Brazil’s Amazon saw worst deforestation
BUENOS AIRES: Brazil's Amazon experienced its worst levels of deforestation in 15 years in 2022, losing the equivalent of nearly 3,000 soccer fields a day, a report found. The report,…
BUENOS AIRES: Brazil's Amazon experienced its worst levels of deforestation in 15 years in 2022, losing the equivalent of nearly 3,000 soccer fields a day, a report found. The report,…
PARIS: Google's announcement Friday (20th of Jan 2023) it would slash 12,000 jobs worldwide is the latest in a series of mass layoffs in the once-unassailable tech sector, which is…
COLORADO SPRINGS: Amazon on Tuesday announced deals for scores of launches to deploy a "constellation" of satellites in low orbit around the Earth to provide internet service to people below. Amazon…
SAO FELIX DO XINGU (Brazil): Seen from the sky, the Amazon is an endless expanse of deep green, a place where life explodes from every surface, broken only by the blue…
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) here Saturday (7th of August) imparted training on Amazon to more than 70 entrepreneurs. Punjab Minister for Higher Education and Information…
BERLIN: Germany's competition authority said Tuesday it had opened an inquiry into online retail giant Amazon over potential "anti-competitive practices", using a new law giving regulators more power to rein…
LONDON: US e-commerce giant Amazon announced 14th of May that it will create more than 10,000 new jobs in Britain, a day after a US hiring spree as online shopping…
ISLAMABAD: United States (US) e-commerce giant ‘Amazon’ will add Pakistan to its sellers’ list within a few days, Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood said on Thursday.…
SAN FRANCISCO: US tech giant Amazon on Thursday sounded conciliatory notes as the US government considers stricter regulatory measures against America's largest digital platforms. Founder Jeff Bezos told investors his e-commerce…
SAN FRANCISCO: A federal judge on 2ast of Jan rejected a request by the conservative-friendly social network Parler that would have forced Amazon's web hosting service to allow it back…
SAN FRANCISCO: California on Monday accused Amazon of failing to adequately comply with subpoenas demanding details about coronavirus cases and protocols at its facilities here. State attorney general Xavier Becerra…
SAN FRANCISCO: The US Federal Trade Commission on Monday sent orders to Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other internet giants demanding troves of information about their data collection, ad practices,…
NEW YORK: A massive blackout on Monday temporarily disrupted popular Google services such as Gmail and YouTube, derailing the remote learning, work and entertainment that people have come to rely…
PARIS: France's CNIL data privacy watchdog said Thursday it had fined two Google units a total of 100 million euros and an Amazon subsidiary 35 million euros over advertising cookies.…
SAO PAULO: Deforestation in the Amazon destroyed an area bigger than Spain from 2000 to 2018, wiping out eight percent of the world's biggest rainforest, according to a study released…
WASHINGTON: Amazon on Tuesday unveiled a new biometric payment system using palm recognition, to be made available to rival retailers and also promoted as a replacement for badge entry at…
SAN FRANCISCO: Major American media organizations have written to Apple pushing for the iPhone maker to charge less to feature on its App Store, a week after the company behind…
MONTEVIDEO: The indigenous peoples of the Amazon have already seen their homelands ravaged by illegal deforestation, industrial farming, mining, oil exploration and unlawful occupation of their ancestral territories. Now, the…
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers will grill the chiefs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Wednesday about how they wield marketplace power in what promises to be a rare political spectacle. The…
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will tell a major antitrust hearing Wednesday that the internet giant would not have succeeded without US laws fostering competition -- but that the…
SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will paint the online giant as a vibrant American "success" story at a major antitrust hearing Wednesday while accepting a need for scrutiny. Testifying…
SAN FRANCISCO: US regulators may question Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg and his right-hand executive to determine if the social network has broken monopoly laws, according to a Wall Street Journal…
SAN FRANCISCO: The US House Committee on the Judiciary on Monday announced that leaders of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google will testify during an antitrust investigation hearing. The hearing, scheduled…
BIARRITZ: G7 leaders close their summit Monday with the discussion of world problems including the fires ravaging the Amazon rain forest, but overshadowed by President Donald Trump's trade wars and…