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Taj Mahal to reopen even as virus rages in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India’s top tourist attraction the Taj Mahal is set to reopen more than six months after it was shut, officials said Tuesday, even as the vast nation battles soaring coronavirus infections.
India, home to 1.3 million…
US WeChat users sue Trump over order banning messaging app
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some U.S.-based users of WeChat are suing President Donald Trump in a bid to block an executive order that they say would effectively bar access in the U.S. to the hugely popular Chinese messaging app.
The complaint,…
Facebook to pay 104 million euros in back taxes in France
PARIS (Reuters) - Facebook France has accepted paying more than 100 million euros in taxes, including a penalty, relating to its accounting years before 2018, French financial magazine Capital reported on its website.
Facebook was not…
Social media sites brace for attacks by Trump on US vote count
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Twitter on Friday said it is bracing for efforts by President Donald Trump or others to attack the integrity of the US election, as US media reported that Facebook and YouTube were planning defenses of their own.…
Facebook says more work needed on hate speech as India row mounts
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Social media giant Facebook admitted Friday it has to do better to curb hate speech as it battled a storm over how it handled comments by a member of India’s ruling party who called Muslims traitors.
"We’ve made…
‘FreeFortnite’ tournament taunts Apple amid legal battle
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - The maker of video game sensation Fortnite is taunting Apple amid its legal battle with the tech titan, launching a tournament on Sunday to highlight its war on the App Store fee policy.
"All of your friends.…
Boeing testing hand-held UV wand to sanitize cockpits, cabins
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Friday it is developing a hand-held wand that emits ultraviolet light to neutralize bacteria and viruses, part of a suite of methods to disinfect flight deck surfaces and controls, as well as surfaces…
Samsung considers setting up smartphone assembly plant in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Federal Minister for Industries and Productions Hammad Azhar has said that Samsung is considering setting up a smartphone assembly plant in Pakistan.
Hammad Azhar, in a tweet, said “Smartphone production in…
Huawei, long resilient, suffers under tougher US pressure
BEIJING (AP) — For nearly a decade, Huawei kept worldwide sales growing as Washington told U.S. phone companies not to buy its network equipment and lobbied allies to reject China’s first global tech brand as a security threat.
Focusing…
How will office life be different in a pandemic?
(AP) - The office you once knew is likely to look vastly different.
Companies are taking a variety of steps to keep people a safe distance apart, such as using staggered shifts or asking people to come in on alternating days. Cubicles…