Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are removing Parler from their services, part of a growing backlash after the social media network was among those used to organize Wednesday’s riots at the Capitol. Apple dropped Parler from its App Store, while Amazon’s cloud unit decided to stop hosting the social media company starting Sunday night. They […]
Apple removed Parler from its App Store after the social media service was among those used to organize Wednesday’s riots at the Capitol. The removal came a day after the Cupertino, Calif.-based technology giant threatened to remove the app, telling the developers Friday they had 24 hours to provide Apple with a plan for moderating […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Amazon Web Services is suspending Parler’s access to its hosting services at the end of the weekend, potentially driving the service offline unless it can find a new provider. “Because Parler cannot comply with our terms of service and poses a very real risk to public safety, we […]
Enlarge / Google’s corporate headquarters. (credit: Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images) Google has banned the conservative social media app Parler from its Play Store for Android. In a statement to Ars, Google said it was enforcing long-standing policies requiring that social media apps remove “egregious content like posts that incite […]
Google has a habit of inviting regulatory scrutiny on both privacy and antitrust fronts, so why not both at once? On Friday, the U.K.’s competition watchdog opened a formal investigation into Google over supposedly pro-privacy changes the company is making to its market-leading Chrome browser. The government group said it will review whether the proposed […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Apple’s automotive plan includes a collaboration with Hyundai, according to a report published on Friday by the Korea Economic Daily. It says that Apple and Hyundai are working on battery technology that will differ from the kind used in the automaker’s new battery electric vehicle platform, which goes into […]
Shares of South Korean automaker Hyundai soared on Friday after a company representative said the carmaker was in preliminary talks with Apple on a partnership to produce an electric car. Hyudai’s stock rose as much as 20%—adding $8 billion to the company’s market value-—the biggest one day jump since 1988. But, within hours, the company […]
Apple will take at least half a decade to launch an autonomous, electric vehicle because development work is still at an early stage, according to people with knowledge of the efforts. The Cupertino, Calif.-based technology giant has a small team of hardware engineers developing drive systems, vehicle interior and external car body designs with the goal of eventually […]
If there was any doubt where the business community stands on today’s violent attack on the U.S. Capitol—as well as President Trump’s months-long attempt to invalidate the results of the presidential election—leaders across a wide swath of American industry answered the question bluntly. “What we are witnessing in Washington, D.C. today is deeply disturbing for […]
Enlarge / Social media applications are seen on an iPhone in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland, on December 17, 2020. Facebook has disabled several features on its Messenger app to comply with new data usage rules currently being put in place in the EU as part of the ePrivacy Directive. (Photo illustration by Jaap […]