Tech Strike

South Korean tech giant Samsung said Tuesday that production was not being disrupted despite a three-day general strike by thousands of workers.

The US and India have extended their standstill agreement till June 30, over the former's retaliation over India’s digital-services tax on big tech firms. The development was announced by the US ahead of a deadline for a global deal that will reallocate taxing rights for major US tech firms that provide digital services like Alphabet-owned Google...

Workers at tech giant Samsung Electronics in South Korea staged the first strike at the company on Friday, the head of a major union representing tens of thousands of people told AFP.

Google and Meta have reportedly joined OpenAI in the artificial intelligence (AI) content licensing war. OpenAI has been making numerous deals with news publishers and other websites to access their data to train its AI models. As per a report, Google and Meta have also entered the market to strike content licensing deals with Hollywood studios. It...

Ever since the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT took the world, an AI race has spurred among tech giants, shaking up the film industry. The use of AI to write scripts is one of the leading concerns among Hollywood movie and TV writers who are in their third week of a strike that has upended productions. At the Cannes Film Festival, attendees...

The Writers Guild of America has asked for binding agreements to regulate the use of AI, proposing that nothing written by AI can be considered “literary” or "source" material. With their rapidly advancing ability to eerily mimic human conversation, AI programs like ChatGPT have spooked many industries recently. The WGA claims that studios reje...

Google on Friday hit out at the competition regulator for slapping penalties for alleged abuse of its dominant position, saying the orders strike a blow at the effort to accelerate digital adoption in India and will lead to higher prices. Failing to secure an interim relief on more than Rs. 2,200 crore fine imposed by the Competition Commission of ...

Hundreds of Apple workers in Australia are preparing to go on a strike ahead of Christmas to demand better working conditions and wages, union leaders and staff said, a move likely to hurt the iPhone maker's sales and services in the country.

Yahoo, Paypal and several gaming websites have been blocked in Indonesia after they failed to comply with the country’s licensing rule. Meanwhile, several tech companies including Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, Amazon, and Alphabet registered in a rush close to the deadline.

With just weeks to go before an expected launch, Donald Trump’s new media venture is trying to strike a delicate balance with its app: giving Trump's base the freedom to express themselves, without running afoul of Apple and Google’s app store policies.

Workers at some Amazon warehouses in Germany began strike action on Monday, services sector union Verdi said, as part of a long-running battle with the US tech giant over better pay and working conditions.

The change comes as Wolfspeed has reoriented its business to the growing market for electric cars.

Google has agreed to make "significant payments" to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for content, the companies said Wednesday as tech firms face growing pressure to pay for news from an Australian-led initiative.

Alphabet's Google is set to reach a deal to pay French publishers for their news, the U.S. tech giant said on Wednesday, the latest move to placate media groups and head off regulators siding with publishers seeking a level playing field.

Protesting against the move, the toy wholesalers of the city went on a one-day strike, contending that the import duty hike will result in the closure of businesses and a spurt in unemployment.

South Korean tech giant Samsung said Tuesday that production was not being disrupted despite a three-day general strike by thousands of workers.

The US and India have extended their standstill agreement till June 30, over the former's retaliation over India’s digital-services tax on big tech firms. The development was announced by the US ahead of a deadline for a global deal that will reallocate taxing rights for major US tech firms that provide digital services like Alphabet-owned Google...

Workers at tech giant Samsung Electronics in South Korea staged the first strike at the company on Friday, the head of a major union representing tens of thousands of people told AFP.

Google and Meta have reportedly joined OpenAI in the artificial intelligence (AI) content licensing war. OpenAI has been making numerous deals with news publishers and other websites to access their data to train its AI models. As per a report, Google and Meta have also entered the market to strike content licensing deals with Hollywood studios. It...

Ever since the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT took the world, an AI race has spurred among tech giants, shaking up the film industry. The use of AI to write scripts is one of the leading concerns among Hollywood movie and TV writers who are in their third week of a strike that has upended productions. At the Cannes Film Festival, attendees...

The Writers Guild of America has asked for binding agreements to regulate the use of AI, proposing that nothing written by AI can be considered “literary” or "source" material. With their rapidly advancing ability to eerily mimic human conversation, AI programs like ChatGPT have spooked many industries recently. The WGA claims that studios reje...

Google on Friday hit out at the competition regulator for slapping penalties for alleged abuse of its dominant position, saying the orders strike a blow at the effort to accelerate digital adoption in India and will lead to higher prices. Failing to secure an interim relief on more than Rs. 2,200 crore fine imposed by the Competition Commission of ...

Hundreds of Apple workers in Australia are preparing to go on a strike ahead of Christmas to demand better working conditions and wages, union leaders and staff said, a move likely to hurt the iPhone maker's sales and services in the country.

Yahoo, Paypal and several gaming websites have been blocked in Indonesia after they failed to comply with the country’s licensing rule. Meanwhile, several tech companies including Meta’s Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, Amazon, and Alphabet registered in a rush close to the deadline.

With just weeks to go before an expected launch, Donald Trump’s new media venture is trying to strike a delicate balance with its app: giving Trump's base the freedom to express themselves, without running afoul of Apple and Google’s app store policies.

Workers at some Amazon warehouses in Germany began strike action on Monday, services sector union Verdi said, as part of a long-running battle with the US tech giant over better pay and working conditions.

The change comes as Wolfspeed has reoriented its business to the growing market for electric cars.

Google has agreed to make "significant payments" to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for content, the companies said Wednesday as tech firms face growing pressure to pay for news from an Australian-led initiative.

Alphabet's Google is set to reach a deal to pay French publishers for their news, the U.S. tech giant said on Wednesday, the latest move to placate media groups and head off regulators siding with publishers seeking a level playing field.

Protesting against the move, the toy wholesalers of the city went on a one-day strike, contending that the import duty hike will result in the closure of businesses and a spurt in unemployment.