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Quality control at heart of latest Boeing crisis
TechXplore· 2024-01-26 10:30
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Boeing is facing intensifying scrutiny over its quality control practices. Boeing is facing intensifying scrutiny over its quality control practices in the aftermath of a near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines flight three weeks ago when a panel blew out. That January 5 incident on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 followed months of earlier, sma ...
EU law prompts Apple to make major changes to App Store in Europe
TechXplore· 2024-01-26 10:22
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Apple has announced major changes to its services in Europe that will allow iPhone users to download alternative app stores for the first time, as the US tech giant yields to new EU antitrust regulations. The overhaul, which will take place in March when the European Union's sweeping Digital M ...
Apple will open iPhone to alternative app stores, lower fees in Europe to comply with regulations
TechXplore· 2024-01-25 21:44
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Apple's App Store icon is displayed on an iPad in Baltimore, March 19, 2018. Apple has unveiled a sweeping plan to tear down some of the competitive barriers that it has built around its lucrative iPhone franchise. The announcement Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, comes as it moves to comply with upcoming European regulations aimed at g ...
Temu is planning to open up its marketplace to U.S. and European sellers
TechXplore· 2024-01-25 21:43
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: A page from the Temu website is seen, June 23, 2023, in New York. Temu, the China-founded online retailer surging in popularity in the United States, is opening its platform to U.S. and European sellers, a Temu spokesperson confirmed Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Richard Drew, File Temu, the online retailer owned by ...
FTC opens inquiry into Big Tech's partnerships with leading AI startups
TechXplore· 2024-01-25 21:43
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Lina Khan, the nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation confirmation hearing, April 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. antitrust enforcers are launching an inquiry into how big tech companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and G ...
Microsoft lays off 1,900 staff after Activision gaming buyout
TechXplore· 2024-01-25 17:34
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: The Microsoft logo is seen in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, France, April 12, 2016. Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 employees in its gaming division, according to an internal company memo obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler, File Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 ...
US approves inspection program to return Boeing 737 MAX to service
TechXplore· 2024-01-25 09:28
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun (L) arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2024, to meet with a group of senators. US regulators approved a detailed inspection framework that would allow the return to service of Boeing 737 MAX planes grounded after an emergency landing earlier this month, officials said Wednesday. S ...
Tesla 4Q earnings fall short of analyst estimates as company warns of lower sales growth this year
TechXplore· 2024-01-25 09:06
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: A Tesla vehicles charge, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Woodstock, Ga. Tesla reports their earnings on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File Tesla's net income more than doubled last quarter thanks to a big one-time tax benefit, but it warned of "notably lower" sales growth this year. The Austin, Texas, ...
Amazon tightens police access to Ring camera video
TechXplore· 2024-01-24 21:36
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Human rights advocates contend the ability to easily share Ring doorbell and security camera video with police has exacerbated racial profiling. Amazon on Wednesday said it will stop letting police directly ask people for video from the company's Ring doorbell or home security cameras. App updates include getting rid of a "Req ...
Why are Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta facing antitrust lawsuits and huge fines? And will it protect consumers?
TechXplore· 2024-01-24 17:20
This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Following a lengthy investigation, the United States Justice Department is set to file a lawsuit against Apple for potentially breaching antitrust laws. The department alleges Apple is using hardware and software limitations that make it harder for rival companies to compete with iPhones and ...