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,…
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Big Tech’s job-slashing wave
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…
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Amazon signs on launch partners for space internet
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…
Amazon: Jungle is being razed to construct roads
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…
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LCCI imparts Amazon training to 70 entrepreneurs
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…
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Germany opens antitrust probe into Amazon with tougher law
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…
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Amazon set to create 10K new jobs in Britain
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…
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Amazon to add Pakistan in sellers’ list in few days (Video and Text)
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.…
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Amazon conciliatory as US eyes regulation
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…
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Amazon: Judge rejects request to restore web access to Parler platform
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…
California wants pandemic cases info from Amazon
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…
US demands data collection info from online giants
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,…
Massive outage hits Google services worldwide
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…
France imposes 135 mn euros in fines on Google, Amazon
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.…
Deforestation wiped out 8% of Amazon in 18 years: study
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…
Amazon unveils payment by hand-waving
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…
US media take on Apple over App Store commission
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…
Coronavirus pandemic leaves Amazon more vulnerable than ever
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…
Tech titans in the spotlight at US antitrust hearing
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…
Zuckerberg to urge US to update ‘rules for the internet’
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…
Bezos accepts antitrust scrutiny of Amazon ‘success’
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…
US antitrust regulator may question Facebook chief: report
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…
Tech titan chiefs to testify at US antitrust committee
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…
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Divided G7 wrestles with Iran, Amazon fires and trade!
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…