Washington DC's top prosecutor is suing Facebook in the first significant US move to punish the firm for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine filed the lawsuit on Wednesday, said…
Children as young as 14 are making thousands of pounds a week as part of a global hacking network built around the popular video game Fortnite.
About 20 hackers told the BBC they were stealing the private gaming accounts of players and …
Thousands of passengers have seen their flights from Gatwick Airport cancelled after two drones were spotted flying over the airfield within a 12-hour period.
The runway is currently shut as officials investigate.
So why has a drone …
In a new blog post, Facebook VP of Product Partnerships Ime Archibong addressed the company’s latest user privacy controversy. The rebuttal is the second round of Facebook’s push back against Tuesday’s report by the New York Times detaili…
WhatsApp is making group calls easier with a change to the way its mobile app works. Before, users would have to start a 1:1 video call, then add participants — there wasn’t an option to begin a group call at once, the company says. Now, t…
Volkswagen (VW) (VOWG_p.DE) is buying a controlling stake in Volvo’s (VOLVb.ST) WirelessCar, a digital service developer specializing in connected driving, for 1.1 billion Swedish crowns ($122 million), the companies said on Wednesday.
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GE Connects Financing and Turbine Technology to its Flagship Onshore Wind Project in Sub-Sahara Africa
GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS) and Renewable Energy partner to deliver 100MW wind power project in Kenya
GE’s flagship onsh…
Google has reportedly "effectively ended" plans for a censored search engine in China.
The Intercept, which revealed the existence of Project Dragonfly in August, says Google has been "forced to shut down a data analysis system it was u…
A little taste of 5G is coming early, courtesy of AT&T’s new mobile hotspot. The carrier announced this morning that it will be firing up limited 5G service in a dozen cities across the U.S. this Friday, currently only accessible via the N…
Entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled a prototype underground tunnel in Los Angeles which is designed to transport cars at high speed around the city.
The tunnel is only a mile (1.6km) long at the moment but the goal is a network to ease …
Facebook has been caught on the back foot again over its data privacy practices, following an investigation by the New York Times.
The newspaper has disclosed fresh details about ways the social network shared access to users' data with…
EU governments voted on Tuesday to impose duties on Chinese electric bicycles to curb cheap imports that European producers say benefit from unfair subsidies and are flooding the market, EU sources familiar with the case said.
The Europ…
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) shares fell almost 7 percent on Monday after the company said it was investigating unusual traffic that might be from state-sponsored hackers and, in what appeared to be an unrelated issue, a security firm said hackers…
Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] on Tuesday said it would spend $2 billion over the next 5 years to focus on cybersecurity by adding more people and upgrading lab facilities, as it battles global concerns about risks associated with its networ…
Soon it will be easier for people without Google accounts to collaborate on G Suite documents. Currently in beta, a new feature will enable G Suite users to invite people without G Suite subscriptions or Google accounts to work on files b…
Twitter has warned of "unusual activity" from China and Saudi Arabia related to a bug in a help form.
The bug - discovered on 15 November and fixed the day after - could have revealed the country code of users' phone numbers or if their…
A food delivery robot was destroyed after it caught fire because of "human error", its creator has confirmed.
Kiwibot autonomous delivery robots have been rolling around the University of California, Berkeley campus for two years.
On…
Careem launched a delivery service covering everything from takeaway food to pharmaceuticals on Monday, diversifying from its core Middle East ride-hailing business and increasing competition with rival Uber Technologies.
The company ha…
Christmas shoppers could have their faces scanned in central London this week as part of a police trial.
The Met says it will invite people to take part in testing the technology rather than scanning people covertly.
The trials will …
Russia allegedly used every major social media platform to influence the 2016 US election, a report claims.
Research is expected to say YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram and PayPal - as well as Facebook and Twitter - were leveraged to spread p…
New AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region expands cloud pioneer’s global footprint and enables Nordic customers to run applications and store their content in data centers in Sweden
Tens of thousands of customers and APN partners across the Nor…
Give me bitcoin or your life. Seriously?
The people behind a rash of bomb threats made across the United States and Canada on Thursday demanded a $20,000 ransom to be paid in bitcoin. Authorities said none of the threats - emailed to hu…
Adobe Systems Inc on Thursday reported a 22.8 percent rise in quarterly revenue, helped by higher subscriptions for its flagship Creative Cloud suite of software that includes Photoshop.
The San Jose, California-based company’s net inco…
Cashless establishments may be safer and more convenient, but are they more popular with the public at large?
After yet another break-in at south London pub the Crown and Anchor, Arber Rozhaja decided enough was enough.
Burglars were…
With the number of cars clogging roads around the world expected to double in the coming decades, new ways of responding to crashes, controlling traffic lights and creating diversions will be needed to keep traffic moving.
We’ve…
Vingroup, Vietnam’s top listed firm by market value, underlined its technology ambitions on Friday with the launch of its first smartphones, which it plans to sell around the world.
Once a real estate and retail focused conglomerate, Vi…
Technology has been the cornerstone of economic growth around the world for hundreds of years. It has underpinned the last three industrial revolutions and is now the driving factor in today’s Fourth Industrial Revolution — marked by eme…
Netflix loves to test new ideas, and its latest experiment is an odd new feature that lets viewers watch a scene again.
A selection of Netflix subscribers noticed the new addition, which serves a pop-up asking if they want to “watch th…
After receiving a flogging from privacy critics, Facebook is scrambling to make its smart display video chat screen Portal more attractive to buyers. Today Facebook is announcing the addition of a web browser, plus some of Messenger’s Ins…
Amazon has teamed up with police in the US in an effort to stop thieves who steal parcels left outside homes.
Officers in New Jersey are planting dummy boxes fitted with GPS trackers, coupled with hidden doorbell cameras, at homes aroun…
The start of 2018 saw global technology research and advisory firm, International Data Corporation (IDC), predict that South African channel partners would have to evolve strategy and platform to meet the growing demand for digital transfo…
Apple has announced a major expansion that will see it open a new campus in North Austin and new offices in Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles as it bids to increase its workforce in the U.S. The firm said it intends also to significant…
A leaked email from an employee warned Uber's bosses that its self-drive cars were involved in multiple crashes, only days before one killed a pedestrian.
Robbie Miller, operations manager for Uber's self-driving trucks, wrote to the fi…
Google said on Thursday it had launched an artificial intelligence program in Thailand to screen for a diabetic eye disease which causes permanent blindness.
The eye screening program in Thailand follows a similar Google program in Indi…
Hackers have stolen data from a French foreign ministry website created for citizens traveling abroad, the ministry said on Thursday.
The breach raises questions about the security of French government websites, though the ministry soug…
New Markets, New Initiatives, and Newly-Licensed Drivers: Ford's Driving Skills for Life Trains In Excess of 1 600 Motorists Throughout Africa and Middle East in 2018
Driving Skills for Life benefitted more than 1 600 drivers across…
Soon after Google unveiled the top trends in what people searched for in 2018, Baidu published what captivated the Chinese in a parallel online universe, where most of the West’s mainstream tech services, including Google and Facebook,…
Apple has announced a major expansion that will see it open a new campus in North Austin and open new offices in Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles as it bids to increase its workforce in the U.S. The firm said it intends also to signific…
"Meghan Markle" was the most searched-for person's name for the second year running on Google's UK search service.
But the Duchess of Sussex came second to the overall winner of the most queried term - "World Cup" - in the company's sea…
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is thinking about multiple scenarios when it comes to tariffs and iPhone production. Right now, iPhones are not affected directly by the trade war between China and the U.S.
But if U.S. …
Defunct startup Sidecar Technologies Inc, which pioneered on-demand ride-hailing, is suing Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], alleging it engaged in predatory pricing and anticompetitive practices that ultimately put Sidecar out of business.…
Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday opened a compact version of its cashier-less Amazon Go food stores, broadening its footprint in the bricks-and-mortar world in a move to add shops in places such as office lobbies and hospitals.
Located in on…
Facebook today announced a redesign of its “Life Events” feature, which allows people to share significant milestones in their life, like an engagement, graduation, a new job, a move to a new city and more. The feature has existed since th…
Nokia 5.1 Plus gives you premium performance and design in an accessible package
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, today announced the Nokia 5.1 Plus. With impressive processing power, the Nokia 5.1 Plus delivers a great gaming perf…
Two smartphone-makers have unveiled handsets featuring a "hole-punch" selfie camera.
The screens of the Samsung A8s and Huawei Honor View20 both feature a small circular space for the component.
The design is intended to be less obtr…
Google has found another bug in its Google+ social network that it says affects as many as 52.5 million users.
It said the flaw allowed "name, email address, occupation, and age" to be exposed to third-party developers, even if accounts…
Many customers who experience fixed broadband or landline loss will soon automatically receive compensation.
The £8-per-day deal follows a new agreement between Openreach and five of the UK's internet service providers.
It will apply…
Uber Technologies Inc has filed paperwork for an initial public offering, according to three people with knowledge of the matter, taking a step closer to a key milestone for one of the most closely watched and controversial companies in Si…
This week, a basic error by Sweden's Ericsson took millions of mobile customers offline, while its Chinese rival Huawei faced mounting pressure from those who consider it a security risk.
On the latest Tech Tent podcast, we ask: can we …
Residents of a remote First Nation island in northern Ontario will begin receiving goods by drone next year.
The Moose Cree First Nation has signed a C$2.5m (£1.5m) commercial deal with a drone delivery company to transport supplies, me…
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