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 …
Game of Thrones, Caitlyn Jenner, the Rugby World Cup, what is Area 51, how to eat a pineapple and what is a dead ting?
These are some of the top phrases and questions you searched for on Google in 2019.
The Rugby World Cup - which So…
In early November, we asked you to send us targeted election ads you had seen on social media. We've had a tremendous response, with more than 1,800 messages so far.
Looking through them, a number of questions arise. How are these ads t…
Twitter is changing the way it processes uploaded images, and the new way of doing things will be much-appreciated by any photographers sharing their work on the platform. Twitter engineer Nolan O’Brien shared that the platform will now pr…
INNODATA LAUNCHES DOCANALYTICS(tm), a Web-Based, AI-Enabled Document-to-Data Transformation Engine & Document Analytics Platform
Document management suite enables companies to turn complex documents into rich data points and insights
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Pan-African digital classifieds company Jiji has raised $21 million in Series C and C-1 financing from six investors, led by Knuru Capital.
The Nigeria-based venture, co-founded by Ukrainian entrepreneur Vladimir Mnogoletniy, has an Eas…
Microsoft has for years promised it would eventually shut down to-do list app Wunderlist, which it acquired in 2015, in favor of its own app, To Do — after it felt the latter was able to offer a competitive experience that included Wunder…
Apple Card’s interest-free iPhone installment plan goes live, now with 6% back on Apple holiday purchases
Apple is today launching a new feature for Apple Card which allows cardholders to purchase a new iPhone then pay it back…
Electric bike-sharing startup Wheels said on Tuesday it will begin offering its riders shareable helmets in response to concerns about injuries.
Beginning in Los Angeles, Wheels will mount helmets on the rear fenders of its bikes that c…
Needham and Co was the fourth Wall Street brokerage in two months to cut its rating for Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) on Tuesday, arguing competition from new streaming services could lead to the loss of 4 million premium U.S. subscribers next year…
Jaguar Land Rover has 3D-printed a dog paw for use in durability tests
Yogi the Labrador was the canine supervisor for the unique project
‘RoboYogi’ tests ensure paint can withstand scratches from dog claws
Results show New …
Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] plans to equip more of its products with its Harmony operating system (OS) next year, and will promote them at home and abroad, a Huawei spokesman said on Monday.
But there are no plans cu…
After more than a year of teasing, Apple finally unveiled the new Mac Pro at WWDC in June. The long wait was finally over — though Apple left out one key detail: when, precisely the high end desktop would arrive, beyond a purposefully vagu…
Elon Musk did not defame a British caver who helped in last year's rescue of trapped Thai schoolboys by calling him a "pedo guy", a US jury has found.
Vernon Unsworth sought $190m (£145m) in damages from the Tesla founder, arguing that …
China has reportedly ordered all foreign PC hardware and operating systems to be replaced in the next three years, intensifying an ongoing tech war. The country has attempted this sort of thing before halfheartedly, but this is the most se…
A Tesla has crashed into a police car and another vehicle while on Autopilot in the US.
Both the police car and the other vehicle, which had broken down, were stationary at the time of the incident.
The driver told police that he put…
The European Commission approved on Monday 3.2 billion euros ($3.53 billion) of state aid from seven European Union countries for research and innovation in battery technology.
The approval is for projects in Belgium, Finland, France, G…
Global Research Shows AI to Shape Technology Landscape of 2020s, But Unintended Consequences Pose Big Risks
ISACA marks 50th anniversary by surveying 5,000+ tech pros on the next decade of tech
The evolving relationship between artif…
THE AFRICAN CHAIN
Sekunjalo Investment Holdings and Chinese public blockchain leader Ultrain, partner to build new African payment infrastructure
Diversified investment group, Sekunjalo Investment Holdings (Sekunjalo), has announced …
Today’s political scene is chaotic, the generations are staring each other down, and the planet’s ecosystem is upending — but at least you can take care of yourself. Apple’s updated Health app, which appeared with iOS 13, allows you to mon…
Motorola has been experimenting the last few years with its One line of phones, which look to blur the line between midrange and high-end smartphones. The latest attempt is the Motorola One Hyper, which is essentially a budget version of…
Plex has officially launched its ad-supported streaming service, which offers free access to movies, TV shows, and documentaries from both major studios and smaller indie producers. “Starting today, Plex will deliver more content to more…
Motorola hasn’t produced an Android smartphone with flagship, top-tier specs over the last couple years. But during today’s introduction of Qualcomm’s latest processors, the company said that’s going to change in 2020. Motorola has alrea…
Microsoft is currently planning to launch two next-generation Xbox consoles for holiday 2020. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell The Verge that Microsoft is planning a second, cheaper and less powerful Xbox console, codenamed “…
BMW has backtracked on its controversial decision to charge an annual fee for the use of Apple’s CarPlay in its vehicles, according to 9to5Mac. Since 2016, the German automaker has required owners to pay extra to use CarPlay — first as a o…
If you own an older Mac computer, wiping the hard drive to prep it for sale is simple. But for newer models, including the iMac Pro, the 2018 Mac mini, and all MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models released since 2018, the process of fully re…
As music streaming apps struggle to differentiate, Apple is making concert video a more central part of its strategy with tonight’s big Billie Eilish show at its HQ’s Steve Jobs Theater. The Apple Music Awards concert will be streaming li…
Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi said on Wednesday the ride hailing company could extend its food delivery service to offer courier services for other retail businesses.
Speaking at a meeting befo…
Private digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra should not be allowed in the European Union until the risks they could pose are clearly addressed, EU finance ministers agreed on Thursday.
The move confirms the bloc’s tough line on Libr…
New Jaguar F-TYPE ready to hit the road after taking unique tour of the Jaguar Design Studio in miniature, camouflaged, Hot Wheels® form
1:64-scale model sports car made a dramatic entrance on a custom-designed 232-metre Hot Whee…
The cyber-security sector in Wales will lose out unless more girls are inspired to join it, an expert has warned.
It comes as IT company CGI officially opens its new centre in Bridgend, with plans to employ 100 analysts.
There are al…
Apple's flagship iPhone 11 Pro tracks users' locations even when they have set it not to, a security researcher has discovered.
Brian Krebs found that the phone collects data about a user's position even if location sharing has been tur…
The Lotus Evija will be the first all-British electric hypercar.
The company says it will be the most powerful production car in existence with the capability of accelerating from 0-186mph (0-300km/h) in "significantly" less than nine s…
Instagram will ask new members to provide their date of birth when setting up an account, as it plans more "age-appropriate experiences".
The photo-sharing network already requires people to be at least 13 years old to create an account…
Wireless broadband alliance members successfully complete first phase wi-fi 6 industry 4.0 trials with mettis aerospace
Proven reliability of high bandwidth and low latency IoT communications, next generation Wi-Fi delivers Mixed R…
The last 20 years has seen the case for cellular and Wi-fi convergence grow stronger
A former colleague of mine posed this rhetorical question more than 10 years ago at an early Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) conference in London.
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In 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau faced a pivotal choice in its plan to digitize the nation’s once-a-decade population count: build a system for collecting and processing data in-house, or buy one from an outside contractor.
The bureau ch…
A bug discovered in a government health portal last year left data of nearly two million Indian patients unguarded. The recovery has highlighted the need to encourage ethical hacking in a country which is digitising its infrastructure rapi…
Huawei is facing backlash after a former employee was wrongfully detained for eight months in China.
Li Hongyuan, who worked for Huawei for 13 years, was arrested over charges of extortion in January, after the company accused him of bl…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he would press ahead with a digital sales tax even after the US threatened to punish France for a similar move.
In a proposal first outlined last year, large online companies face a tax of 2% of UK …
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have announced they are stepping down from top roles at the online giant's parent company.
They will leave their respective roles as Alphabet's chief executive officer and president but remain …
Continuing their annual tradition, Apple and Google have released their list of the best apps and games of 2019. Apple, for the first time, held a real-world event to celebrate its winners, where it crowned AI-powered camera app Spectre Ca…
BMW has been equipping its cars with in-air gesture control for several years and I never paid attention to it. It seemed redundant. Why wave your hand in the air when there are dials, buttons and touchscreens to do the same thing? Until…
Xiaomi, the top smartphone vendor in India, today joined a growing wave of fintech startups in the nation that are offering credit to aspirational young professionals and millennials.
The Chinese electronics giant said today it is la…
Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] is facing a public backlash in China after details of the dismissal and wrongful detention of a former employee went viral.
The treatment of Li Hongyuan, who had worked for the company for 13 years, has beco…
Video-sharing app TikTok has been hit with a class action lawsuit in the US that claims it transferred "vast quantities" of user data to China.
The lawsuit accuses the company of "surreptitiously" taking content without user consent.
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