Tag: Computing and information technology
Founder of Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo departs
HONG KONG — Colin Huang, founder of the Chinese e-commerce firm Pinduoduo, stepped down as chairman Wednesday just as the company’s annual user base...
Ford partners with U-M on robotics research, new building
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Digit marches on two legs across the floor of the University of Michigan’s Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building, while Mini-Cheetah...
‘Big burden’ for schools trying to give kids internet access
When the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, educators had to figure out how to get kids online. Fast.
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Japan Post, Rakuten tie-up in digital delivery, cashless pay
TOKYO — Japan’s postal system is investing 150 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in an 8% stake in the e-commerce venture Rakuten to strengthen a...
EXPLAINER: What’s this craze for ‘NFTs’ all about, anyway?
LONDON — A digital art piece, tweaked using cryptocurrency technology to make it one-of-a-kind, sold at auction this week for nearly $70 million. That...
Okahoma prep game broadcaster denounced for racist comments
OKLAHOMA CITY — An announcer for a live stream of an Oklahoma girls high school basketball game cursed and called one team by a...
Fire at French cloud computing firm disrupts websites
PARIS — Numerous companies and websites in France suffered outages and disruptions to services after a fire swept through a cloud computing provider's facility.
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German soccer club Stuttgart fined for data breach
STUTTGART, Germany — German soccer club Stuttgart has been fined 300,000 euros ($357,000) for misusing private data about its members, a regulator said Wednesday.
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At Dubai airport, travelers’ eyes become their passports
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial palm...
German officials want emails, IMs tied to real-world ID
BERLIN — Germany security officials are proposing that Internet companies should link a user's real-world identity to all of their instant messages, emails and...