The European Commission has unveiled plans to spend 1bn euros creating "world class" supercomputers.
The project was needed, it said, because European contributions to existing high-performance computing projects was "insignificant".
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Facebook is to change how its news feed works, making posts from businesses, brands and media less prominent.
Instead, content that sparks conversations among family and friends who use the site will be emphasised, explained chief execu…
Ford Motor Co (F.N) plans to offer cities networks and technology to smooth the flow of goods and people as ride hailing and automated delivery services are making congestion worse, the U.S. automaker’s top executives said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Tuesday that software patches released to guard against microchip security threats slowed down some personal computers and servers, with systems running on older Intel Corp (INTC.O) processors seeing a notic…
As expected, today’s Huawei CES press conference was a strange affair. The company’s U.S. plans were recently thwarted, as per a report in The Wall Street Journal, leaving the company in a bit of a lurch. Consumer CEO Richard Yu went ahead…
Apple's iCloud services in mainland China will be operated by a Chinese company from next month, the tech giant has confirmed.
It has contacted customers based in China, advising them to examine new terms and conditions.
They include…
If victory belongs to whoever's virtual assistant can interact with the most unlikely range of household appliances, then Amazon has already won.
The firm's voice-activated digital helper has been added to a bathroom mirror that can - v…
Shares in photo firm Eastman Kodak soared nearly 120% after it revealed plans to mint its own crypto-currency, the KodakCoin.
The US firm said it was teaming up with London-based Wenn Media Group to carry out the initial coin offering (…
A Hindu woman has killed herself after facing harassment over her friendship with a Muslim man in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, police say.
She told a friend on WhatsApp that she loved Muslims after being questioned over her f…
Samsung has announced a giant 146in (396cm) TV called The Wall at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.
The TV features a micro-LED display, which is pitched as a superior alternative to OLED because it offers both deep blacks and bright high…
Intel's chief executive has said software fixes to address the recently discovered Meltdown and Spectre bugs in microchips would be released in the next few days.
Brian Krzanich was speaking at the beginning of his keynote speech at the…
China banned bitcoin, ICOs and now it appears to be clamping down on Chinese miners, an important group estimated to produce some three-quarters of the world’s supply of bitcoin.
According to a leaked January 2 memo from the ‘Leading Gr…
Start-up Black Box VR has developed a full-body workout in the form of a 30-minute virtual reality experience.
It uses a bespoke resistance training machine and an HTC Vive headset. The entire set-up is about the size of a family bathro…
A new car designed by former BMW and Apple employees has been unveiled.
The Byton - which sports a huge touchscreen dashboard - reimagines what it feels like to be inside a car.
While on paper the electric vehicle doesn't quite match…
Another pre-CES announcement out of Samsung’s PC department less than a week ahead of the show. This time it’s a refresh to the Notebook 7 Spin, a convertible tablet with a 360-degree 13-inch display. It’s a update to last year’s well-rece…
iTech Ghana [1] is focused on providing Ghanaians with the list of the best gear and gadgets Reviews, for people who want to save the time and stress of figuring out what to buy. Whatever sort of thing you need Laptops [2], Smartphones [3]…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to "fix" Facebook, in what he described as his personal challenge for 2018.
In a post on his page on the social network, he said it was making too many errors enforcing policies and preventing misu…
Ahead of going public, Spotify just announced it’s killing it on the subscriber front. As of today, Spotify has 70 million subscribers compared to Apple Music’s 30 million. Last July, Spotify had more than 60 million paid listeners and ove…
As technology companies race to fix two major vulnerabilities found in computer chips, the ways in which those chips could theoretically be targeted by hackers are becoming clear.
Collectively, Meltdown and Spectre affect billions of sy…
Apple has said that all iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are affected by two major flaws in computer chips.
It emerged this week that tech companies have been racing to fix the Meltdown and Spectre bugs, that could allow hackers to stea…
Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs, including those of Tom Petty, Neil Young and the Doors, without a license and compensation to the music publisher.
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Apple continues to ramp up its efforts to court developers by making it easier to create and iterate their apps for its platforms. The iPhone giant has now acquired Buddybuild, a Vancouver-based app tools startup that describes itself as “…
UK music fans streamed more music than ever before in 2017 - an astonishing total of 68.1 billion songs.
That's the equivalent of everyone in the country playing 1,036 tracks, or almost three continuous days of music, on sites like Appl…
A team of Google researchers has created psychedelic stickers that can fool image recognition software into seeing objects that are not there.
Using a toaster as an example, the team produced colourful computer-generated patterns by sam…
A crypto-currency called Ripple has become the second most valuable virtual cash system.
Over the weekend the value of the digital currency hit more than $100bn (£74bn) according to some market monitors.
This valuation is higher than…
Pokemon Go maker Niantic has announced plans to launch its monster-catching game in China.
The firm told the Financial Times it would bring the augmented reality game to China after striking a partnership deal with a local company NetEa…
Gaming addiction is to be listed as a mental health condition for the first time by the World Health Organisation.
Its 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) will include the condition "gaming disorder".
The draft docume…
In a carefully worded riposte, China's most popular messaging app WeChat, has denied "storing chat histories".
It follows criticism from Chinese businessman Li Shufu, who recently said the firm "must be watching all our WeChats every da…
Vehicles made by Korean carmakers Hyundai and Kia will include built-in virtual assistants with AI-powered smarts beginning in 2019 (via Engadget). The plan to build smart assistants into vehicles will make use of tech created by SoundHoun…
Instagram’s feed will now show users recommended posts – a change that earlier this month was spotted while in testing, and has since quietly gone live. The feature, described here in the company’s Help documentation, will suggest posts fo…
Russian scientists have restored communications with a satellite days after they lost contact with it.
Launched on 26 December, Angosat-1 will boost mobile and net communications in Angola as well as broadcast radio and TV shows.
Soo…
Twitter has shut down a crowd-sourced effort to expose fake accounts posting racist messages on the social network.
The Imposter Buster bot automatically replied to tweets posted by fake accounts, to warn other people.
However, Twitt…
A manager of the Exmo Bitcoin exchange has been kidnapped in Ukraine.
According to Russian and Ukrainian media reports Pavel Lerner, 40, was kidnapped while leaving his office in Kiev's Obolon district on 26 December.
The reports sai…
John McAfee has said his Twitter account was hacked and used to promote lesser-known crypto-currencies.
The cyber-security pioneer has rebuffed suggestions that the alleged incident undermined his own credentials saying: "I have no cont…
Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) is looking to launch brick-and-mortar stores in India to boost sales of its Pixel smartphones, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.
Google is…
Huawei Technologies HWT.UL, the world’s third-largest smartphone maker, said on Wednesday that Chinese police are conducting an investigation, after the China sales head of its smartphone unit was detained on suspicion of accepting bribes.…
In need of an unfinished skyscraper? Act fast and you might be able to get your hands on one in China.
A 156m (511ft) skyscraper in northern Shanxi province has been listed on Taobao, China's largest e-commerce website, by a local court…
Tesla's chief has pledged to make a pick-up truck as part of future plans for the electric vehicle-maker.
Elon Musk made the promise on Twitter after asking his followers for suggestions about how the firm could improve.
He said the …
Apple is said to be working on a way to allow developers to build apps that work with touchscreen input on iPhone and iPad, and with mouse and trackpad on Mac devices, to be implemented next year, according to Bloomberg. The system would u…
It’s been quite a year to say the least, but at least it’s nearly over. And so now is the perfect time to reflect on the single most important issue of 2017: the best smartphones of the year.
Our most recent trip around the Sun brought …
Although the rush to connect everything from toys to toothbrushes, cars to sex toys, and any number of household appliances to the internet, seems inexorable, there is little regulation protecting your cyber-security.
Not surprising the…
Chinese firm Qihoo 360 Technology has shut down a website that was streaming live video from its cameras in schools, gyms and restaurants.
Qihoo shut down the site, called Water Drop, following criticism on social media that the streams…
Apple has confirmed the suspicions of many iPhone owners by revealing it does deliberately slow down some models of the iPhone as they age.
Many customers have long suspected that Apple slows down older iPhones to encourage people to up…
Facebook no longer displays red warning icons next to fake news stories shared on the platform, as it says the approach has not worked as hoped.
In December 2016, the site started showing a "disputed" warning next to articles that third…
The US and UK governments have said North Korea was responsible for the WannaCry malware attack affecting hospitals, businesses and banks across the world earlier this year.
The attack is said to have hit more than 300,000 computers in …
Toyota is finally revealing the details of its plan to catch up with some of its rivals on electrification; the automaker has focused primarily on hybrids and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles before now, despite having led the market with the P…
Bringing small scale Nigerian farmers to a broader market has netted the new startup Farmcrowdy $1 million from investors including Techstars, Cox Ventures and Social Capital.
Farmcrowdy’s digital platform connects investors to farmers …
Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] said on Monday it has joined forces with BBM Messenger to allow users around the world, including in the application’s biggest market of Indonesia, to book rides via the messenger service.
The partnership agr…
The head of the National Infrastructure Commission has called for urgent action to tackle poor mobile phone coverage.
Lord Adonis has written to the telecoms regulator Ofcom urging it to take action to deal with the issue.
It follows…
The number of daily detected malicious files reflects the average activity of cybercriminals involved in the creation and distribution of malware
The number of new malicious files processed by Kaspersky Lab’s in-lab detection technologi…
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