Facebook has taken steps to stop its apps being pre-installed on Huawei smartphones, Reuters reports.
The ban covers the main Facebook app, as well as apps from its subsidiary companies WhatsApp and Instagram.
The action was taken in…
Cyber-thieves are creating an "invisible internet" to stop police spying on cyber-crime deals being done on the dark net, research suggests.
Instead of trading on marketplaces, criminals have turned to "gated" chat forums, invitation-on…
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, today announced a partnership with Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) to produce podcasts exclusive to the platform. The Obamas formed Higher Ground to produce powerful stori…
An animal rights activist came within a few feet of Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, on a stage in Las Vegas.
Priya Sawhney evaded event security, as well as some of Mr Bezos' personal detail, which costs a reported $1.6m (£1.25m) p…
And recommends to always check whether the URL in your browser is correct
Imitation websites are currently in circulation. Today, Bleeping Computer, CoinTelegraph, and other websites have mentioned the following:
“On the 5th of June…
Pocket-sized innovation, giant impact: New app and online system launches in South Sudan to support most vulnerable children
The app contains a database of child protection cases
The innovations will support case workers helping unac…
Messaging app Line has partnered with Visa to bring traditional financial clout to its mobile payment service.
The deal will see Line Pay become compatible with Visa’s 54 million merchant partner locations worldwide, boosting the ser…
India is doubling down on its push to replace gasoline and diesel vehicles on its streets with environmentally friendly electric cars. The government plans to order ride-hailing firms such as Uber and Ola, which operate hundreds of thousa…
Huawei has signed a deal with Russian telecoms firm MTS to develop 5G technology in Russia.
The companies will develop next-generation 5G networks in Russia over the next year, reports said.
The deal was agreed as China's President X…
Amazon has said it will use drones to deliver packages to customers “within months”.
It unveiled its latest iteration at a conference in Las Vegas, touting the machine's ability to spot obstacles such as people, dogs, and clotheslines.
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Chinese rare earth prices are set to climb further beyond multi-year highs hit following a flurry of state media reports that Beijing could weaponize its supply-dominance of the prized minerals in its trade war with Washington.
Rare ear…
China granted 5G licenses to the country’s three major telecom operators and China Broadcasting Network Corp on Thursday, giving the go-ahead for full commercial deployment of the next-generation cellular network technology.
The approva…
Telkom has partnered with Nairobi County Government and Meelin Media Limited to provide free, secure wireless internet in select parts of the city, in an effort to bridge the connectivity gap.
Under the initiative dubbed Link Kenya Proj…
The Bite-Sized Battle Royale Game is Available Now on Snapchat’s Multiplayer Gaming Platform
Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, today announced the launch of its fast-paced battle royale game, Tiny …
At last year’s Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced the new app Siri Shortcuts, which allows iOS users to create custom voice commands for their apps. Today, the company unveiled a series of updates to its Siri Shortcuts app to…
It’s no secret that Mozilla sees privacy as a differentiating feature for its revitalized Firefox browser. Today, the Firefox team is launching one of its broadest set of releases that aim to keep advertisers and others from following you…
Spotify Stations, the streaming service’s lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists, has arrived in the U.S. The app has been considered an experiment by Spotify — and by some others, a Pandora copycat, due to its…
As the iPad comes up on ten years since its introduction, the hardware has reached bold new heights but the software has been the limiting factor. Onstage at WWDC in San Jose, Apple announced that iPad’s software will now exist inside its …
A new state-of-art Commonwealth debt management system will help countries to proactively manage their public debt portfolio, according to Secretary-General Patricia Scotland.
Meridian, a new web-based resource, is designed to help cou…
Signal Alliance, a system integrator, has launched a new product called CloudGo built on the Microsoft cloud platform and targeted at small and medium scale businesses.
CloudGo comprises of digital workplace tools bundled with managed s…
Google’s privacy woes are set to increase after campaigners on Tuesday filed complaints to data protection regulators in France, Germany and seven other EU countries over the way it deals with data in online advertising.
The criticism m…
The US government is to take a fresh look at how the four tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon wield their power.
It comes in the wake of criticism about privacy breaches, disinformation and anti-competitive practices.
It c…
Fashion designer, Michael Kors says laughter is the key to beauty.
The 59-year-old designer is a close friend of supermodel Kate Moss, 45, and he attributes her huge success to her sense of fun.
Michael Kors told The Observer: ''No o…
Microsoft Corp on Thursday announced new tools for software makers aimed at making technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain easier for businesses to use.
Microsoft released the tools ahead of its software developer co…
Apple has announced iTunes will be absorbed into its three new entertainment apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV.
It launched a number of new services at a star-studded event in March, signalling a change of direction for the…
ISACA’s State of Cybersecurity Report Also Finds Only 1 in 3 Organizations Highly Confident in Their Ability to Detect and Respond to Threats
While attack vectors remain largely the same year over year, attack volume will increase and c…
Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under newly adopted rules.
The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years' worth of email addresses and…
The next innovation in mobile is peeking its head for all to see today after Chinese companies Oppo and Xiaomi both showed off under-screen cameras.
Apple’s notch set the ball rolling as a new way to pack a front-facing camera without …
The unofficial start of summer means it’s time for rumors to begin swirling for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note device, which is typically announced around August. Still, the news might not be what you want to hear: the 10th anniversary…
British Columbia yesterday passed an emissions law aimed at curbing the production and sale of fuel-burning cars in the Canadian province, marking North America’s most aggressive legislation to date, according to the CBC. The law mandates …
A recent article in The Washington Post by Geoffrey Fowler described the author’s shock when he discovered just how many of his iPhone apps were collecting and uploading information about his usage while he slept.
As we all know by now,…
This year’s summit will take place on the 30th of July 2019
The second annual Digital Transformation Congress, returns to Johannesburg after a successful summit in 2018 attended by senior business executives & enterprise IT vendors from…
The amount of time we spend online is growing, but so are calls for tougher regulation, a study of 1,001 children and 2,057 over-16s suggests.
The average British adult spent three-and-a-quarter hours a day online last year, said the st…
The GSMA today announced the nominees for the 2019 Asia Mobile Awards (AMO Awards). Winners of the AMO Awards will be honoured at MWC19 Shanghai during the AMO Awards Ceremony and Networking Reception which takes place Thursday, 27 June on…
Data on parking spaces across the UK is set to be standardised, in the hope that it will make finding and paying for parking easier.
From Thursday, local councils are now able to release parking data in the same format.
This means th…
Online multiplayer game Roblox, which has 90 million users worldwide, is marketed at children - but there are fears it also being used to groom them. One mother explains how this happened to her young son.
"They were talking about rape.…
After years of hype - and sometimes confusion - the UK finally has a 5G network.
BT's EE subsidiary is the first to launch a service - and if you're feeling wealthy enough and live in the right place, you can sign up.
The lowest-pric…
A proposal by the UK security agency GCHQ to eavesdrop on encrypted messages has been strongly criticised by big tech firms and rights groups.
Google and Apple were among 47 firms to sign an open letter, saying it was a "serious threat"…
EE has launched the UK's first next-generation 5G mobile network, with a concert by rapper Stormzy live-streamed from a boat on the River Thames.
5G mobile networks offer faster downloads, but customers will need a new handset to take a…
After a solid year of data breaches, privacy scandals and controversial policy decisions, Mark Zuckerberg now says he wants Facebook to become a "privacy-focused" social network.
Facebook's critics have laughed at the suggestion. Until …
A vote calling for Mark Zuckerberg to stand down as Facebook's chairman is expected to take place at the company's annual general meeting on Thursday.
Mr Zuckerberg is both Facebook's chief executive and the chairman of its board of dir…
9to5Mac’s Guilherme Rambo managed to obtain screenshots of iOS 13. While it still looks like iOS, there’s a twist — there will be a system-wide dark mode to make your apps look better at night. Apple is expected to announce the new version…
‘Make your moves matter’- UN rural poverty agency launches dance challenge on TikTok to empower rural youth to fight rising hunger
Afrobeat artists Sherrie Silver and Mr Eazi call on young people to #DanceforChange and help send an impo…
Samsung Electronics aims to double its online smartphone sales in India this year to $1 billion, driven largely by a new budget range of devices, the head of its mobile business for the country said on Wednesday.
Smartphones and fashion…
Taiwan-based chip supplier MediaTek Inc on Wednesday released a new 5G chip for fast, high-end smartphones that aims to take on much larger rival Qualcomm Inc.
MediaTek is best know for making chips that go into smart speaker devices su…
A laptop packed with six types of dangerous malware has been sold for $1.3m (£1.03m) in an online auction.
The artwork titled The Persistence of Chaos was a joint project between artist Guo O Dong and cyber-security company Deep Instinc…
Sitting up on a stage, in a large theatre-like room at its sprawling Shenzhen HQ there was much talk from the Huawei executives of America’s rural and "poorer" customers who deserve "equitable access" to good broadband provision.
Huawei…
The circular, grey robot vacuum gently bumps against against my feet.
It stops, rotates and follows a skirting board along the kitchen, emitting a loud and unbroken drone.
Throwing out beams of invisible light, it plots obstacles and…
New Zealand's main opposition party has denied hacking into the government's computer systems to steal documents relating to the country's budget.
The National Party, which leaked details of the budget two days ahead of schedule on Tues…
Apple is updating the iPod touch with an A10 Fusion system-on-a-chip. Other than that, it looks pretty much like the old iPod touch with a four-inch display, a classic home button and many different color options.
The A10 Fusion chip…