Author: Lawrence Abrams

Apple on Monday called a pornography app available for iPhones in the European Union a danger to children, saying landmark digital rules there allowed it to get on to its handsets via an alternative to its App Store.Apple has long argued that allowing “sideloading” of apps onto iPhones or iPads from places other that the App Store brings with it the risk of deceptive, dangerous and dubious digital content. gc/stRead More

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UBS Global Wealth Management’s Kelvin Tay says the White House is using tariffs as “more of a bargaining tool, a negotiation tool.” According to Tay, positioning in Chinese equity markets and some other Asian markets is “a lot lighter today compared to 2018 when we first had the US-China trade escalation.” He adds that “this time around the markets are likely to be a little bit orderly and not a chaotic as before.” (Source: Bloomberg)Read More

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France hosts top tech players next week at an artificial intelligence summit meant as a “wake-up call” for Europe as it struggles with AI challenges from the United States and China.”The summit comes at exactly the right time for this wake-up call for France and Europe, and to show we are in position” to take advantage of the technology, an official in Macron’s office told reporters.Read More

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