France’s competition watchdog has slapped Google with a €150 million (~$166M) fine after finding the tech giant abused its dominant position in the online search advertising market.
In a decision announced today — following a lengthy i…
YouTube has premiered a Robert Downey Jr-fronted series that seeks to demystify artificial intelligence.
The documentary - produced by the actor in partnership with his wife Susan - is one of the platform's highest profile and biggest-b…
Uber says it will make changes to avoid being banned in Germany, after a court ruled some of its processes did not respect local law.
In Germany, the app connects passengers to private hire vehicle and taxi firms, rather than independen…
A US government study suggests facial recognition algorithms are far less accurate at identifying African-American and Asian faces compared to Caucasian faces.
African-American females were even more likely to be misidentified, it indic…
China Mobile International Limited (CMI) officially opened its Data Centre in the UK in early December. As a purpose-built data centre, the new building is CMI's first data centre in Europe and an important addition to its growing global n…
Further expanding its accessibility around the globe, ZEE5 has recently partnered with leading global smart device provider Huawei. The partnership makes ZEE5’s Android App available on the Huawei App Gallery, thereby reaching the platform…
The four most downloaded apps of the decade are all owned by Facebook, according to app tracker App Annie.
Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram top App Annie's list, which was published on Monday.
The most downloaded …
There were reports on Wednesday that the government will create a new digital watchdog to oversee online giants such as Facebook and Google.
The idea would be to regulate digital advertising and data protection.
But given many of the…
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An eight-year-old boy who reviews toys has been named as the highest earning YouTuber, for the second year in a row.
Ryan, of Ryan's World, earned $26m (£20m) in 2019, up from $22m in 2018, according to an annual top-10 ranking by Forbe…
This was the year that 5G came to the UK, promising a new era of mobile communications. But how is it working out for those few consumers who have taken the plunge and signed up for a service?
I have conducted a not very scientific audi…
YouTube Music is taking on Spotify, Apple Music and others with the launch of three personalized playlists, including its own version of Spotify’s Discover Weekly, called Discover Mix, as well as a New Release Mix and Your Mix. Discover Mi…
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the grey space in between.
Today we’re looking into Uber’s bike bet and what the push could mean for Lime and other micromobility companies work…
Adriana Gascoigne is founder and CEO of the global nonprofit Girls in Tech, which is dedicated to empowering, educating and mentoring women in the technology industry.
As we welcome 2020 with ambitions set high for greater diver…
Nigerian startup Rensource Energy has raised a $20 million Series A round co-led by CRE Venture Capital and the Omidyar network.
The renewable energy company builds and operates solar powered micro-utilities that provide electricity to …
Artists have told the BBC how their artwork is being stolen from social media and sold for profit online.
They claim malicious individuals are finding their art, often with the aid of an automated system known as a bot, and uploading it…
Special Effects Supervisor Chris Corbould, Stunt Coordinator Lee Morrison and Stunt Driver Mark Higgins give insight into creating the spectacular stunt sequences in No Time To Die
Included in the new display are James Bond’s Lan…
Our review for the new HP Spectre x360 13 just went live. The Verge’s Dan Seifert says this 2-in-1 has a compact design with slimmer bezels surrounding its display, solid performance with its 10th Gen Intel Core i7 processor, and — drumrol…
Toyota Motor Corp plans to first deploy advanced self-driving features in commercial vehicles before adding them to cars meant for personal use, a senior official at the Japanese auto major said on Tuesday.
It will be easier to apply se…
Apple, Google, Tesla and Microsoft are among firms named in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The case has been filed by the International Rights Advocates on behalf …
Instagram is to warn users when their captions on a photo or video could be considered offensive.
The Facebook-owned company says it has trained an AI system to detect offensive captions.
The idea is to give users "a chance to pause …
If you use a Samsung Galaxy S10 on Sprint, T-Mobile, or Verizon, you might be able to download Android 10 to your device right now.
9to5Google surfaced reports on Reddit earlier today that Android 10 was rolling out to Galaxy S10 phones…
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) concluded its 51st Annual general assembly hosted by Air Mauritius with a call for enhanced intra-African Connectivity through collaboration among African airlines in order to better tackle key chal…
Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) will launch its Disney+ streaming service on Vivendi SA’s (VIV.PA) pay-TV business Canal+ platform by the end of March next year, executives of the two groups said in a joint interview released in the daily Les Echos…
Iran has foiled a second cyber-attack in less than a week, the country's telecommunications minister says.
Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi announced on Twitter that the cyber-attack had targeted Iranian electronic government systems.
Th…
Google has been forced to halt its latest web browser update on Android after a critical bug was discovered.
A number of users reported experiencing the loss of crucial login data in third-party apps after installing Chrome 79 on their …
It’s common knowledge that Google has photographed a huge amount of the planet for its Street View and Google Earth projects. But for the first time, Google has revealed how much of the world it has photographed: 10 million miles of Street…
Starting today, Instagram will start warning users when they’re about to post a “potentially offensive” caption for a photo or video that’s being uploaded to their main feed, the company has announced. If an Instagram user posts somethin…
Your iPhone uses information from your cell service, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GPS to pinpoint its location, and since you almost always have your phone on you, your location as well. That information can be useful for a lot of things, such as…
Samsung’s first folding phone may have been fraught with a stumbled launch, reliability woes, and a nearly $2,000 price tag, but that hasn’t stopped the company from finding a million people to buy the Galaxy Fold, according to Samsung Ele…
President Donald Trump’s tentative trade deal with China, announced earlier today, has saved Apple from raising the prices, or eating those price hikes itself, of some of its most popular products, including the iPhone.
According to Blo…
Microsoft is tweaking its Windows logo and the icons for many of the operating system’s apps. We’ve known for a year that the software maker has been planning an icon overhaul, and the company’s new Office icons were only the start. Micr…
With just less than a year until U.S. Election Day, Twitter is bringing back its Election Labels, which provide information about political candidates — including which office they’re running for and their state and district number. The l…
The writing is on the wall for Facebook — the platform is losing market share, fast, among young users.
Edison Research’s Infinite Dial study from early 2019 showed that 62% of U.S. 12–34 year-olds are Facebook users, down from 67% in 2…
Google Cloud today announced Transfer Service, a new service for enterprises that want to move their data from on-premise systems to the cloud. This new managed service is meant for large-scale transfers on the scale of billions of files …
For a long time now, Microsoft has been going out of its way to downplay the “box” part of “Xbox.” Whether it’s pledging to bring all of its first-party titles to PC, releasing some of them to platforms like Steam and the Nintendo Switch, …
As the results rolled in overnight, reaction came in fast online.
In partisan Facebook groups, the results were cheered or jeered - as you might expect - depending on which way the groups lean. This post in a large anti-Brexit group was…
The head of General Motors Co’s Cadillac luxury brand said on Thursday that a majority, and possibly all, of the brand’s models would be electric vehicles by 2030.
Cadillac president Steve Carlisle also said Cadillac was on track for “l…
Apple Inc’s iPhone shipments in China fell more than 35% in November, marking their second straight double-digit decline as sales of the cheaper iPhone 11 remained sluggish, brokerage Credit Suisse said on Thursday.
Shares of the compan…
Apple’s new Mac Pro is available to order today: it starts at $5,999, but if you want the most powerful Mac money can buy, it’ll cost you $52,599, making it the single most expensive Mac ever made. That eye-watering price tag comes with so…
Microsoft has been notifying Windows 7 users about January’s end of support throughout 2019. Now, the company is making its notification prompts even bigger, as full-screen pop-ups to warn about the end of life of Windows 7. The full-scr…
Ferrari won’t have its first fully electric model ready until after 2025 as the battery technology requires more development, Chief Executive Louis Camilleri said, pushing back expectations.
The luxury carmaker had previously said a ful…
YouTube will no longer allow videos that "maliciously insult someone" based on "protected attributes" such as race, gender identity or sexuality.
The video-sharing platform will also ban "implied threats of violence" as part of its new …
If you’ve always wanted an iPod click wheel on your iPhone, a new app is helping to bring Apple’s iconic music player back into the modern touchscreen era. Rewound is a basic music player app that’s available in Apple’s App Store. It use…
This growth was mainly influenced by a 187% rise in web skimmer files
In 2019, the number of unique malicious objects detected by Kaspersky’s (Kaspersky.co.za) web antivirus solution rose by an eighth, compared to last year — reaching 2…
A news and video report by China.org.cn [1] on the "Huawei's first 5G OpenLab" in Seoul, South Korea:
Huawei is one of the world's leading players in developing 5G technology. Apart from expanding its global market, the company is also …
Check out the Facebook in Africa infographic to learn more about Facebook milestones and achievements in sub Saharan Africa in 2019
Facebook (facebook.com) today released its ‘2019 Year in Review’ infographic, showcasing just some of it…
Audi Business Innovation is testing out a ride sharing service in Southern Germany called BITS that uses both gasoline and electric vehicles in its fleet.
To manage the service, Audi has turned to Fleetonomy, a fleet management servic…
Netflix Inc is testing longer subscription plans in India as it looks to attract more users in a highly competitive market where smartphone and internet usage is soaring.
New users of Netflix in India may have the option to choose from …