Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc (NIO.N) has launched a battery leasing service that will allow drivers to buy an EV without owning the battery pack - one of the most expensive EV components - thereby lowering the starting price…
Some European Union regulators objected to Ireland’s preliminary ruling in a landmark privacy investigation of Twitter, the lead regulator said on Thursday, triggering a process where a majority decision will be sought.
Twitter had look…
Music-streaming service Spotify was offline for users around the world for more than an hour on Wednesday.
Users could play only songs already downloaded to their devices. And in many cases songs cut out after just a few seconds.
The…
Smartphones can detect when you've had too much to drink by monitoring your walk, a study has found.
American researchers used sensors in smartphones to detect when somebody was over the legal drink-drive limit.
Phones were able to d…
Google said on Wednesday it has expanded its jobs app, called Kormo Jobs, to India as the Search giant looks to offer a helping hand to millions looking for entry-level roles and further displace Microsoft’s LinkedIn relevance in the world…
Google Maps is getting a significant update that will bring more detail and granularity to its map, with changes that encompass both natural features and city-level details alike. For the former, Google says it’s leveraged computer vision …
Don’t know what you’re in the mood to watch? Netflix’s new “Shuffle” feature could help. The company confirms it’s currently testing a feature that puts a big button labeled “Shuffle Play” right on the Netflix home screen, beneath your use…
If, like me, you can’t afford a full-sized Tesla because your life has been a series of bad investments (one day my early Fyre Festival backing will pay off), then Radio Flyer’s newest product might be just the thing for you. It’s a scaled…
General Motors (GM.N) is overhauling its Chinese line-up with a greater emphasis on electric cars and smart-driving technology to stem a slide in sales after more than two decades of growth in a country that contributes nearly a fifth of i…
Health misinformation on Facebook was viewed 3.8 billion times in the past year, peaking during the Covid-19 crisis, a report suggests.
Activist group Avaaz, which conducted the research, said Facebook posed a "major threat" to public h…
Clarion Gaming launches ICE Africa Digital 2020 as the in-person event is postponed to 2021.
Clarion Gaming announced today that the third instalment of Africa’s leading gambling exhibition and conference ICE Africa will migrate online,…
High quality lidar processing enables fast mobile mapping for diverse applications
Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced Kaarta Cloud® exclusively supports Velodyne’s lidar sensors. Kaarta’s new cloud-based application is a platform to p…
Samsung Pay Card, a new Mastercard debit card from the mobile handset giant, has launched in the U.K. today.
Powered by London-based fintech Curve, it lets you consolidate all of your other existing bank cards into a single card and dig…
TikTok had already offered its statement regarding the Trump administration’s executive order that will ban the app from the U.S. if it’s not sold by Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance by a given deadline. Today, the company has additi…
Pinterest has appointed Andrea Wishom, president of real estate company Skywalker Holdings* and former Harpo Studios executive, to its board of directors. The appointment makes her Pinterest’s first Black board member and third female boar…
Donald Trump has joined Triller, a New-York-based rival to China's TikTok.
After two days on the social-media app, the US president has 11,000 followers.
TikTok was banned in India two months ago. Mr Trump wants to follow suit unless…
Zoom Video Communications has opened a new data center in Singapore, its first in Southeast Asia, it said on Tuesday.
Use of Zoom’s video conferencing services has surged as huge numbers of people across the world work from home because…
You slide your finger across the screen, the red bird sitting in a slingshot is ready to fly - you tweak the angle and let go.
The bird soars across the sky and as you watch its progress on your phone you're probably not thinking about …
The website of Notepad++ is banned in China as of Monday, “obviously due to” its release of editions named “Free Uyghur” and “Stand with Hong Kong,” the source code and text editor announced on Twitter.
First released in 2003 by France-…
Facebook is facing heat in India, its biggest market by users, over a report that claimed the company compromised its hate speech policy to favor the ruling party.
Politicians from the Bharatiya Janata Party, which rules the government …
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S streaming giant Netflix is ramping up its mobile-only subscription plans in Southeast Asia and expanding local content, senior executives told Reuters, just as arch-rival Disney arrives in the fast-growing market.…
The Japanese game became symbolic of how an entire generation lost the art of playing outdoors.
Our virtual lives have taken on a new significance amid seemingly endless quarantines and requests for social distancing. Many find comfort…
Young people between the ages of 18 and 35 make up about 31% of the eligible voting population in the US, and they will soon be the largest group in the electorate.
Although they frequently talk about politics online, these so-called 'm…
The US is placing further restrictions on Huawei Technologies in a bid to limit the company's access to electronic components.
The aim is to stop the Chinese company buying computer chips made using US technology, even if they were not …
Mindray (SZSE: 300760), a leading provider of medical devices and solutions, has released its new generation infusion system, BeneFusion n Series. With deep insights into patient safety, operational simplicity, interoperability and data sy…
Broad multivendor ecosystem of leading cloud platforms, technology providers and system integrator resellers gives enterprises greater control and flexibility
Genesys (Genesys.com), a global leader in cloud customer experience (bit.ly/3…
Huawei Releases Full-Stack Ascend AI Software to Bridge the Divide Between AI Computing and Application
Huawei released the full-stack Ascend AI software at the Huawei Ascend Innovation (HAI) 2020 conference, setting a new milestone as …
We all know by now that games harness the power of play, and through play we develop a range of 21st Century knowledge and skills, including language, communication, creative problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration and social int…
Avatars include hundreds of global sticker packs and integrations with GIF providers and can also be shared across Facebook and Messenger
Facebook (Facebook.com) today, launched Avatars in Africa to give people new ways to express thems…
Microsoft is committing to support its new Surface Duo Android phone with updates for three years. “Surface Duo will be supported with OS and security updates for 3 years,” says a Microsoft spokesperson in a statement to The Verge.
This…
The texts came nearly every morning. I love you. I miss you. I adore you. If Grace* didn’t answer immediately, Scott, her boyfriend — or beloved, as he liked to call himself — would get worried. Was she okay? Why wasn’t she answering her p…
Samsung’s affordable midrange 5G phone, the Galaxy A51, is finally available at Verizon. Compared to other phones released within the past year, the $550 Galaxy A51 5G UW is one of the more affordable 5G phones right now: $900 cheaper than…
Russell Kirsch, whose research going back to the ’50s underlies the entire field of digital imaging, died earlier this week at the age of 91. It’s hard to overstate the impact of his work, which led to the first digitally scanned photo and…
Rovio Entertainment (ROVIO.HE), maker of the 10-year-old “Angry Birds” mobile game series, on Friday reported a 160% jump in second-quarter adjusted operating profit, helped by increased player engagement amid COVID-19 lockdowns.
“We re…
A security researcher was awarded a $6,000 bug bounty payout after he found Instagram retained photos and private direct messages on its servers long after he deleted them.
Independent security researcher Saugat Pokharel found that when…
After Epic Games picked a fight with Apple over the sizable chunk of fees the company takes on transactions in its mobile ecosystem, it looks like the Fortnite developer will be waging a war on two fronts.
Epic added a direct payment op…
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), whose members include companies such as Walmart Inc and Target Corp, said on Friday it has joined over a dozen trade groups to form a coalition to fight counterfeit goods on online platforms …
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that any deal to sell Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to an American company must “substantially” benefit the United States and provide “total security.”
Trump made the remarks after issuin…
Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday removed popular video game “Fortnite” from their app stores for violating the in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to file federal antitrust lawsuits challenging their ru…
Eminent development thinkers, innovative leaders and senior government officials are coming together on 19 August for a dialogue on how the Asia-Pacific region can accelerate digital connectivity and leverage innovation as part of its post…
As TikTok’s fate remains in flux, its smaller rival Likee has been making waves around the world, garnering 150 million monthly active users as of this June.
That’s according to the earnings report of Chinese internet company Joyy, the …
Apple Inc is readying a series of subscription bundles that will let customers sign in for several of the iPhone maker’s digital services at a lower monthly price, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
The bundles, dubbed “Apple One” in…
Facebook Inc and Snapchat owner Snap Inc held talks to buy Dubsmash, the Information reported on Wednesday, putting a spotlight on pop video apps at a time when Microsoft Corp is trying to workout a deal to buy rival TikTok.
Facebook a…
China's ByteDance is in early talks with Reliance Industries Ltd (RELI.NS) for an investment in its video-based app TikTok's business in India, TechCrunch reported here on Thursday, citing sources.
The two companies began conversations …
Tencent has played down Donald Trump's ban on its WeChat app, believing it will only affect its US operations.
The tech giant runs an equivalent messaging platform in China called Weixin which it hopes will be unaffected.
The bigger …
A trial of the English coronavirus app is getting under way.
It will be limited to residents in the Isle of Wight, the London Borough of Newham and NHS volunteer responders to begin with.
The app will be available in Apple and Google…
Infinix ,is said to launch Zero 8 soon, which is the latest product of its flagship smartphone series Zero. It is also rumored that Zero 8 will become the flagship product of the Infinix brand for 2020.
With its distinctive products, In…
The Managed Services division at Datacentrix, a high performing and secure ICT solutions provider, has reinforced its commitment to effective information security by attaining its Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) cert…
Google is using accelerometers in an interesting new way, Twitter allows everyone to limit tweet replies and Mozilla announces major layoffs. This is your Daily Crunch for August 11, 2020.
The big story: Android phones become earthquake…
Trade negotiators from the United States and China will discuss the implementation of the phase one trade deal in the coming days, with China likely to bring up issues surrounding TikTok and WeChat, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, ci…