Republican senators on Tuesday attacked the chief executives of Facebook and Twitter for what they called censorship of President Trump and his allies during the U.S. election while Democrats bemoaned the spread of misinformation on social…
Amazon has launched its own online pharmacy that will allow customers to buy prescription medicines.
Amazon Prime members are eligible for free two-day delivery and discounts of up to 80% on generic medicines and 40% on prescribed brand…
Apple is halving the commission it takes from the sale of apps and virtual goods sold within them from many of the smaller developers using its stores.
From January, any existing app-maker who earned $1m (£830,000) or less from Apple's …
A laptop which caught fire after being fitted with a battery bought on Amazon has prompted safety charity Electrical Safety First to warn of the dangers of buying cheap electronics online.
It said that it had found "some extremely dange…
Swedish truckmaker Scania plans to invest more than 1 billion Swedish crowns ($116 million) over several years in a battery assembly plant in Sodertalje, near Stockholm, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
The company, owned by Germany’s…
Social media giant Twitter TWTR.N Inc, under increased threat of regulation and plagued by serious security breaches, is appointing one of the world's best-regarded hackers to tackle everything from engineering missteps to misinformation.
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An Austrian privacy advocacy group drew a strongly critical response from Apple on Monday after it said an online tracking tool used in its devices breached European law.
The group, led by campaigner Max Schrems, filed complaints with d…
Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors on Tuesday said it had entered a strategic relationship with Amazon.com’s cloud computing unit to help cars communicate with data centers.
NXP is one of the biggest suppliers of computing chips to auto…
If you follow US tech, you're probably getting a sense of deja vu.
Senators are about to grill Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg.
It's only three weeks since both chief executives testified. But since then the poli…
Wi-Fi Urgently Needs More Spectrum According to the DSA and PIP in Latest Research Paper
The new paper explains how the 6 GHz band can be used to deliver a step-change in connectivity
With over half of all the connections to the In…
At the 2020 Global Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF), Mr. Yang Chaobin, President of Huawei Wireless Network Solution, unveiled the future-oriented "1+N" 5G target networks and released a full series of 5G solutions for building simplified "1+…
Uber Technologies Inc started on Monday to take instant payments in Brazil in partnership with payments startup Ebanx, both companies said.
More than 60 million people had already signed up to the newly launched instant payments platfor…
Technology companies’ services could be banned from the European market if they do not heed EU regulation, Europe’s industry chief Thierry Breton told German weekly Welt am Sonntag, as the European Commission finalizes rules on internet co…
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Sunday, NASA’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft.
SpaceX’s newly designe…
Children searching for content relating to depression and self-harm can be exposed to more of it by the recommendation engines built in to social networks.
Sophie Parkinson was just 13 when she took her own life. She had depression and …
People who play video games for long periods of time tend to report feeling happier than those who do not, a study has indicated.
The Oxford Internet Institute research focused on two games: Nintendo's Animal Crossing and EA's Plants vs…
Christmas parties are being organised virtually by businesses whose offices are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A vaccine will arrive too late for office parties, so companies have invested in digital events and activities.
F…
Google Photos will no longer offer unlimited free photo storage, in a move that will affect storage for other Google products including email.
The company's photo storage launched in 2015, promising unlimited uploads.
But Google now …
Volkswagen has raised its planned investment on digital and electric vehicle technologies to 73 billion euros ($86 billion) over the next five years as it seeks to hold onto its crown as the world’s largest carmaker in a new green era.
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Netflix already borrowed the concept of short-form video “Stories” from social apps like Snapchat and Instagram for its Previews feature back in 2018. Now, the company is looking to the full-screen vertical video feed, popularized by TikTo…
The latest Mac operating system arrives, Amazon faces a lawsuit over PPE and Disney+ turns one. This is your Daily Crunch for November 12, 2020.
The big story: Apple releases macOS Big Sur
This update, which was first announced five …
Alphabet GOOGL.O CEO Sundar Pichai has apologised to Europe's industry chief Thierry Breton over a leaked internal document proposing tactics to counter the EU's tough new rules on internet companies and lobby against the EU commissioner.
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Another banner month month for Nintendo hardware sales, per the latest figures from NPD. The firm puts Switch sales (including the standard and Lite models) at 735,000 units in the U.S., making the best October for a Nintendo console since…
After filing earlier this year, DoorDash dropped its public S-1 filing this morning, bringing clarity to its numbers and moving it closer to a public debut that should happen before the end of the year.
The company is one of several sta…
The next time you pack your bags at the supermarket checkout, give yourself a small pat on the back.
A task which is so simple for humans - quickly and efficiently packing a bag of groceries of different sizes and shapes without crushin…
Amazon's home voice assistant Alexa is taking a step closer towards natural conversation by trying to guess what users might say next.
So if asked how long it took to brew a cup of tea, it may answer and then ask if the user wants it to…
The US Commerce Department has halted a ban on TikTok that was due to come into effect on Thursday night.
The order would have prevented the app from being downloaded in the US.
The Commerce Department delayed the ban "pending furthe…
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter has surprised some of its users by replying to complaints they made seven years ago.
Many focused on a book which attracted huge numbers of complaints about encouraging sexual assault.
Users who recei…
State-backed hackers from North Korea and Russia have been targeting organisations working on a coronavirus vaccine, Microsoft has said.
It said a Russian group nicknamed "Fancy Bear" and North Korean groups dubbed "Zinc" and "Cerium" w…
German luxury automaker BMW AG unveiled on Wednesday an electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) called the BMW iX, planned to go on sale in the United States in early 2022 to compete with Tesla Inc and other rivals.
BMW said the iX should …
French startup Molotov provides a TV streaming service in France that replaces the traditional set-top box. You can access live TV, subscribe to premium channels, watch content after they air and record content in the cloud. Today, the com…
China’s Alibaba said orders on its e-commerce platforms during the Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza had exceeded $70 billion by Wednesday evening, as lockdown-weary consumers splashed out on as many as 16 million discounted goods.
The…
India’s antitrust watchdog has approved Google’s proposed investment of $4.5 billion in the nation’s largest telecom platform Jio Platforms, it said in a tweet on Wednesday.
Google announced in July that it would be investing $4.5 billi…
Marks & Spencer is expanding use of a "scan, pay and go" app-based service to all of its 573 UK grocery stores.
It first trialled the technology - which avoids the need to use a till - in London in March.
The retailer said it had "mo…
Apple has revealed its first Mac computers powered by chips of its own design.
In June, the company announced it would transition away from the Intel processors it had used since 2006.
Apple said the advantages of using the M1 chip i…
Chinese video service TikTok has begun a legal challenge against the Trump administration over plans to shut it down in the US on 12 November.
President Donald Trump ordered a ban on new downloads of the viral video service on that date…
Africa Tech Festival – Day One and Two Overview - Uniting technology and talent, the key to Africa’s socio-economic growth and resilience
Africa Tech Festival – Day One and Two Overview
Uniting technology and talent, the key to Afric…
Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT), the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service, today announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Megaphone, one of the world’s most innovative podcast a…
The construction business has been hit hard, with various negative impacts on cost, implementation timelines, profits, and others. Increased and smart adoption of technology, however, can transform the sector to make it more sustainable.
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Uber is rolling out a new feature this week that will let users reserve rides up to 30 days in advance and pick their favorite driver for the trip as the ride-hailing company seeks out new ways to attract customers during the COVID-19 pand…
China on Tuesday published draft rules aimed at preventing monopolistic behavior by internet platforms, a move that will increase scrutiny on e-commerce marketplaces and payment services belonging to the likes of Alibaba Group.
China’s …
Microsoft Corp MSFT.O on Tuesday launched two models of its Xbox gaming console, seven years after the debut of the previous version, to capture a pandemic-driven boom in consumer spending on games.
The Xbox Series X - which the company…
Twitter alternative Parler has become the most-downloaded app in the United States as conservatives flock to the self-styled "free speech" app after the US election.
It follows a clampdown on the spread of election misinformation by Twi…
Ford Motor Co F.N said on Tuesday it plans to hire 350 more U.S. workers to expand production capacity for its electric F-150 pickup truck in Michigan and add assembly of electric commercial vans at a plant near Kansas City, Missouri.
T…
The European Commission has charged Amazon with abusing its dominant position in online retail to gain an unfair advantage over competitors.
It said Amazon had used data on third-party sellers that use its marketplace to boost sales of …
Whoopro, a self-service platform backed by robust technology that connects brands and digital influencers has been launched. This game-changer will provide cutting-edge seamless solutions to address challenges faced by brands and influence…
During last week, which was already the third of the six week-long Digital Energy Festival for Africa, the good energy continued with inspiring sessions, ranging from the incredible potential of hydrogen as a clean energy source to really…
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 005930.KS may launch its flagship Galaxy S smartphones more than a month earlier than expected in a bid to grab market share from Huawei and fend off competition from Apple Inc, three sources familiar with the ma…
As COVID-19 threw a wrench into the cogs of car retailing, a senior Nissan board member challenged the chief operating officer to explain what the automaker was doing to adapt to a new era where customers may be reluctant to roam showrooms…
Amazon AMZN.O said on Monday it had opened three more logistics centers in Brazil to take advantage of the boost the COVID-19 pandemic has given to e-commerce in South America's largest economy.
The new units are already operating in th…
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