Location tracking can be very handy — it’s convenient when an app can tell you, say, where the near restaurants or gas stations are — but it’s also a privacy issue. Do you want all your wanderings registered by Google? Are you comfortable …
Mobile phone detectors are to be used by police to find drivers using devices at the wheel.
The Thames Valley and Hampshire forces are rolling out the technology to show when motorists are using their phones.
A sign will flash at the…
Facebook upset millions upon millions of users five years ago when it removed chat from its core mobile app and forced them to download Messenger to communicate privately with friends. Now it looks like it might be able to restore the opt…
Packed with additional innovations, the A series also offers greater value
Samsung has revealed the new Galaxy A Series, designed with incredible improvements to the essential device features. This includes immersive viewing experience…
Mozilla is releasing an ARM version of its Firefox browser today for Windows 10. While Microsoft and Google have been working together on Chromium browsers for Windows on ARM, Mozilla has been developing its own ARM64-native build of Firef…
Alibaba Group founder and billionaire Jack Ma has defended the grueling overtime work culture at many of China’s tech companies, calling it a “huge blessing” for young workers.
The e-commerce magnate weighed into a debate about work-lif…
Is workplace surveillance about improving productivity or simply a way to control staff and weed out poor performers?
Courtney Hagen Ford, 34, left her job working as a bank teller because she found the surveillance she was under was "d…
Apple this week updated the web interface for Podcasts to make it cleaner, more streamlined, and easier to navigate. Users can also now play episodes directly from the website, which is a huge, appreciated change from forcing people to l…
Over 50 operators including Vodafone, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, Verizon, AT&T and Telefonica attend Livecast to discuss the latest mobile data trends
As mobile operators deploy 5G networks, it's vital that they prepare for the disruptiv…
The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance emphasizes the need for dynamic spectrum access in order to connect millions of people in Africa to internet access
Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2019: Utilizing alternative spectrum technologies is …
Google and Huawei have preliminarily agreed to settle a class action lawsuit from Nexus 6P users who say their devices experienced a bootlooping issue that caused the phones to shut down randomly, regardless of the battery level. Pending c…
Uber Technologies Inc has 91 million users, but growth is slowing and it may never make a profit, the ride-hailing company said on Thursday in its IPO filing.
The document gave the first comprehensive financial picture of the decade-old…
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested on Thursday at Ecuador's London embassy, where he had been granted asylum since 2012.
The United States alleges that he conspired with Chelsea Manning to access classified information on Dep…
SneakyPastes: basic but effective operation by Gaza Cybergang hits Middle East related targets in 39 countries
The campaign, named SneakyPastes made use of disposable email addresses to spread the infection through phishing
I…
Twitter updates twttr prototype app with engagement swipes, conversation tweaks, better Dark mode and more
Twitter’s new prototyping app twttr, which it created to test and get feedback on new features — and new approaches to old featu…
Taxi drivers took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Thursday to protest against Uber, underscoring the challenges the ride-hailing giant faces in the fast-growing Latin American market as it prepares to file a much-anticipated initial publ…
Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos on Thursday challenged rival retailers to increase their minimum wages to $16 an hour.
"Today I challenge our top retail competitors (you know who you are!) to match our employee benefit…
Computer algorithms must show they are free of race, gender and other biases before they are deployed, US politicians have proposed.
Lawmakers have drafted a bill that would require tech firms to test prototype algorithms for bias.
M…
Amazon, Apple and Google all employ staff who listen to customer voice recordings from their smart speakers and voice assistant apps.
News site Bloomberg highlighted the topic after speaking to Amazon staff who "reviewed" Alexa recordin…
InfiNet Wireless partners with Maicrotel SAS to complete major security overhaul at South American port
InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, has successfully completed a radical overhaul of a loc…
The lower house of the French parliament has voted in favor of the new tax on tech giants without any modification. Big tech companies that generate significant revenue in France will be taxed on their revenue generated in France.
Eco…
Jumbo could be a nightmare for the tech giants, but a savior for the victims of their shady privacy practices.
Jumbo saves you hours as well as embarrassment by automatically adjusting 30 Facebook privacy settings to give you more pro…
Shipments of mobile phones to China fell 6 percent in March compared with the same year-earlier month, official figures showed on Wednesday, as slowing economic growth took a toll on the sector.
The shipments dropped to 28.4 million uni…
TECNO reinforces Middle East focus with launch of AI powered, high performance SPARK 3 Pro smartphone
Priced at 449 AED, SPARK 3 series will be available across stores in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, and Al Ain
Gl…
Facebook has said it is working on using artificial intelligence to prevent a common and upsetting problem: receiving notifications about deceased friends and loved ones.
The company said it hoped to stop the “painful” experience of get…
More rail passengers are getting the option to use paperless tickets, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has said.
Major stations are having the infrastructure for smart ticketing installed, with nine in 10 journeys "soon" available in this …
The founder of Xiaomi has been given a "reward" worth more than £735m by the Chinese smartphone-maker.
The payment was confirmed in the firm's 2018 annual report.
The company had previously said it intended to make the share-based bo…
When I first came out to California, one of my favorite places to go for sushi was in downtown Mountain View. They had these little boats that would float around the bar, each carrying some sushi on a small plate. You just sat down and sta…
As Brazil’s New President Jair Bolsonaro Takes the Top Spot as the Most Engaged World Leader on Facebook, Others Pay to Play to Make an Impact on the Platform
BCW Study Finds 50 Leaders Have Paid to Promote Their Posts, Including U.S. P…
A World Health Organisation report published in 2018 stated that within Africa, about 15% of all hospital activity and expenditure was a direct result of adverse events, and that the costs of treating safety failures amount to trillions of…
AfricaOnline, one of Ghana's oldest ISPs and a Gondwana International Networks (GIN) subsidiary, has announced the launch of its new JOLA service, a high-speed broadband satellite service powered by Avanti’s HYLAS4 satellite that offers 10…
Google parent Alphabet Inc’s drone service made its first air delivery in North Canberra, Australia, on Tuesday after getting approval from the country’s civil aviation authority.
Wing, the company’s drone delivery arm, said the deliver…
Facebook has bowed to pressure from the European Commission and consumer authorities by revising its terms, making it clear what it does with users’ data and taking responsibility when data has been mishandled by third parties.
The worl…
China’s state planner wants to eliminate bitcoin mining in the country, according to a draft list of industrial activities the agency is seeking to stop in a sign of growing government pressure on the cryptocurrency sector.
China is the…
Chico’s FAS Inc warned in January that it would shutter at least 250 stores across its namesake brand, along with its White House Black Market and Soma labels.
But the U.S. women’s clothing chain is expanding a different storefront - it…
Facebook artificial intelligence (AI) researchers create the world’s most detailed population density maps of Africa
New AI-powered, high-res maps to help humanitarian aid and relief agencies better assist people in need
Facebook (ww…
Companies working with artificial intelligence need to install accountability mechanisms to prevent its being misused, the European Commission said on Monday, under new ethical guidelines for a technology open to abuse.
AI projects shou…
A top cyber-security official has said Huawei's "shoddy" engineering practices mean its mobile network equipment could be banned from Westminster and other sensitive parts of the UK.
GCHQ's Dr Ian Levy told BBC Panorama the Chinese tele…
TV Homes across the U.S. will continue to receive Crown Media Family Networks’ channels because of an important renewal agreement with SES, the world’s leading satellite operator.
As part of the nine-year deal announced today, Crown Med…
Evan Spiegel has finally found a way to fight back against Mark Zuckerberg’s army of clones. For 2.5 years, Snapchat foolishly tried to take the high road versus Facebook, with Spiegel claiming “Our values are hard to copy”. That inaction …
The UK government has laid out proposals to regulate online and social media platforms, setting out the substance of its long-awaited White Paper on online harms today — and kicking off a public consultation.
The Online Harms White Pape…
A 3-day Cyber Risk Assessment workshop was organised to train IT experts in strategic state institutions in Cameroon to establish an inventory of critical cyber risks
The workshop from 2 to 4 April addressed issues on cybersecurity and …
Parallel Wireless, Inc., the leader in providing the world’s first software-based unified end-to-end ALL G network solution (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G) and Competitive Carriers Association (“CCA”), today announced a strategic partnership to provi…
Nobody knows what to call Justin Antony. Not Instagram influencers, not their managers. They’ve referred to him as a “doctor,” but he’s not an MD. They’ve also called him an “Instagram dad” (which is the “worst thing,” according to Anton…
Google can now automatically suggest email subject lines for you through Gmail’s Smart Compose feature. The new ability arrived on Gmail today, moving us slightly closer to a future where we just use bots to replace our more mundane commun…
WhatsApp Business, a version of the messaging app that lets small businesses connect with their customers, is now rolling out worldwide on iOS. The free app launched on iOS last month but only in a limited number of countries. WhatsApp Bus…
Snap today announced Bitmoji Party, its first original multiplayer game for Snapchat. Bitmoji Party offers players a series of lightly challenging mini-games for the mobile phone, and is designed to be played by small groups. If successf…
Lenovo Announces Data Center Portfolio Refresh – Featuring New Intel® Processors, Persistent Memory and Enhanced Security
15 Lenovo ThinkSystem servers and five ThinkAgile appliances are now powered by 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Sca…
Nintendo’s Labo VR kit may just be a little cardboard experiment, but Nintendo is taking a chance on throwing its most beloved titles into the headset. Today, the company announced that they will be adding support to play two of the Switc…
Chinese technology workers are protesting online against grueling overtime hours at some companies, a rare push back against the work culture in the country’s tech industry.
The posts on Microsoft’s GitHub, which calls itself the world’…