Facebook has removed dozens of pages, accounts and groups that the company says engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour" originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The firm says the network appears to have been targeti…
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen his personal wealth rise to $100bn (£76bn) after the launch of a new short-form video feature.
On Wednesday, Facebook announced the US rollout of Instagram Reels, its rival to controversial Chin…
Twitter says it will no longer "amplify" tweets by state-controlled media organisations, by excluding them from its recommendation systems.
The move makes affected accounts less likely to appear in search results, notifications and on a…
TikTok is threatening legal action against the US after Donald Trump ordered firms to stop doing business with the Chinese app within 45 days.
The company said it was "shocked" by an executive order from the US President outlining the b…
Microsoft has confirmed that its new game streaming service, xCloud, will not appear on Apple devices.
The Netflix-like game service will launch in September for Android devices, offering a library of more than 100 games for a monthly f…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he wants a "clean" internet.
What he means by that is he wants to remove Chinese influence, and Chinese companies, from the internet in the US.
But critics believe this will bolster a worrying m…
Beware, Singaporeans standing too close, automated drones might be keeping an eye on you from above.
Singapore’s police have been trialling two pilotless drones developed by Israel’s Airobotics to help enforce social distancing measures…
Uber driver Johan Nijman faces a difficult decision as federal unemployment aid expires: risk failing to pay for groceries and even lose his home, or resume driving and potentially catch COVID-19.
Nijman is among thousands of Uber Tech…
Facebook and Twitter have penalised Donald Trump and his campaign for posts in which the president claimed children were "almost immune" to coronavirus.
Facebook deleted the post - a clip from an interview Mr Trump gave to Fox News - sa…
Samsung has tackled one of the biggest criticisms of its original folding-screen smartphone by giving the new version a much bigger external display for use when it is closed.
The original Galaxy Fold's "cover screen" was a relatively s…
TikTok has said it plans to build a $500m (£375m) data centre in Ireland.
It will store videos, messages and other data generated by European users from the short-form video-sharing app.
Until now all of its users' records were store…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has outlined the steps he wants US companies to take to deal with "untrusted Chinese apps".
The measures go far beyond President Donald Trump's current push to force the sale of TikTok to an American fi…
Amazon has found a new partner to expand the reach of its cloud services business — AWS — in India, the world’s second largest internet market.
On Wednesday, the e-commerce giant announced it has partnered with Bharti Airtel, the third-…
President Donald Trump’s unprecedented demand that the United States get a cut of the proceeds from the forced sale of Chinese internet giant ByteDance’s short-video app TikTok is based on an interpretation of U.S law that regulatory lawye…
Disney+ had more than 60.5 million paying subscribers as of yesterday, according to The Walt Disney Company’s CEO Bob Chapek.
Chapek shared the number during a call to discuss the company’s latest earnings report, which covered Disney’s…
Google will shut down its Play Music service in the UK in October, to focus on its newer YouTube Music app.
Google Play Music failed to attract as many subscribers as rivals such as Spotify and Apple Music, despite being pre-installed a…
An ex-engineer for Google's self-driving car unit has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for trade secret theft shortly before he joined Uber.
US District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Anthony Levandowski had carried out …
Last week, Congress grilled Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook.
Microsoft, wasn't invited to the party.
I thought Microsoft's boss would be relieved that his company was safely out of the firing line.
It appears I was wrong.
Wh…
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Blue Prism (AIM: PRSM) (https://www.BluePrism.com), a global leader in intelligent automation, has again been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the “Mag…
Motorola Solutions launches a new device specially designed for small and medium businesses in Sub Saharan Africa
The MOTOTRBO™ DP540 two-way radio for small and medium businesses incorporates all the necessary features in one affordabl…
Canon partner KAS Print rolls out innovative initiatives using Canon equipment and training to support social distancing and hygiene in hospitals, schools, and other public spaces during the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria
Canon Central an…
SEM – Essential in Daily Lab Operation – JSM-IT700HR Makes it Easy
JEOL Ltd. (TOKYO:6951) (President & COO Izumi Oi) announces the release of a new scanning electron microscope (SEM), the JSM-IT700HR for unprecedentedly high throughput …
Adobe’s plans for an online content attribution standard could have big implications for misinformation
Adobe’s work on a technical solution to combat online misinformation at scale, still in its early stages, is taking some big steps t…
2020 has made every industry reimagine how to move forward in light of COVID-19: civil rights movements, an election year and countless other big news moments. On a human level, we’ve had to adjust to a new way of living. We’ve started to …
"We may be banning TikTok," President Trump told reporters late on Friday.
Then on Sunday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that action would be taken in the coming days to address "national security risks that are presen…
Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O) will shift to a partner-only model in mainland China from Aug. 23, suspending direct sales to all customers in the region, the company said on Monday.
Zoom customers in China received an email on Monday …
Cable.co.uk has analysed data from the Oxford Coronavirus Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT), and over 364 million broadband speed tests courtesy of M-Lab (led by teams based at Code for Science & Society; New America's Open Technology I…
Last week, the European Commission announced, in response to a complaint filed by Spotify, that it would be opening an investigation into Apple’s App Store practices, which potentially constitutes an illegal breach of EU competition laws. …
To minimize contact time with confirmed cases and therefore reducing the risk of contamination of health professionals in COVID-19 treatment centres, robots were deployed
One of the challenges being faced worldwide is the rate of infect…
Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology Co Ltd, also known as Xiao-i, has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc, alleging it has infringed on its patents.
The company is calling for 10 billion…
Thailand’s digital minister has threatened legal action against Facebook and accused the social media giant of not complying with government requests to restrict content deemed illegal, including perceived insults to the country’s monarchy…
The co-creator of the computer mouse, William English, has died aged 91.
The engineer and inventor was born in 1929 in Kentucky and studied electrical engineering at university before joining the US Navy.
He built the first mouse in …
A potential shotgun wedding to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) for TikTok’s U.S. operations provoked an outcry on Monday on Chinese social media as well as criticism from a prominent Chinese investor in TikTok owner ByteDance.
The U.S. tech gia…
Google’s next budget phone, the Pixel 4A, is likely just days away from going on sale. The company has posted a teaser on its online store, saying that “the Google just what you’ve been waiting for phone” will be revealed on August 3rd. 9t…
Oppo has announced the Reno 4 Pro for international release. It’s a mid-range phone that isn’t a million miles away from sister company OnePlus’ new Nord in specs, design, and pricing.
The Reno 4 Pro has a matte back panel with a gradie…
Google today announced a new autofill experience for Chrome on mobile that will use biometric authentication for credit card transactions, as well as an updated built-in password manager that will make signing in to a site a bit more strai…
Lyft continues to expand beyond its core ride-hailing business into bikes, scooters, transit and now rental cars. The company said Thursday that it’s taking Lyft Rentals, a pilot program that launched in December, and expanding it through …
Comcast’s new Peacock streaming service has added 10 million customers since its limited launch in April and national launch in mid-July. The announcement was a bright spot in the cable giant’s otherwise mostly grim second quarter earnings…
Users gearing up to buy the latest iPhones are going to have to wait longer than they did last year.
In a call following the release of Apple’s Q3 earnings, the company’s CFO Luca Maestri shared that compared to the September 2019 relea…
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), whose internal systems were breached about two weeks ago, said on Thursday the incident targeted a small number of employees through a phone “spear-phishing” attack.
The U.S. microblogging site said the hackers tar…
he Australian government has unveiled its plan to force tech giants such as Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for their content.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the "world-leading" draft code of conduct aimed to give publishers "a …
Hackers have broken into real news websites and posted fake stories stirring up anti-Nato sentiment, a cyber-security firm has warned.
The disinformation campaign, nicknamed "ghostwriter", has been ongoing since 2017, according to FireE…
Kylie and Kendall Jenner are amongst dozens of influencers BBC Click has discovered to be promoting the sale of imitation Apple AirPods on Instagram.
The two celebrities have a combined following of 322 million followers.
Apple says …
The COVID-19 pandemic’s continued impact on Spotify’s business was apparent in the results of the company’s Q2 2020 earnings today. On some fronts, Spotify had good news. As more users turned to streaming services to keep themselves entert…
Smart glasses company North has told customers that their $600 (£460) purchases will stop working in a few days' time.
The Canadian company, recently purchased by Google, says its Focals glasses will cease functioning on Friday.
From…
The heads of some of the world's biggest tech companies have appeared before Washington lawmakers to defend their firms against claims they abuse their power to quash competitors.
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos said the world "needs large" firm…
TikTok is launching a $70 million (£54m) fund to pay some European creators for their content.
It's the first time the app's made money available to EU users. It wants to hold onto existing talent and attract new ones.
The video app …
Huawei has become the biggest vendor of smartphones in the world for the first time, according to analysts' estimates.
It took the top spot by shipping 55.8 million devices in the last quarter, overtaking Samsung's 53.7 million.
The …
Huawei hosted the "Premium Networks, Better Digital World" session at Better World Summit 2020. During this online session, global carriers, IDC analyst, and Huawei discussed how carriers can differentiate their services and improve networ…
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