SYDNEY: The Australian government on November 9 launched an investigation into a nationwide communications outage that paralyzed phone lines and cut internet access for 10 million customers. For nearly 12 hours on Nov. 8, the unexplained glitch blocked electronic payments, disrupted phone lines used by emergency services and prevented people …

Cruise LLC, the robotaxi company owned by General Motors Co, retired its automated driving system and rolled out a software update to part of its fleet after one of its vehicles dragged a pedestrian hit by another car in San Francisco last month. past. The company also said in a …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will work with Toyota Motor Corp in developing the country’s electric vehicle (EV) industry, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said after a meeting with the automakers’ executives. “Toyota said it sees the potential in Thailand’s automobile manufacturing industry, especially in pickup trucks and green cars,” the government …

For several years now, low-Earth orbit satellite constellations have been growing above our heads. These thousands of satellites are designed to provide Internet access to isolated populations, covering practically the entire surface of the planet. SpaceX’s Starlink (more than 4,000 satellites already in orbit), Amazon’s Kuiper (more than 3,000) and …

Google insists that the billions of dollars in revenue-sharing payments it makes to smartphone makers and wireless service providers ensure those companies innovate and support the Android software ecosystem, helping it better compete against the Apple Inc’s iPhone, according to a company executive. Competition between Alphabet Inc’s Google and Apple …

PARAMUS, United States: When Jessica Martínez moved away from home in 2020, a temporary contract brought her to New Jersey as a nurse on the front lines of the pandemic. But her profits declined as Covid-19 faded. Attracted by higher pay and greater flexibility, the 38-year-old is among a growing …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony’s operating profit fell 29% in the July-September quarter as the company was hit by weaker performance in its financial and image sensor divisions. Profit for the quarter was 263 billion yen ($1.74 billion). That compares with an estimate of 306 billion yen from 10 analysts surveyed …

BEIJING: Chinese airline China Southern Airlines said on Nov 9 it would accept ticket sales with prices as low as US$1.30 during a two-hour technical outage on its mobile phone app and some ticket booking platforms. late November. 8. Consumers began reporting on Chinese social media around 8:00 p.m. (12:00 …

Google has expanded its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search results, called Search Generative Experience (SGE), to more than 120 new countries, including Malaysia. With this feature, users will be shown an AI-generated answer to their query at the top of search results. This answer will also include links to the search …