Google plans to pay $1-billion to publishers globally for their content over the next three years, its CEO said on Thursday, a move that could help it win over a powerful group amid heightened regulatory scrutiny.
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Huawei is ready to be thoroughly examined to show that its technology does not pose any risk to the countries that will include its equipment in the creation of 5G networks, a company executive said.
China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, sources said.
Micron Technology has not yet obtained new licences needed to sell its memory chips to China’s Huawei, which will cut its sales over the next two quarters, company executives said.
Facebook said some users can now send messages between Messenger and Instagram – the first step toward a full integration of the company’s three separate social media services.
Africa’s mobile phone operators are ramping up plans to bring banking to millions of Africans, in some cases for the first time, after the coronavirus crisis caused a surge in use of digital financial services.
Five years after it arrived in Africa, Netflix is struggling to grow beyond the wealthiest segment of the population, held back by poverty, piracy and limited access to broadband.
The number of employed people in South Africa dropped by 2.2 million to 14.1 million in the second quarter, according to a report from Statistics South Africa.
South Africa plans to tap global appetite for green bonds to help fund an infrastructure programme worth as much as R2.3-trillion over the next decade.
Google has sought to rebut criticism that it selectively enforces its 30% mobile app store tax, demanding that the over 3% apps selling digital items without complying follow the rules within a year.