Technology

(Reuters) – Social media companies Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have announced crackdowns on content linked with the unfounded and sprawling conspiracy theory QAnon. WHAT IS QANON? QAnon followers espouse an intertwined series of beliefs, based on anonymous web postings…

(Reuters) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months, demonstrating an early step toward the goal of curing human diseases with the…

(Reuters) – Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday the company was at fault for not removing the page and event for a militia group before two people were killed at a protest in Kenosha and deemed it “largely…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investment firm Centricus Asset Management Ltd and social media app Triller Inc have not submitted an offer for the TikTok assets that China’s ByteDance is seeking to a divest, a spokesman for the short video app…

(Reuters) – Apple Inc said on Friday it had terminated “Fortnite” creator Epic Games’ account on its App Store amid a legal battle over the iPhone maker’s in-app payment guidelines and accusations they constitute a monopoly. Apple said its move…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc could turn into an online advertising leader if its plan to acquire popular short-form video app TikTok goes through, analysts said on Friday. The proposed purchase, in partnership with Microsoft Corp, would allow the…

(Reuters) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday is expected to detail its latest innovations for implanting minuscule computer chips in human brains, fueling expectations among scientists who closely watch the company.

MILAN (Reuters) – Vodafone (VOD.L), Comcast unit SKY (CMCSA.O) and WindTre said on Friday it was crucial that any single broadband network company in Italy be independent with the proper governance rules. The comments came in a joint statement following…

PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France was not excluding any company including China’s Huawei from its next-generation 5G mobile market but that his strategy was one based on European sovereignty. Macron said Europe had two leading…

(Reuters) – Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elon Musk’s net worth topped $100 billion on Friday, according to the Forbes real-time billionaires list, as the shares of electric-car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) see a more than five-fold surge in value this year.…