TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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Meta announced that it has decided to ‘temporarily’ close Threads, the social media
platform it launched as a competitor to Twitter-X, due to the Competition Board’s
temporary injunction. |
The US Senate has approved a controversial bill that forces the Chinese company
that owns TikTok to sell its shares, which could otherwise lead to a ban on the app in
America. |
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Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, an advanced hydraulic humanoid robot, has been
replaced by Atlas 2, an electric version. |
Getir decided to withdraw from the three European markets in which it operates,
namely the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. |
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Market chain ŞOK informed the Public Disclosure Platform that it has signed a share
purchase agreement for the acquisition of all shares of Future Teknoloji Ticaret,
known for its ‘İstegelsin’ brand, for 220 million Turkish liras. |
DEVELOPMENTS FROM PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS REGARDING TECHNOLOGY
The Directorate of Communications published 122nd and 123rd issues of the
Disinformation Bulletin. Accordingly, the allegations that the information collected
at the Kürecik radar base in Malatya is shared with non-NATO allied countries such
as Israel and that the VAT rate of 8 per cent will be increased to 10 per cent and the
VAT rate of 18 per cent will be increased to 20 per cent in places where food and
beverages are sold do not reflect the truth. |
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Head of the Federation of Software Industrialists of Turkey, Mustafa Çalış, announced
that artificial intelligence has positive effects and that the annual volume of grants
and supports given by the state in the field of software is aimed to be increased to
10 billion dollars. |
It was announced that Amazon was fined 10 million euros by the Competition
Authority in Italy on the grounds that the purchase option for many products was
automatically set to recurring periodic purchases instead of one-time and that
consumer preferences were significantly restricted. |
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NEWS ABOUT TÜRKİYE’S INTERNAL POLITICS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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The European Union decided to carry out the necessary work to improve relations
with Turkey and to restart negotiations to resolve the Cyprus problem within the
framework of the United Nations parameters. |
At a press conference with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President
Erdoğan stated that they agreed to improve bilateral relations and that they aim to
increase the bilateral trade volume to 60 billion dollars. |
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