Remove Government Remove Report Remove Saudi Arabia
article thumbnail

Amnesty International calls for Google to halt cloud business in Saudi Arabia

The Verge

Amnesty International is teaming up with 38 other human rights groups and individuals to call for a halt to Google’s plans to set up an enterprise cloud business in Saudi Arabia because of concerns over the country’s human rights track record. The quote has since been removed.

article thumbnail

Foxconn reportedly planning to build a $9 billion factory in Saudi Arabia's future city

TechSpot

Sources recently told the Wall Street Journal that the Saudi government is negotiating with electronics supplier Foxconn for a new $9 billion factory in its planned future city of Neom. The factory would be for semiconductors, displays, EV components, and surface-mount technology.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

US seeks to drop charges against former Twitter employees accused of spying for Saudia Arabia

The Verge

Two former Twitter employees who were last fall charged with spying on behalf of the government of Saudi Arabia may have charges against them dropped at the recommendation of US prosecutors, according to Bloomberg. Prosecutors are also recommending charges against him be dropped, Bloomberg reports.

article thumbnail

Lucid is raising prices on its luxury Air EV by as much as 13%

TechCrunch

The company announced Thursday alongside its first-quarter earnings report that it was raising prices of the variants of its luxury Air sedan, beginning June 1. The company also noted that it recently signed a deal in which the government of Saudi Arabia committed to purchase up to 100,000 electric vehicles from Lucid over the next 10 years.

article thumbnail

Saudi sovereign fund reportedly mulls investment in Chinese EV startup

TechNode

Chinese electric vehicle maker Human Horizons is reportedly in discussions with the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabias sovereign wealth fund, to secure at least $250 million at a valuation of $3 billion, according to Bloomberg sources. million from CYVN Holdings, an investment firm supported by the Abu Dhabi government.

article thumbnail

Huawei opens cloud data center in Saudi Arabia’s capital

TechNode

Huawei Technologies has inaugurated a cloud data center in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, according to a September 4 report by Reuters. This marks Huaweis 30th cloud data center globally, the report said.

article thumbnail

Apple’s privacy-focused Private Relay feature isn’t coming to China

The Verge

Apple’s new Private Relay feature, which is designed to obscure users’ browsing data and protect their privacy, won’t be available in China, Reuters reports. Other countries where Private Relay won’t be available include: Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and the Philippines.

China 76