Japan’s Toshiba Memory said there was a “good chance” of acquisitions as it pushes to increase its share of the market for advanced storage products used in data centers.
Toshiba Memory is the world’s No.2 maker of NAND flash memory chi…
Microsoft Corp said on Monday it was investing $1 billion in San Francisco-based OpenAI and that the two had formed a multi-year partnership to develop artificial intelligence supercomputing technologies on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computin…
Miniature remote controlled cars have proved to be a crowd pleaser at track and field throwing events, but for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Toyota Motor Corp is upping the game with a hi-tech way to fetch javelins and hammers: pint-sized, self-…
Bug hunting can be a lucrative gig. Depending on the company, a serious bug reported through the proper channels can earn whoever found it first tens of thousands of dollars.
Google launched a bug bounty program for Chrome in 2010. T…
In just a few weeks Apple’s new iOS 13, the thirteenth major iteration of its popular iPhone software, will be out — along with new iPhones and a new iPad version, the aptly named iPadOS. We’ve taken iOS 13 for a spin over the past few …
Seems Hongmeng isn’t the Android replacement it’s been pitched as, after all. The initial story certainly tracked, as Huawei has been preparing for the very real possibility of life after Google, but the Chinese hardware giant says the o…
When thousands of people converge on Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the city’s infrastructure will be tested. Toyota is getting into the mix to handle some of the ways people will get around the city and the Olympics venu…
Microsoft beat expectations yesterday to deliver revenues of nearly $34bn (£27bn) and profits of $13bn.
Aaron Shields from Fitch brand consultancy said Microsoft's strength came down to "trust" and "innovation".
Although he acknowled…
YouTube has defended its video recommendation algorithms, amid suggestions that the technology serves up increasingly extreme videos.
On Thursday, a BBC report explored how YouTube had helped the Flat Earth conspiracy theory spread.
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Intel announced a deep partnership with SAP today around using advanced Intel technology to optimize SAP software tools. Specifically, the company plans to tune its Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Optane DC persistent memory for…
Instagram is hiding the number of likes on posts in several countries, including Australia and Japan, in order to "remove pressure" on users.
At the moment, Instagram users see a running total of people who have liked a post. In the tri…
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has called for an investigation into FaceApp, which alters users' photos to make them look older or younger.
In a letter posted on Twitter, Mr Schumer called it "deeply troubling" that personal data …
Uber passengers in the US have complained on Twitter after a "glitch" meant they were charged 100 times more than advertised fares.
One journey that should have cost $96.72 (£77.60) was reportedly charged at $9,672, while some charges w…
The police and other authorities should suspend use of automatic facial recognition technologies, according to an influential group of MPs.
The House of Commons Science and Technology committee added there should be no further trials of…
Many were left wholly unsatisfied by news that the punishment for Facebook's privacy misdeeds, from the US at least, would be set at $5bn - an amount the firm can well afford, and for which it had already mostly accounted.
The mood amon…
Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) posted quarterly earnings in line with forecasts but said it expected costs related to winning new contracts for its network business to hit profit margins in the second half of the year.
The…
Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives introduced bills on Tuesday to keep tight restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, amid concern about President Donald Trump’s easing of curbs on the Chinese firm.
The legislati…
Renault (RENA.PA) has formed a joint venture partnership with Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) to target the Chinese electric vehicles (EV) market, in a deal which will also see Renault take a 50% stake in the new venture.
Rena…
After months of relative calm in cryptocurrency markets, bitcoin exploded back into life in April with its sharpest price jump in over a year - but few people could convincingly explain why.
The 20% leap focused investors’ attention on …
Google has suspended Viagogo as an advertiser, after claims touts resell tickets at inflated prices on the site.
The Competition and Market Authority is taking the ticketing website to court, alleging it has not done enough to change it…
Google's controversial plan to launch a censored search engine in China has been "terminated", a company executive has said.
The project was reported to have ceased late last year but rumours that it remained active persisted.
"We ha…
NeuraLink, a company set up by Elon Musk to explore ways to connect the human brain to a computer interface, has applied to US regulators to start trialling its device on humans.
The system has been tested on a monkey that was able to c…
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) has agreed to partner with China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) (300750.SZ) to supply and develop batteries for new energy vehicles.
The Japanese automaker said on Wednesday that the firms had…
Personal data belonging to millions of Bulgarians has been stolen in a cyber-attack on the country's tax agency.
According to a local cyber-security researcher, most adults in the country of seven million people are likely to have had s…
Facebook’s Libra digital coin project cannot go ahead in the form it has been presented so far, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday.
“Today the conditions are not in place for this currency the Libra as proposed by …
An advert for one of Dyson's £400 fans has been labelled misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The video, for the company's Pure Hot and Cool Fan, suggests the fan is cordless when it actually needs to be plugged in, …
The Service Organisation Controls (SOC) Reporting Framework is a globally recognised report for cybersecurity risk management controls
Kaspersky (Kaspersky.com) has successfully completed the Service Organisation Control for Service Org…
Global leader in business support systems (BSS) solutions joins forces with one of the leading systems integrators in the African region, to equip regional operators with the tools they need to satisfy fluctuating subscriber demands.
Ne…
It is the individual who plays the single most important role in keeping the company secure
Relevant cybersecurity isn't perpetuated exclusively through investment and systems, it is reliant on people and their understanding of the cybe…
Twitter is rolling out a new desktop design today that adds more customization options and a completely rearranged navigation experience. The redesign has been open to testers for the past few months, but it will be available to everyone o…
Tamer Farouk, Regional Senior Director – East and West Africa Applications Sales Leader at Oracle
Nowadays, customers can easily access product and service details through their devices at any time and compare competitors’ offers. M…
Users of the Gozem app can now order auto-rickshaws from their smartphones in Lomé, Togo and Cotonou, Benin. After launching other on-demand transport products such as motorcycle taxis (“zemidjans”), Gozem enriches its transport offering w…
Enables developers to instantly verify users on mobile web products
Truecaller today announced the global launch of its Truecaller SDK solution exclusively for the mobile web platform. With this, Truecaller SDK now supports all the…
"It feels concerning that someone is potentially using my identity and that I can't do much about it."
Journalist and blogger Nicholas Fearn told the BBC that someone created a Gmail account in his name, and withdrew his job application…
Tennis superstar and mom to a 22-month-old, Serena Williams has joined Mark Cuban to invest $3 million seed funding in Mahmee, a startup working toward filling the critical care gap in postpartum care.
For those who’ve never given bi…
Twitter won’t be treating President Donald Trump’s recent tweets telling congresswomen to “go back” to their supposed home countries as a violation of its hateful conduct policy, the company confirmed to The Verge. That means the tweets …
Scammers are being targeted by a new tool for UK Facebook users that allows the reporting of fake adverts.
The feature came about after Martin Lewis, founder of the MoneySavingExpert website, sued over his name and photo being used on f…
President Trump has said his administration will look into alleged links between Google and China.
It follows a speech given by Peter Thiel in which the billionaire tech investor asked whether Google's senior management considered itsel…
The United States Postal Service has introduced a new service that you may — or may not — find useful. Informed Delivery lets you preview the front exterior of incoming mail on your computer or phone; you can also track packages and leave …
Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England's £50 note.
He is celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two.
The £50 note will be the las…
Canon Discovery Week continues in Nairobi, with in-store discounts throughout July to further develop relationship with customers
Second edition of Discovery Week well received by Kenyans who came in large numbers to exchange with Canon…
The 5G mobile network has been switched on in some UK cities and has led to questions about whether the new technology poses health risks.
So what are the concerns, and is there any evidence to back them up?
What's different about 5G…
On Tuesday, Facebook will face a US senate banking committee over its plans to introduce its own cryptocurrency, called Libra.
The proposal has prompted a backlash, though it is debatable whether the outcry is about a new cryptocurrency…
The Huawei logo is seen in a store on July 1, 2019 in Dongdaqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
Huawei is planning extensive job cuts in the US, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing anonymous sources.
Huawei has declined to com…
Following the recent inauguration of their advanced Tier III AngoNAP data center facility in Fortaleza, Brazil, Angola Cables has announced that it has launched Angola Cables Cloud Service to the African market.
The launch of a single p…
Global Premium Smartphone TECNO Wins Africa Information Technology & Telecoms Awards (AITTA)Phone of the Year 2019
TECNO SPARK 3 was awarded as the phone of the year as a result of its cutting edge features
TECNO (Tecno-Mobile.com) S…
Microsoft is planning to make Windows 10 PCs work without passwords. While the company has been working on removing passwords from Windows 10 and its Microsoft Accounts for a number of months now, the next major update to Windows 10 next y…
Google is rolling out an update to the News tab of its desktop search function, with a refreshed design that sacrifices information density for clarity.
The new design, which the company announced in a tweet, brings the look of the News…
Samsung’s long history of including a 3.5mm headphone jack in its flagship phones is about to come to an end. Despite years of persevering after Apple, Google, Motorola, and other companies ditched the headphone connector, Samsung is about…
Huawei’s debut 5G phone, the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G, will launch in select markets before the end of July, despite continued uncertainty around Huawei’s future as a manufacturer of Android devices. China’s state-run Global Times reports that …