NEW YORK (AFP) – The U.S. Apple became the first US company to have a market value of $3 trillion, briefly reaching the milestone on Monday in the latest demonstration of the tech industry’s pandemic surge. The iPhone maker set a new high near 1845 GMT, reaching $182.88 per shareRead More →

(Reuters) – MOSCOW (Reuters) – According to the Interfax news agency, Facebook has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owing in Russia for failing to erase information deemed unlawful by Moscow, but the danger of a possibly higher charge looms. Facebook parent Meta, along with Alphabet’s Google, will faceRead More →

MOSCOW (AFP) – On Friday, Russia’s media regulator ordered that YouTube unlock a German-language channel of Russian official broadcaster RT, calling the action “destructive” censorship. After eliminating the network’s German stations RT DE and Der Fehlende Part earlier this year, YouTube banned a new RT channel on Thursday. RT, formerlyRead More →

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Meta, Facebook’s parent company, blacklisted a number of “cyber mercenary” companies and began warning around 50,000 people who were presumably targeted by the corporations suspected of spying on activists, dissidents, and journalists throughout the world. Meta apparently pulled down 1,500 Facebook and Instagram profiles related toRead More →