Author: Tech Support

Sources: China will push tech giants, including Ant Group, Tencent, and JD.com, to share consumer credit data in a bid to prevent excess borrowing and fraud (Julie Zhu/Reuters)

Julie Zhu / Reuters: Sources: China will push tech giants, including Ant Group, Tencent, and JD.com, to share consumer credit data in a bid to prevent excess borrowing and fraud  —  HONG KONG (Reuters) – China plans to push tech giants including Ant Group, Tencent and JD.com to share consumer loan data … Sources: China

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Twitter stock fell 7%+ in first trading since permanently banning Trump; one analyst says Twitter could be inviting regulation by making editorial decisions (Thomas Seal/Bloomberg)

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: Twitter stock fell 7%+ in first trading since permanently banning Trump; one analyst says Twitter could be inviting regulation by making editorial decisions  —  – Platform confirmed move in blog post after Capitol violence  — Ban shows Twitter is making editorial decisions, says analyst Twitter stock fell 7%+ in first trading

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Facebook says it has shut down a slew of accounts run by Ugandan government officials accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of elections (France 24)

France 24: Facebook says it has shut down a slew of accounts run by Ugandan government officials accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead of elections  —  Facebook has shut a slew of accounts belonging to Ugandan government officials accused of seeking to manipulate public debate ahead … Facebook says it has shut down

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Volvo owner Geely partners with China’s biggest search engine company on autonomous cars

Geely, the Chinese owner of Volvo, Lotus, and Polestar, is going to work with Chinese search giant Baidu to develop electric cars, which will feature connected and autonomous technologies. According to reports, the two companies are forming a partnership, which will create a new sub-brand for the vehicles. They’ll be built on Geely’s electric platform

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What to expect at CES 2021

The Consumer Electronics Show officially begins this week. Thankfully, the Consumer Electronics Association capitulated in July and switched the whole thing over to being online-only. But it’s hard to know what CES is even supposed to be without giant convention halls filled with ostentatious displays, blinking lights, and hordes of exhausted and smelly people in

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