AI startup raises $4 million in seed round, partners with LBC Express

Expedock, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered supply-chain startup, raised $4 million in its seed round and closed an enterprise deal with LBC Express. 

Mexico’s Senate majority leader puts forward legislation to regulate Facebook, Twitter

MEXICO CITY - A prominent senator from Mexico's ruling party has proposed regulating major social media networks, including Twitter and Facebook, in a draft...

Clubhouse app blocked in China, added to “Great Firewall” – users, activist

By Brenda Goh
SHANGHAI - Access to U.S. audio app Clubhouse was blocked in China on Monday, users and an anti-censorship watchdog said, ending a brief window...

Five tips to figure out if a tech company on the stock market is...

These days people trading on the stock market want more than just a strong financial return. They’re increasingly opting for investments that will also have a positive societal impact.

Chinese users flock to U.S. chat app Clubhouse, evading censors

By Cate Cadell and Pei Li
BEIJING/HONG KONG - Private social audio app Clubhouse is attracting masses of new users from mainland China, where the U.S. app remains uncensored by...

Bezos to give Amazon reins to cloud boss Jassy as sales climb

AMAZON.COM, INC. founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, naming the head of its lucrative cloud computing division as successor in a sign of the company’s transformation from web retailer to internet conglomerate.

Empathy is the skill of the future, Google says

EMPATHY is now a major skill needed in growing an innovation mindset in an organization as it helps business leaders come up with better solutions, Google LLC’s Chief Innovation Evangelist Frederik G. Pferdt said.

Suspected Chinese hackers used the SolarWinds bug to spy on US payroll agency —...

WASHINGTON — Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp. to help break into US government computers last year, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a new twist in a sprawling cybersecurity breach that US lawmakers have labeled a national security emergency.

Microsoft earnings rise as pandemic boosts cloud computing, Xbox sales

MICROSOFT CORP. on Tuesday reported its Azure cloud computing services grew 50%, the second quarter of acceleration in a business that had begun to slow as the global pandemic benefited the software maker’s investment on working and learning from home.

AI, innovation pushing the ‘renaissance’ of the PC

By Sam Burd
Around the year 2000, the term “tablet PC” was coined. Ten years later, in 2010, we saw the first headline — “The PC Officially Died Today” — and a near decade-long debate began, with most tech pundits convinced that the personal computer (PC) would be extinct by 2020.

Twitter grants academics full and free access to public data, but not for suspended...

Twitter, Inc. on Tuesday opened free access to its new application programming interface (API) software for academic researchers, enabling them to study public conversations on its platform, but is not providing data from suspended accounts as part of the product.

India plans foreign investment rule changes that could hit e-commerce

NEW DELHI — India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move that could compel players, including Amazon.com, Inc., to restructure their ties with some major sellers.
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