Apple will pause sales of its two newest smartwatches, the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, in the US this month because of an ongoing legal battle with health tech company Masimo.
The US International Trade Commission, the federal ag…
TikTok has rolled out an update to enhance the app experience for viewers on tablets and foldable devices, the company announced on Monday. The company says the app is now better optimized for larger screens, as viewers can now experience …
Gogoro co-founder and CEO Horace Luke wants to “go big” in India even as the Taiwanese company faces challenges in its home country.
The potential of India, it seems, is simply too ripe to ignore and not just because it’s the world’s …
Google Tuesday introduced a range of new features and updates for its mapping service in India as it wraps up for the year and sets the base for the coming year.
One of the latest in the series of new additions is Lens in Maps, which …
The $159 70mai Dash Cam Omni is an unusual entry in a crowded dash cam market filled with generic devices. The Omni has features that not only keep you and your car safe but actually add to your driving experience. Like any dash cam, the c…
Apple now has a powerful M3 chip lineup to deliver boosted performance to its MacBooks, but the still-impressive 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro can be had for a discount, for folks who know where to look. If you're hoping to score one for less tha…
It's hard to beat a movie theater for its stunning picture and immersive sound, but it isn't always possibleto catch the latest blockbusters on the big screen. With an AV receiver, you can bring a bit of the movie theater experience right …
I think most people would agree that 2023 was a challenging time to be a startup. There were lots of layoffs as companies struggled to make the transition from growth to profitability. Meanwhile, sales cycles were longer and many startup…
Years after rival web browsers made the move, Google Chrome on Jan. 4 will begin blocking websites from using third-party cookies, the easiest way to track our online behavior as we move around the web.
The browser will block th…
On Thursday, the Vivo X100 Pro phone debuted globally after an earlier launch in China. The X100 Pro is part of Vivo's X Series and features a 6.78-inch AMOLED display complete with a 120Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 3,0…
It has been an absolutely off-the-wall year for Apple news. I was genuinely impressed by how many surprises the company packed into 2023 and I'm not just talking about the usual upgraded iPhones and MacBooks. I've been a tech reporter for …
"Hey, Meta. Look at this and tell me which of these teas is caffeine-free."
I spoke these words as I wore a pair of Meta Ray-Bans at the tech giant's New York headquarters. I was staring at a table with four tea packets, their c…
The holiday shopping season is well underway, and like a lot of people, you're probably on the hunt for great online deals on those must-buy holiday gifts.
This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ide…
Apple released iOS 17.2 on Monday, more than a month after the release of iOS 17.1. The update includes security fixes and patches, plus over a dozen new and useful features, like the long-awaited Journal app and Contact Key Verification, …
Earlier this fall, Spotify was found to be developing a new feature that would allow its streaming app users to create playlists using AI technology and prompts. Now, that “AI playlists” feature has been spotted in the wild, as part of a t…
The top YouTuber in the U.S., MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) co-founded the new analytics platform ViewStats, which is now available in beta. Similar to tools like Social Blade, ViewStats uses the YouTube API to unveil detailed stats about chan…
The iPhone 15 launched earlier this fall, and there are a variety of great deals right now on the newest iPhone, as well as last year's iPhone 14. If you've got an older iPhone and don't plan to switch to a newer model anytime soon, you'll…
Pan-African e-commerce platform Jumia has disclosed its intention to discontinue its food delivery service, Jumia Food. The company said its food delivery business is not aligned with the current operational landscape and prevailing macroe…
Phone cameras used to be essentially useless if you weren't in bright sunlight, but today's best camera phones can take truly superb photos even after dark. Top flagships like the iPhone 15 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra have night modes…
Apple released iOS 17.3 beta 1 to public beta testers on Thursday, two days after the iPhone-maker released the developer beta and three days after the release of iOS 17.2. The update brings a few new features and bug fixes to the iPhones …
Select Waymo One riders can now get picked up or dropped off by the company’s robotaxis curbside at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Waymo became the first autonomous vehicle operator in the U.S. to launch a paid robotaxi servi…
While investors were preparing to go nuclear after Sam Altman’s unceremonious ouster from OpenAI and Altman was plotting his return to the company, the members of OpenAI’s Superalignment team were assiduously plugging along on the problem …
Instagram introduced its generative AI-powered background editing tool to U.S.-based users Wednesday.
Meta’s lead for generative AI, Ahmad Al-Dahle, posted on Threads saying that the tool will let users change the background to their im…
Proton Mail finally has a native desktop app, rolling out now in beta for some users on Windows and MacOS.
The encrypted email service has, of course, been available to desktop users since its inception nearly a decade ago — first thr…
If you are using Threads in the EU without any profile, you will see a single algorithmically populated feed. You can also search for accounts, but seemingly not for posts.
At launch in July, the company restricted access to the new socia…
Beeper Mini has returned to operation on Monday as a free iMessage-texting app on Android, but with a number of tweaks following the service's disconnection from Apple's messaging service late last week.
In addition to being fre…
Apple released AirTags in 2021 as a way to keep track of valuable items, like your keys when your couch eats them. However, AirTags could be attached to only one user at a time. Until now, you couldn't lend someone an AirTag, and if you tr…
Snapchat is releasing a few new AI powered features for Snapchat+ subscribers, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, subscribers can now create and send AI-generated images based on a text prompt. In addition to getting access to…
Meta recently launched its educational Creator Lab Live series in Ghana, empowering over 15 aspiring creators at the Mix Design Hub in Accra. This program ignited creativity and innovation, equipping young creators with tools and guidance …
When Apple unveiled iOS 17 at its WWDC event in June, the Journal app drew a lot of attention. And while Apple didn't release the app with iOS 17 on Sept. 18 or with the iPhone 15 series, the tech giant did release the new app on Monday wi…
WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to pin chats within one-on-one and group conversations. The company said users can pin all kinds of conversations, including text, polls, images and emojis. However, users can pin only one chat at a time…
Google launched today a new feature for Classroom that allows teachers to turn any YouTube video into an interactive assignment by inserting questions for their students to answer throughout the viewing experience.
With the interactive …
Google Maps announced today that it’s introducing a few new ways to give users more control over their personal information. The navigation app is making it possible to delete activity related to specific places and making it easier to acc…
Temu, the Chinese e-commerce company whose app is now attracting longer engagement times than Amazon, is Apple’s most downloaded free app in the U.S. for 2023. The Cupertino-based tech giant today released an App Store feature that showcas…
Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.com), a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, recently organised a visit of a delegation from the National Communications Authority of Ghana to the Kaspersky Transparency Center in Zurich, Switzerland. …
In the latest chapter of blue bubbles versus green bubbles, Apple has blocked access to iMessage from credentials masquerading as Apple to protect its customers, the company told CNET on Saturday evening. This comes after companies like Be…
Google Pixel phones are known for their camera capabilities, and this year's Pixel 8 Pro takes it to the next level with its supercharged AI features. While some might consider them gimmicks, these are Pixel-exclusive features that can't b…
One of the things I was most excited about when Apple announced TVOS 17 at its Worldwide Developers Conference this year was that the latest Apple TV operating system would finally support native virtual private network applications.…
Exercise and fitness goals aren't the same for everyone, so the option to customize your goals and which statistics you see first is important. Fitbit updated its app in September to include a new Focus feature that appears at the top of t…
ByteDance’s TikTok wants to do more business in Indonesia — Southeast Asia’s biggest e-commerce market. So after facing roadblocks from the regulators, it’s now come up with a new route to get there.
TikTok is putting up $1.5 billion …
Apple's iOS 17 was released on Sept. 18, shortly after the company held its "Wonderlust" event, where the tech giant announced the new iPhone 15 lineup, the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Apple Watch Ultra 2. We put together this cheat sheet…
If you're an iPhone user, then you probably know that your phone's display brightness can automatically adjust depending on the amount of light in your environment. While this can be a pretty useful feature to combat eyestrain and …
Alongside other AI updates announced today, Meta AI, the company’s generative AI experience, is gaining new capabilities starting today, including the ability to create new AI images when prompted as well as support for Reels, among other …
While today’s bigger news from the world of Meta’s messaging apps was the rollout of end-to-end encryption in Messenger, the company is also bringing another useful feature to its WhatsApp users: disappearing voice messages. The new featur…
After scaling back operations and reassigning staff to other projects, Tumblr owner Automattic’s CEO Matt Mullenweg said that the company would home in on the parts of Tumblr’s service that worked and kill those that didn’t — as it did wit…
A new cybersecurity report commissioned by Apple paints a dire picture of consumer data leaked through breach after breach. In this climate, the tech giant is nudging users to activate the Advanced Data Protection feature for iCloud it int…
After years of promises and limited tests, Meta has started rolling out default end-to-end encryption protection for Messenger. In an announcement, Mark Zuckerberg said that personal chats and calls will get default end-to-end encryption. …
YouTube announced today a new comment moderation setting called “Pause” that lets creators and moderators prevent viewers from adding new comments yet keep existing comments on videos.
Instead of turning off comments completely or holdi…
Grok, a ChatGPT competitor developed by xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, has officially launched on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
Grok began rolling out late this afternoon to X Premium Plus subscribers in the U.S., “Premium Plus…
Sunny Tan, Head of Security for Southeast Asia, BT Group
In today's interconnected world, the importance of robust cybersecurity cannot be overstated. With an ever-expanding digital landscape, the role of Chief Information Security Offi…