Technology

Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd said loopholes created during a recent tech upgrade made some content on its enclosed WeChat ecosystem available on search engines. While the company said the vulnerability had already been fixed, searches performed using Google, which is blocked in mainland China, and Microsoft Corp’s Bing were still able to locate social media articles from WeChat. Articles on …

Bloomberg Google’s cloud-computing division unveiled tools to help clients monitor and reduce their environmental impact, part of the company’s broader push to fight climate change. Customers can now use a carbon-footprint feature to see the gross emissions associated with their use of the Google Cloud platform, the Alphabet Inc.-owned company said in a blog post. Google Cloud also is teaming …

Bloomberg Apple Inc is likely to slash its projected iPhone 13 production targets for 2021 by as many as 10 million units as prolonged chip shortages hit its flagship product The company had expected to produce 90 million new iPhone models in the last three months of the year, but it’s now telling manufacturing partners that the total will be …

Bloomberg Thousands of users of Facebook Inc’s main social network and Instagram photo-sharing app reported having trouble accessing the services for a short stretch midday, the second time in a week they were out of reach for a wide swath of people. More than an hour after apologising for the outages, Instagram said on Twitter that the situation was resolved. …

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc unveiled a home robot called Astro, a screen on wheels that works with the company’s Alexa voice software. The $1,000 bot, which Bloomberg first reported was in development in 2018, was shown at an Amazon event checking on pets while a user was away and following a child through the home during a video call. The device’s …

Bloomberg YouTube will begin removing content questioning any approved medical vaccine, not just those for Covid-19, a departure from the video site’s historically hands-off approach. The division of Alphabet Inc’s Google announced that it will extend its policy against misinformation to cover all vaccines that health authorities consider effective. The ban will include any media that claims vaccines are dangerous …

Bloomberg Facebook Inc said it’s pausing work on rolling out an Instagram Kids site after social networking company came under criticism for its negative effect on children, especially on teenage girls. Facebook said it’s not abandoning the idea to create a dedicated experience for kids under 13, but will take time to discuss with experts, parents and policymakers to “demonstrate …

Bloomberg Facebook Inc said it has spent more than $13 billion on safety and security efforts since the 2016 US election, and now has 40,000 employees working on those issues. The 40,000 safety and security workers include outside contractors who focus on content moderation, a spokesman said. Facebook said it had over 35,000 safety and security employees in October 2019. …

Bloomberg Apple Inc’s upcoming smartwatch is suffering production snags as manufacturers adjust to a new design, likely leading to shipment delays or supply constraints, according to a person familiar with the situation. The device is expected to have a larger screen, alongside a faster processor, Bloomberg has reported. The upgrade has brought manufacturing challenges, according to the person, who asked …

Bloomberg Let the iPhone 13 price wars begin. With the debut of Apple Inc’s newest phones, AT&T Inc embarked on a second year of giveaways, offering the new iPhone 13 Pro free to new and existing customers who have qualifying trade-ins and unlimited data plans, a deal worth as much as $1,000. T-Mobile US Inc is matching the iPhone 13 …