The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Saturday voted unanimously to adopt India’s proposal for developing digital public infrastructure (DPI) as the right way for deploying digital technology, a senior government official said. “The Digital Ministers of SCO member states met today. This DPI is very important from the perspective of having completion, making sure ...
bytedance illegal activity: Dismissed for flagging illegal activity, says former ByteDance executive
[ad_1] A former head of engineering at Bytedance in the United States has said the company discharged him after he voiced concern to management that it was taking user content from other platforms, mainly Instagram and Snapchat. The dispute comes at a time when ByteDance-owned app TikTok faces growing calls for a nationwide ban from ...
us migrants policy: Faced with tougher US policy, migrants in Mexico pin hopes on asylum app
[ad_1] Oriana Silva, a 30-year-old Venezuelan mother of two, was so determined to make it to the United States that she entered illegally and was expelled back to Mexico five times in seven months. Now, she is trying another way she hopes will be easier: the US asylum app. As US Covid-era border restrictions give ...
iamai: IAMAI submits final recommendations to CDCL amid accusations of bias towards Big Tech
[ad_1] The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has made its final submissions to the committee on digital competition law (CDCL) following an opposition from some of its members who alleged that the industry body was pushing the interests of Big Tech companies over Indian internet companies. In the final submission, the IAMAI has ...
musk: New Twitter CEO may free up Musk to steer Tesla through easing demand
[ad_1] Elon Musk‘s appointment of a new Twitter chief may free up the billionaire from a major distraction and allow him to focus more on Tesla Inc, analysts said on Friday. Tesla shares, which have gained 40% this year, reversed course to trade down about 2% as broader markets fell. The stock had its worst ...
linda: Linda Yaccarino to take over as Twitter CEO, announces Elon Musk
[ad_1] Linda Yaccarino, NBCUniversal’s former head of advertising, will be the new CEO of social media site Twitter, its current chief Elon Musk announced in a Tweet. “I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter! @LindaYacc will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new ...