US politicians’ efforts to rein in US-based social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook risk restricting democratic freedoms worldwide, including in Africa.
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The Spanish high court has authorised the extradition of John McAfee, an antivirus software creator, to the US where he faces tax fraud charges, a court document showed on Wednesday.
The Nasdaq ended at a record high on Tuesday, lifted by Amazon, Microsoft and other top-shelf tech companies as investors shifted their focus to growth stocks.
Microsoft took its place in the history books as just the second US public company to reach a $2-trillion market value, buoyed by bets its dominance in cloud computing and enterprise software.
Cryptocurrencies have become a tool for Venezuelans to send remittances, protect wages from inflation and help businesses manage cash flow in a quickly depreciating currency.
Forget the $9-billion of fines that came before. They barely scratched the surface. For Google, this is the big one. The stakes could not be higher. By Alex Webb.
China’s central bank said on Monday it had urged some banks and payment firms to crack down harder on cryptocurrency trading, in the latest move by Chinese authorities to stem the use of digital coins.
Starlink, the satellite Internet unit of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, expects to be able to provide continuous global coverage by around September but will then need to seek regulatory approvals.
Bitcoin slid on Monday amid a fraying appetite for riskier investments and an intensifying cryptocurrency crackdown in China.
Naspers spin-off Prosus is planning to expand its grocery services using “dark stores” as competition booms in the global market for food delivery.