Just hours after TikTok was temporarily shut down in the U.S. due to a federal ban, the platform resumed service following a statement from President-elect Donald Trump on Truth Social. Trump announced plans to issue an executive order on his first day in office to pause the ban, giving TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, more time to secure an approved buyer. This announcement allowed TikTok to continue operating for over 170 million American users without facing penalties.
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Workers at Teleperformance's Greek call centers, who provide customer support for major tech companies like Apple, Google, and Netflix, have gone on strike over accusations of union busting, excessive surveillance, and denial of basic rights, including bathroom breaks. The strike reflects growing concerns over poor working conditions, stagnant wages, and a lack of job security for employees. Despite multiple strikes, Teleperformance has yet to agree to a collective labor contract, and tech giants have not responded to the workers' demands.
The European Union is urging Apple to enhance the compatibility of its iPhone operating system…
The Australian government has unveiled a proposed tax on major tech platforms, including Facebook, Google, and TikTok, to ensure they support local journalism financially. This tax, applicable to platforms with Australian revenues exceeding $250 million, can be offset if these companies enter into compensation agreements with news organizations. Aimed at sustaining independent journalism, the proposal arises amid concerns that tech giants might withdraw news services from their platforms. Though the exact tax details are pending negotiations, the plan reflects a strategy to engage tech companies in bolstering Australia's media landscape.
The European Union has fined Apple nearly $2 billion for breaking competition laws by unfairly favoring its own music streaming service over rivals.
The first Apple Premium Partner Store in Greece is set to open its doors on…
Apple products are some of the best-selling for the Quest group, whose total revenues exceeded…
Mixed reality headset to become available early next year in the US with a price…
For legendary brand strategist Peter Economides, the ancient teachings of Aristotle don’t just belong in philosophy text books, but in modern-day brand and marketing ones as well – and his time working with Steve Jobs at Apple, proves it.
Apple is now threatening Twitter's presence in the App Store, Elon Musk confirms. Earlier Monday,…
Elon Musk is to "make an alternative phone" if Google and Apple remove Twitter from…
To comply with new regulations providing a single charging port for the majority of electronic…
US Senators protest Apple's decision to purchase memory chips from Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies…
The presentation of the new iPhone 14 took place on Wednesday, which is traditionally considered…
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Greece has made the 2022 Eurovision grand final after Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord’s poignant and timely…
Fiercer competition from other social networking platforms such as TikTok, the huge investments and the risk involved in turning to the so-called metaverse and Apple's new privacy policy are the three main reasons for the shock results and financial forecasts of Meta, causing the unprecedented fall of its shares on the stock exchange - more or less equivalent in value to the GDP of Greece.
Apple’s iCloud service is down and not working, users report on social media. DownDetector, a popular…
Although the situation has improved since 2020 and even more so from 2019 and 2018,…
Corporate computer giant Apple Inc has stopped selling its iPhones and other electronic products in…