Vodafone is teaming up with IBM to offer businesses a way to link different cloud computing systems to support the next wave of digital advances, such as machine learning, on super-fast fifth-generation telecoms networks.
As part of the…
Video-streaming service Roku has made a U-turn over its addition of InfoWars - the right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones's channel.
Social media activists noticed Roku was offering the channel earlier this week, half a year after Yo…
Facebook has removed 500 pages and accounts allegedly involved in peddling fake news in Central Europe, Ukraine and other Eastern European nations.
The action ends efforts by two separate groups to "manipulate people", said Facebook in …
Nike has launched self-lacing trainers, which fit themselves to the shape of the foot and are controlled via a smartphone.
It is the latest iteration of the futuristic footwear, first referred to in the film Back to the Future Part II, …
Tesla today is launching a new home charging station designed for the modern home. The new Wall Connector is the auto maker’s first home charging solution that can be plugged into a wall outlet rather than being hardwired into the home’s …
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality Markets are expected to reach US$162 billion by 2020. How can schools use virtual reality to make learning more engaging?
Most of us don’t live in a rainforest but we do know that they are in …
Versa Networks, innovator of the Secure Cloud IP platform, and BringCom Incorporated, a telecommunications provider focused on wholesale and retail telecommunications services in Africa, have rolled out a joint solution to deliver Versa's …
A smartphone screen is a wonder of the world. It’s not just that it’s bright and colorful and sharp. In some ways, it’s as good as human biology allows. We’ve packed so many pixels into such a small space that any more would be lost on us.…
Chief Financial Officer Tim Stone will be leaving Snap Inc (SNAP.N) less than a year after taking the job, the company said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of executive departures from Snap over the past year.
Shares of Snap dropped …
A man who took a photograph of a driverless car on display at the CES tech fair says his camera was damaged as a result.
Jit Ray Chowdhury noticed purple spots on all his photographs after taking a photo of a lidar laser scanning system…
YouTube clips that depict dangerous or emotionally distressing “pranks” have been banned from the platform.
The move comes in response to so-called "challenges" that have sometimes resulted in death or injury.
The Google-owned video …
Facebook Inc told Reuters on Tuesday that it would extend some of its political advertising rules and tools for curbing election interference to India, Nigeria, Ukraine and the European Union before significant votes in the next few months…
A new study is making waves in the worlds of tech and psychology by questioning the basis of thousands of papers and analyses with conflicting conclusions on the effect of screen time on well-being. The researchers claim is that the scienc…
ByteDance, the world’s most-valued startup, just launched a new social media product under its Douyin brand in what many people see as a serious attempt to challenge WeChat.
Tencent has long dominated China’s social networking space …
3D modelling is one of the fastest growing design trends – set to exponentially increase over the next few years. The multitude uses for 3D designs and models seem to increase every year, and it is becoming essential for those across vario…
Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia is cutting 350 jobs in Finland as part of its plans to find savings worth 700 million euros ($800 million) by next year.
“The planned changes are indispensable to secure Nokia’s long-term competitiv…
Facebook Inc (FB.O) will invest $300 million over three years in local news globally as it faces blistering criticism over its role in the erosion of the news business worldwide.
The investment in time and money is a significant expansi…
YouTube is updating its mobile app to make it easier to navigate through videos. The company announced it will this week roll out a new horizontal swiping gesture that lets you move forward and backward through the videos you’re watching.…
Global leaders combine leadership in software and hardware technologies to co-develop solutions that optimize factory, warehouse and retail digital supply chain operations
JDA Software, Inc. and Panasonic Corporation today announce…
Gemalto Helps Simplify and Secure IoT Connectivity to the AT&T Network with All-in-One eSIM and IoT Module
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is helping simplify and secure IoT connectivity for AT…
When I hear protesters shout, “Immigrants are welcome here!” at the San Francisco immigration office near my startup’s headquarters, I think about how simple a phrase that is for a topic that is so nuanced, especially for me as an immigran…
Instagram has found something it likes more than a Kardashian-Jenner family baby, and it’s an egg.
This weekend, a photo of a plain egg became the most-liked photo on Instagram, the social app owned by Facebook with over one billion …
Samsung (005930.KS) plans to launch a budget smartphone series in India ahead of a global release, aiming to regain ground ceded to Chinese rivals such as Xiaomi (1810.HK) in the world’s second-biggest mobile phone market.
The South Kor…
Hurt by high fuel prices, Vinod Gore, a farmer in Gove village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, ditched his petrol scooter for an electric model, underlining how two-wheelers are driving the country’s goal of electrification of …
The U.S. Federal Reserve is wary of giving “fintech” firms such as OnDeck Capital Inc (ONDK.N) or Kabbage Inc. access to the country’s financial infrastructure, putting the central bank at odds with other regulators looking to bring them i…
The American University of Ras Al Kaimah (AURAK) President, Professor Hassan Hamdan Al Alkim, and Huawei Tech FZ-LLC (Huawei) Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Li Shi, entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding in a signing ceremony h…
What to expect from the 5G era? Faster speeds and 5G smartphones? – Yes,
Innovative Services and AR/VR? – Maybe
GSMA Intelligence, the research and consulting arm of the GSMA, has published the initial results of its latest Consumer …
VLC, the hugely popular media playing service, is filling one of its gaps with the addition of AirPlay support as it has just crossed an incredible three billion downloads.
The new feature was revealed by Jean-Baptiste Kempf, one of the…
They still don’t know where it came from. But when it hit, the Alaskan borough of Matanuska-Susitna was knocked for six. Malware rapidly spread across the borough’s computer networks, disrupting a bewildering array of services. Hundreds of…
The late Swedish academic Hans Rosling has identified a worrying trend: not only do many people across advanced economies have no idea that the world is becoming a much better place, but they actually even think the opposite. This is no wo…
A senior adviser to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has backed Google's legal bid to limit individuals' "right to be forgotten" to searches in Europe.
Google sought to limit the law's scope, after France asked for it to be extended …
Researchers at Michigan State University are exploring the idea that there’s more to “social media addiction” than casual joking about being too online might suggest. Their paper, titled “Excessive social media users demonstrate impaired d…
Apple Inc plans to launch three iPhone models this year with some new camera features, including three rear cameras for the most expensive model and two for the other models, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The new iPhones w…
If you ever find yourself sitting back in wonder as super-bright artificial meteors flash across the sky, you will be able to thank the credit crunch – at least in part. After the crisis of 2008 that Lena Okajima decided to leave her job a…
In a corner of the Las Vegas Convention Center, a row of Huawei Mate 20 smartphones are lined up, sparkling, for CES delegates to try out.
It's a typical scene at the trade show but one made slightly surreal by the fact that few America…
Several Chinese electronics retailers including Alibaba-backed Suning (002024.SZ) and JD.com (JD.O) have slashed iPhone prices this week, after Apple (AAPL.O) recently blamed poor sales of the smartphone in the country for a rare revenue w…
The CES trade show is powering up again in Vegas. Most of the biggest names in tech and stacks of start-ups you've never heard of will compete for attention over the next week.
Some products may launch new categories - past events prese…
The personal details belonging to more than 202 million job seekers in China, including information like phone numbers, email addresses, driver licenses and salary expectations, were freely available to anyone who knew where to look for as…
The ongoing US government shutdown is leaving dozens of official websites insecure or inaccessible.
Affected websites include the US Department of Justice, the Court of Appeals and Nasa.
The shutdown, over a funding dispute for Presi…
Twitter is already working with the NBA to stream video of pre-game warm-ups, in-game and post-game highlights and post-game behind-the-scenes content. Now, the company will for the first time ever stream live NBA action — with a twist. In…
The government shutdown has entered into day 19, making it the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history. With President Donald Trump slamming his hands down on a table and storming out of negotiations with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator C…
United Internet has not yet decided whether or not to take part in Germany’s upcoming auction of 5G spectrum, a company spokesman said on Thursday, denying an earlier media report.
The supervisory board has not yet made a decision, the …
Chinese blockchain platforms will have to censor content, allow authorities access to stored data and check the identity of users under rules set out on Thursday by Beijing.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that the reg…
Americans aged over 65 are much more likely than younger people to share fake news on Facebook, researchers say.
Their study looked at the behaviour of Facebook users before and after the 2016 US presidential election.
It found age w…
According to the GMSA Mobile Economy 2018 report for sub-Saharan Africa, mobile subscribers rose by 44% in 2017 and this was further bolstered by an increase in smartphone penetration that rose by 75%. Mobile broadband is anticipated to co…
China’s Alibaba Group Holding has acquired German data analysis firm Data Artisans, the Berlin-based startup said, in a deal reported to be worth around 90 million euros ($103 million).
The transaction marks the first full takeover by a…
Here’s a quick tidbit buried beneath today’s deluge of Google Assistant news (not to mention the bizarre waking nightmare that is the CES Small World ride). The company announced today that the smart assistant will be accessible on more An…
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday he will host a series of public discussions about the future of technology in society as part of his personal challenge this year.
Zuckerberg sounded his plan in a Fac…
Apple Inc (AAPL.O), which slashed its quarterly sales forecast last week, has reduced planned production for its three new iPhone models by about 10 percent for the January-March quarter, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wednesday.
T…
People have been talking about foldable smartphones for years, but it’s finally happening. Chinese company Royole was showing off the FlexPai at CES in Las Vegas, and we got to play with it for a few minutes.
It’s hard to say if it’s …