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Apple acquired Dark Sky weather app, set to remove from Play Store by July 1

Dark Sky, a popular hyperlocal weather app and data collection service, has joined Apple to reach far more people with far more impact than ever thought. Dark Sky is one of the most accurate information sources of hyperlocal weather information providing down-to-the-minute forecasts...

How bad COVID-19 has hit the tech industry

The novel coronavirus COVID-19 so far has a devastating impact on the U.S. and many other state's economies. As all the affected countries are trying to stem the spread of the virus, life seems to be slowly grinding to a halt. This grind...

Tesla is halting production at Fremont factory in response to coronavirus

Tesla, the electric car maker, said that it is hanging on its production in its Fremont and New York factories from Monday, March 23, due to the growing pressure from the local health authorities to shut down to break off the spread of...

Amazon is hiring for 100,000 positions to support its services with an unprecedented increase in demand amid Coronavirus

Amazon plans to hire more than 100,000 workers to assist in online deliveries in the USA, the UK, and many countries in the EU. Besides hiring, Amazon announced it will increase pay, through April, in the USA by $2 per hour, 2 pounds...

Apple fined a record $1.2 billion by the French competition authority

Apple is fined for 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) on Monday by France's antitrust authority "Autorite de la concurrence" for being guilty of creating a cartel within its distribution network. Apple distributors, Tech Data and Ingram Micro were also sanctioned for 76.1 million...

Airbnb offering full refund as the lockdown continues to disrupt the travel plans

Airbnb - a San-Francisco based company that offers homestays or tourism experiences primarily - has announced a full refund policy for every reservation around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic. Both hosts and guests can now cancel all of their bookings of till...

Google asks staff in North America to work from home

Google asks all of its North-American employees to work from home (WFH), due to COVID-19 - coronavirus - outbreak, if their workload and situation allow it. The company extended the permission, through a memo, until April 10. Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter have...

Facebook sues Namecheap for registering deceptive domains

Facebook, the social network company, has filed a lawsuit against Namecheap, a domain name registrar, and WhoisGuard, Namecheap's proxy service, in Arizona for alleged cybersquatting and registering deceiving domain names that allegedly infringed on Facebook's trademark.  Christen Dubois, Director and Associate General Counsel of...

Amazon employee tests positive for coronavirus – in Seattle and Italy

Amazon has confirmed an employee in Seattle is tested a positive coronavirus. "The employee went home feeling unwell on Tuesday, February 25 and has not entered Amazon offices since that time," an official email said. The online tech company, Amazon.com Inc, informed its staff at Amazon's...

Foxconn expects to bring workers back to work by the end of March

Foxconn is bringing its workers back to work to resume the normal production in China by the end of March. More than half of the workforce has already started working following the coronavirus outbreak.  The Taiwanese firm, Foxconn, stopped and postponed the production due...

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Exploring the impact of AI in documentaries introduces a host of ethical issues. While AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney offer efficiency in tasks like transcription and editing, their...