Apple is suing tech start-up Rivos. The start-up has hired engineers who have access to sensitive Apple company information. The Cupertino tech company has accused several former employees of theft of information related to chips, Reuters reported. Rivos is a so-called ‘stealth’ tech start-up which operates in relative silence. […]
Google has blocked 8 million ads related to the war in Ukraine this year. This was announced by Google on Wednesday at the same time as it released its annual figures on harmful ads. The American search engine blocked or removed more than 3.4 billion advertisements in 2021. However, […]
Apple is starting to offer repair parts, manuals and repair kits for modern iPhones and eventually Macs. Anyone handy can replace parts with the original parts. Apple’s Self Service Repair was announced late last year and is now available in the US and expanding to Europe this year. At […]
The European Commission has taken the first formal legal step against the Hungarian government that could lead to “financial measures” for failing to respect the rule of law. In a letter, the EU’s day-to-day management asks for clarification on European money in public tenders. The commission has said “serious […]
US President Joe Biden has exercised his powers for the first time in his term to pardon convicts and shorten prison terms. The White House announced Tuesday that Biden has pardoned three people and reduced the prison terms of 75 others. According to the White House, the three people […]
Beijing residents are increasingly concerned about the coronavirus. In the Chinese capital, groceries are being bought en masse, while the approximately 3.5 million residents of a large district have been told that they must be tested several times. There is a fear among the population that Beijing, like Shanghai, […]
Russia seeks complete control of the eastern Donbas region and southern Ukraine to build a land bridge to the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, a senior Russian general said this on Friday. “Since the beginning of the second phase of the special […]
Amazon’s European web store division has paid no tax for 2021. Bloomberg reported this based on documents it could view. The European part of the American company had a turnover of 51.3 billion euros last year but had a deficit of 1.2 billion euros below the line. As a […]
In its emissions targets, Shell no longer looks at the progress that society has made in that area. Shell previously stated that it always wanted to be emission-free by 2050, “depending on social progress”. According to Van Beurden, dropping that condition is “another step forward” that “represents the leading […]
Greek authorities have seized a Russian oil tanker off the island of Evia. In addition, new European Union sanctions over the war in Ukraine have banned ports in the Member States from allowing ships flying the Russian flag to enter. The Greek shipping ministry said that the nearly 250-meter […]
