Wall Street

Hiroshi Lockheimer, the senior vice president of Google, is critical of the "lock-in" caused by Apple's iMessage and Apple's refusal to support RCS. He says Apple uses "peer pressure and bullying" to sell its products.Lockheimer responds…

'Prominent' Twitter users get a higher level of protection against trolls, for example, and complaints made related to those users are dealt with more quickly by moderators. Twitter confirmed this to Bloomberg.The system, called Project…

Activision Blizzard announced Tuesday that it would set up a special committee. The committee must ensure that the new policy to combat discrimination and intimidation in the workplace is properly implemented. Employees and shareholders…

Eight US states have launched an investigation into how Meta is distributing Instagram to children and young adults. Research by Meta itself would show that Instagram can be harmful; the states attorneys general want to see if Meta has…

Car manufacturer Ford enters a 'strategic partnership' with chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries. The two companies will jointly develop chips for cars, but will share few concrete details about the agreement.Ford and GlobalFoundries form a…

Blizzard Activision director Bobby Kotick was aware of discrimination and sexual misconduct within the company, according to a study by The Wall Street Journal. Kotick concealed several incidents and allegedly threatened a woman with…

Apple is working on a feature that should recognize car accidents and automatically call the emergency number in the event of an accident. That writes The Wall Street Journal based on internal documents and anonymous sources.The feature…

Facebook's algorithm tracks a small portion of posts that violate hate speech rules, according to internal documentation. The company says in a response that it mainly focuses on how often users encounter such posts.Facebook itself…

In a bank robbery in the United Arab Emirates, more than 30 million euros were stolen by means of a 'deep voice'. The voice of a bank manager was faked using artificial intelligence to provoke a fraudulent transaction at the bank.In his…

Apple is investigating whether AirPods can be equipped with additional medical functions, according to The Wall Street Journal. Specifically, the company is looking at whether the wireless earphones can measure body temperature and…