Syrian refugee Anas Modamani is suing Facebook after a selfie he took with Chancellor Angela Merkel was used in fake news stories.
A court in Wurzburg, Germany, heard opening remarks from lawyers representing both sides.
Mr Modamani'…
Samsung Group said it will disband its corporate strategy office after a special prosecution probe ends, setting a timeline on a pledge to wind up a power center that has been criticized for its role in South Korea's graft scandal.
The …
Facebook is partnering with public sector agencies and non-governmental organisations from across Africa under the rallying call “Be the change: unite for a better Internet”
Today is Safer Internet Day (SID) (www.SaferInternetDay.org) a…
BT (BT.L) has become the first major telecoms company to back Google (GOOGL.O) in a battle with EU regulators, defending the "stability and compatibility" of the Android operating system, which is in the sights of anti-trust regulators.
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Thirty more US technology firms have signed a brief opposing President Trump's immigration ban, bringing the total number involved to 127.
The new signatories include Tesla, Adobe, HP and Evernote.
They join 97 others who have filed …
The inventors of digital cameras have won the highest international engineering prize.
This year's £1m Queen Elizabeth Prize recognises the development of the technologies that turn light into digital signals.
The Royal Academy of En…
The number of human interventions in journeys made by driverless cars from Google company Waymo in California more than halved in 2016.
There were only 124 "disengagement" incidents last year, where a driver had to take control of a tes…
Staff at social media company Twitter have donated more than $1m (£790,000) to the American Civil Liberties Union.
The ACLU has pledged to fight President Donald Trump's temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majorit…
Huawei, in collaboration with MTN Ghana, on Wednesday unveiled its latest flagship phone, the ‘Mate 9’ in Accra. The new smartphone has a flat 5.9 inch full HD display and runs on the Kirin 960 processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage whic…
Volkswagen has overtaken Toyota to become the world's best-selling carmaker, the first time the German company has held the position.
Japan's Toyota, which had topped sales for the past four years, sold 10.175 million vehicles globally …
Apple has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm in China seeking 1bn yuan (£115m) in damages, claiming the chip maker has abused its market position.
Apple has also filed a second case alleging Qualcomm had broken the terms of a deal coverin…
U.S. software firm Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) will continue to invest over $1 billion annually on cyber security research and development in the coming years, a senior executive said.
This amount does not include acquisitions Microsoft may…
Sky is to offer a complete subscription television package without a satellite dish for the first time.
From 2018, people who cannot have a dish installed will be able to receive Sky over the internet instead.
The company said the mo…
A cybersecurity researcher working for anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab in Russia has been arrested.
Ruslan Stoyanov, a member of Kasperksy's investigations team, was arrested in December but news of his apprehension has only just surfaced…
The date is set. On February 25, we'll see what the newest keyboard-equipped BlackBerry brings to the table.
BlackBerry fans, the time has come for the launch of the next chapter of BlackBerry phones: the device known as "Mercury." Blac…
The presidential Twitter handle - @Potus - has been handed over as Donald Trump becomes America's 45th president.
Outgoing US leader Barack Obama promised followers that tweets from his eight years in office will be preserved.
It mea…
Finnair will become the first airline to allow travelers to pay for in-flight shopping and services with Chinese online payment app Alipay, the company said on Wednesday.
The airline, which uses its Helsinki hub to bring Asian travelers…
The phone, expected to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Spain next month, is LG's best shot at taking on Samsung.
Looks like we've got our first peek of LG's new flagship Android phone, the G6, expected to be unveiled next month …
US President Donald Trump's inauguration was the most watched news event streamed online to date, analysts suggest.
At its peak, a record 8.7Tbps of live video was streamed, according to content delivery network Akamai Technologies.
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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says he has no plans to run for president of the United States.
When asked by Buzzfeed News, he said: "No, I'm focused on building our community at Facebook and working on the Chan Zuckerberg Ini…
Nintendo Co's smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps.
The popularity of augmented-reality Pokemon Go aroun…
Libraries across the city of St Louis are gradually regaining control of their computer systems, following a malware attack several days ago.
Criminals broke into the systems of 17 libraries, disabled them and demanded a ransom.
It m…
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, will add a selected range of Hong Kong-based VTech's phones made for healthcare and hospital customers to its Vertical Markets offer and catalogues in Europe. The phones will also b…
Corning reported higher results for the fourth quarter, led by demand for its Gorilla Glass and optical equipment, helping to offset price pressure in the LCD market. Net sales rose 11 percent year-on-year, and net profit jumped to USD 1.5…
If you are waiting for Samsung's newest flagship phone, you may have to wait a little longer this time around.
The Galaxy S8, the next-generation follow-up to the Galaxy S7 released last March, will make its debut on April 14 in Korea, …
American search giant Yahoo says it will complete the sale of its core internet assets to telecoms firm Verizon later than originally planned.
The $4.8bn (£4bn) deal was thrown into doubt last year after Yahoo revealed two vast data sec…
Massive collections of fake accounts are lying dormant on Twitter, suggests research.
The largest network ties together more than 350,000 accounts and further work suggests others may be even bigger.
UK researchers accidentally uncov…
The Australian government is planning to allow 90% of travellers to pass through passport control without human help by 2020.
With a $100m (£80m) budget, it has begun the search for technology companies that could provide biometric syst…
Despite the enormous baggage that comes with the Note name, Samsung believes loyal customers will flock back to a new Note.
At Samsung's 837 "experience store" in New York's trendy Meatpacking District, a few visitors lined up to try th…
China is reinforcing its censorship of the internet with a campaign to crack down on unauthorized connections, including virtual private network (VPN) services, that allow users to bypass restrictions known as the Great Firewall.
The Mi…
U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp said on Monday it would buy 33 percent of Tidal, a music streaming service owned by rapper Jay Z, marking a move to more content driven services in a highly competitive wireless market.
Sprint paid $200…
In 2008, engineering student Samay Kohli wanted to build a humanoid robot, but his professor told him it would not be possible.
Along with his fellow student Akash Gupta, not only did they achieve that task, but they have also built Gre…
The appearance of fake news on websites and social media has inspired scientists to develop a "vaccine" to immunise people against the problem.
A University of Cambridge study devised psychological tools to target fact distortion.
Re…
Samsung's probe into its Galaxy Note 7 fiasco has found that the overheating and burning of the phones was caused by faults with their batteries.
The firm had axed its iPhone rival in October last year after an earlier botched recall an…
Ghana’s Energy Commission has designed a new mobile app)that will help the public to easily identify certified electricians within their locality, Graphics reported. The app, known as Certified Electricians, shows the names, photographs an…
Some Indian officials have balked at Apple's (AAPL.O) demands for concessions before it assembles iPhones there, raising doubts about a spring deadline to launch a key project in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign to lure foreign inve…
A coalition of more than 70 civil rights groups has urged Facebook to be clearer about the content it removes.
In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the group accused the social network of "disproportionate censorship of Facebook users of col…
Renault-Nissan has sold more than 400,000 electric cars globally and the leader in plug-in vehicles is planning further investment to maintain its market lead, the chief executive of the auto alliance said.
Carlos Ghosn disclosed the fi…
India will consider Apple's request for incentives to invest in the country with an "open mind", Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters on Wednesday.
"We will very much like Apple to come and have a base in I…
Instagram has rolled out live video in the UK.
The photo-sharing service first announced it was introducing the feature in November but only in America.
Facebook, which owns Instagram, launched live video last April while Twitter rol…
Galaxy Note 7 owners in the US who have ignored the global recall of Samsung's smartphone face a fresh effort to make them return their devices.
Mobile network Verizon told Fortune magazine that it planned to divert calls made via the p…
Scientists have built a DNA-analysing smartphone attachment that is a fraction of the cost of lab-based kit.
The creators of the phone-powered pathology microscope believe it could be mass produced for less than $500 (£406) a unit.
T…
It is easy to say that people need to keep learning throughout their careers. The practicalities are daunting
WHEN education fails to keep pace with technology, the result is inequality. Without the skills to stay useful as innovations …
Viners are paying tribute to the video sharing app as it shuts down after four years.
Twitter announced it was closing the six-second clip-sharing service in October but it's still not clear why.
Around the same time it said it was c…
Set-top box maker Arris is looking to take over Brocade’s networking equipment operations for up to USD 1 billion, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The parties are in talks around a deal that would enable Arris to…
Audi will sell more electric car models in China and develop automated driving there, it said on Tuesday, deepening ties with local partner FAW Group Corp [SASACJ.UL] to counter challengers Mercedes-Benz (DAIGn.DE) and BMW (BMWG.DE) in its…
The two leading app stores both experienced a tilt towards Asia in 2016, according to an annual study.
India leapfrogged both the US and Brazil to become the nation that downloaded the most apps from Google's Play Store, according to an…
Mark Zuckerberg is expected to appear in a Dallas court on Tuesday to defend his company over claims it stole virtual reality technology.
Zenimax Media, owner of renowned games studio id Software, is suing Facebook for $2bn (£1.6bn).
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Picking a streaming-media player to watch Netflix and Amazon on your TV may seem like a simple process in comparing features and prices, but it’s actually rather difficult.
That’s because this isn’t exactly a normal market. Some compani…
Some messages sent through WhatsApp can be intercepted and read thanks to a bug in the app, suggests research.
The bug arises because of the way WhatsApp encrypts the messages sent via its service.
Security expert Thomas Boelter foun…
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