(Reuters) – AT&T is committed to spend as much as needed on the media business of newly acquired Time Warner – now known as WarnerMedia – chief executive Randall Stephenson told CNBC on Friday, with a Read more…
BERLIN (Reuters) – The use of robot journalism, or articles generated by artificial intelligence, does not pose a threat to jobs, the chief executive of German publisher Axel Springer said on Wednesday. “Is it going Read more…
Globe Telecom and The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia have introduced DisneyLife: The World of Disney in One App, which enables users to watch Disney content via mobile. The Globe Telecom launch marks DisneyLife’s first Read more…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent chairman Pony Ma pledged to advance China’s semiconductor industry, saying the blow to ZTE from Washington’s ban on US firms supplying telecommunications company was a “wake-up” call, local media reported. Read more…
Facebook disclosed Q1 enforcement data for the first time this week, and while it is clear that the company is trying very hard, there are still massive problems that need to be overcome. During Q1 Read more…
The Singtel Group and Razer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strategically collaborate on e-payments, eSports, gaming-related digital media and telecoms services across Southeast Asia. According to Euromonitor, mobile payments in Southeast Asia is Read more…
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Group of Seven (G7) leading industrialized nations on Tuesday told leading tech and social media companies to ramp up efforts to combat the spread of extremism, a top Canadian official said. Read more…
ITEM: If you think fake news on social media is a problem now, just wait until AI starts writing it. And you won’t have to wait long. At last week’s EmTech Digital event in San Read more…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Global tech giants including Facebook and Twitter on Thursday expressed concern about a possible Singapore plan to bring in a new law to tackle the threat of fake news, saying sufficient rules Read more…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – False news stories spread much more quickly and widely on Twitter than truthful ones, an imbalance driven more by people than automated “bot” accounts, researchers said on Thursday. A study by researchers Read more…
I’ve lost track how many times in my life I’ve been told I should put a bag over my head but now there may be a good reason for it. Just when you thought audio-visual Read more…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – South Korean messaging app service provider Kakao Corp is aiming to acquire global content providers in Japan and the United States after successfully raising $1 billion from foreign investors, a senior company Read more…
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – It seems like a game everyone wins: some of China’s biggest tech companies, looking to hook in new consumers, are using cash prizes to draw millions of contenders to mobile-based online quiz Read more…
GENEVA (Reuters) – You’re on the web, you’re in the cloud. But don’t neglect good old-fashioned paper. That’s the advice from internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who is afraid that all our digital memories could be Read more…
SAN FRANSICO (Reuters) – Apple on Monday confirmed it had reached a deal to acquire Shazam Entertainment, the UK-based app that lets users identify songs by pointing a smart phone at the audio source. Apple Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple is in talks to acquire Shazam Entertainment, whose software helps users identify songs by pointing their phone at an audio source, according to a person familiar with the situation. Shazam’s Read more…
Despite its recent acquisition by Verizon, the decline of Yahoo’s assets seems to be accelerating, further underpinning my long-held position that Verizon substantially overpaid to acquire them. At the same, it also reinforces my opinion Read more…
As you no doubt know, Facebook is in trouble – not financially, but politically. The evidence is piling up that Russian-backed organizations bought ads, planted fake news stories and created hundreds of millions of fake Read more…
The digital advertising model is broken. And finally publishers are accepting this fact. It is not before time – the rest of the world, digital or otherwise, spends much of its time saying that we Read more…
Cambodian cellco Smart Axiata announced that it will acquire a 30% equity stake in local digital content and entertainment provider Sabay Digital Plus in a deal that both companies hope will strengthen their digital position Read more…
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