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Are we relying too much on US big tech?

Are we relying too much on US big tech?

Liv McMahonTechnology reporter Getty The Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on Monday made global headlines after knocking some of the world’s largest sites offline for hours. For users, the impacts ranged from the serious – such as not being able to access vital banking, government or work services – to the not-so-serious, such as fears of losing long built-up streaks …

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Wall St rallies on tech strength, earnings optimism – Reuters

Wall St rallies on tech strength, earnings optimism  Reuters Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq jump as Apple leads tech stocks higher ahead of busy earnings week  Yahoo Finance Stocks Buoyed by Earnings as Apple Jumps to Record: Markets Wrap  Bloomberg.com Futures Rise With Big Earnings, China Trade Talks Due  Investor’s Business Daily Wall Street rises and pulls close to its record  AP News Source link

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Ex PlayStation exec says Sony can’t keep “increasing the graphics power” with new consoles after tech plateau, but PS5 has already “made almost every game a better game”

Ex PlayStation exec says Sony can’t keep “increasing the graphics power” with new consoles after tech plateau, but PS5 has already “made almost every game a better game”

You know how that old song goes – you say 120fps, I say 60fps / you say ray tracing, I say I’m so bored, I just fell asleep / let’s call the whole thing off! Something like that. That’s what it might as well be now that multiple industry leaders, including former PlayStation Indies head Shuhei Yoshida, agree that gaming …

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Beijing moves to stop Chinese tech giants from issuing stablecoins in Hong Kong: FT – theblock.co

Beijing moves to stop Chinese tech giants from issuing stablecoins in Hong Kong: FT  theblock.co Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in, FT reports  Reuters China’s Ant, JD.com Hit Pause on Hong Kong Stablecoin Plans After Beijing Warning  Yahoo Finance Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in  Financial Times Beijing Halts Tech Giants’ Stablecoin Ambitions in Hong Kong: …

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Students and Big Tech are taking on Texas app store age verification law

Students and Big Tech are taking on Texas app store age verification law

What do Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon have in common with an advocacy group called Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) that represents students? They are all taking on the Texas App Store Accountability Act, a law that requires age verification from users in the state of Texas in order to download apps in app stores. As Engadget reports, SEAT …

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Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in, FT reports – Reuters

Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in, FT reports  Reuters Trump’s Firing of FTC Official Heads to Supreme Court  PYMNTS.com Chinese tech giants pause stablecoin plans after Beijing steps in  Financial Times China’s Hong Kong Stablecoin Ban Fuels Interest in Decentralized Web3 Projects Like SUBBD Token  Brave New Coin Sources: Ant Group and JD.com have suspended plans to issue stablecoins in …

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Sam Leavitt sharp in return vs. Texas Tech, leads game-winning drive – Arizona Sports

Sam Leavitt sharp in return vs. Texas Tech, leads game-winning drive  Arizona Sports ASU stuns No. 7 TTU behind Leavitt’s late magic  ESPN What channel is Texas Kentucky on? Time, TV schedule to watch Week 8 clash today  Longhorns Wire Texas Tech’s loss to Arizona State puts double-digit teams in play to reach the Big 12 title game  CBS Sports State of the Sun …

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