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).
…
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…
Fans of Google's kid-friendly Toontastic storytelling app can now create their own cartoons in 3D.
The search giant said Thursday it's launching Toontastic 3D, which lets kids simply "animate and narrate" their own stories by selecting …
New year, new phone. At least that's the gist of a recently posted video on LG's YouTube channel, which teases its next flagship device -- you know, the one with everything that people want in a phone (or so says LG). The video ends with t…
Say goodbye to the clunky cords that leave breast-pumping moms stuck to one spot while they pump.
This is the first wearable breast pump that is completely cordless.
It’s called Willow, and it was unveiled at CES 2017.
It tucks in…
Fitness-tracking devices have helped Peter Dumbreck beat his personal best times for cycling three days in a row.
The racing driver and keen cyclist uses a Garmin 810 Edge cycle computer, a heart rate monitor and a power meter.
"The …
Sony is closing its Cambridge-based video games studio, Guerrilla Cambridge.
The developer's most recent title was the PlayStation VR release Rigs. Prior to that it had worked on Killzone, LittleBigPlanet and MediEvil games.
The stud…
Nintendo has said it will release its long-awaited new console, the Nintendo Switch, on 3 March.
It will cost $299.99 in the US, £279.99 in the UK and 29,980 yen ($260) in Japan, more than some analysts and gamers had been expecting.
…
There are those who accuse Donald Trump of being unpresidential.
This depth of this feeling is, to borrow one of his own words, unpresidented.
Yet Trump has shown that his morning Twitter missives can stir his supporters and shake th…
Farming has become unattractive to many young graduates in Ghana, apparently because they do not think they will find pleasure and fulfilment when they engage in agribusiness.
It is refreshing to note, however, that there are still …
Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Thursday it will recall about 816,000 vehicles as it widened previous actions affecting models with Takata Corp (7312.T) air bags.
The move brings the number of vehicles with Takata air bag inflators recalled…
M2M developer Telit has reported preliminary results for 2016, saying it expects revenues up 11 percent from the year before to USD 370 million, with IoT services jumping 35 percent to USD 35 million. Revenues for the second half rose 15 p…
MediaTek reported record revenues of TWD 275.51 billion (approximately USD 8.6 billion) in 2016, which represents an increase of 29.2 percent year-on-year, DigiTimes reports. Revenue growth was mainly boosted by robust performance of Media…
LG has presented a new type of display that it plans to use in its upcoming flagship smartphone. The new display has a higher screen resolution than the screens LG has used to date in its flagship smartphones. Because the screen is longer …
After years of waiting, a player of the Elite Dangerous game seems to have encountered its mysterious aliens.
Gamer DP Sayre recorded a video of his encounter with a massive, flower-shaped organic craft late on 5 January.
Other playe…
Even though the company teased us by passing around a gorgeous, white, nearly bezel-less version of a Chinese phone.
The gleaming white phone with its razor-thin bezel and unique call technology is just the kind of thing you'd want to p…
As I swim in the ocean of shiny new tech that surrounds me at CES, I find myself wondering where on earth I would put all this stuff if I had to take it with me.
One firm I met there thinks it has the answer - in the form of a jacket wi…
Parents worry about their children being bullied online, but what if it is your child who is doing the bullying?
That was the question posed by a BBC reader, following a report on how children struggle to cope online.
There is plenty…
Cruise line Carnival has launched a wearable gadget that allows services on board its ships to be personalised for guests.
The Ocean Medallion can be worn as a necklace, clip or keychain - or carried in a passenger's pocket.
It will …
ZTE has launched sales of a new crowdsourced smartphone via the Kickstarter platform. Last year the company held a contest to collect ideas for a new concept phone and a "eye-tracking, self-adhesive" smartphone was selected as the winner. …
Intel has shown off a headset that can replace a room's pre-scanned furniture with more appropriate video game scenery in virtual reality.
The capabilities of the firm's Project Alloy headset, currently in development, were demoed at th…
South Korean tech giants LG and Samsung have launched TVs that aim to better blend in to consumers' living rooms.
LG showed off a set that can be fitted almost flat against a wall while Samsung teased a new kind of TV - designed to look…
India is resisting tech giant Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) demand for tax incentives to make iPhones in the country, with the trade minister saying on Thursday that the government may not make exceptions for the U.S. company.
Apple wants to ope…
Smartphones are set to account for over half of the world’s mobile phone users for the first time in 2017, according to data from eMarketer released to coincide with the tenth anniversary of Apple’s launch of the iPhone. In 2017 there will…
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is going to be one of 2017’s biggest (and most controversial) smartphones, but now we have a release date and it may well be late to market…
The information arrives via Korea thanks to the ever vigilant SamMobile and…
Qualcomm has introduced a new reference design for the wireless headphones market. Based on its TrueWireless technology, the platform eliminates the need for wires entirely – both between the media source and stereo headset, as well as bet…
Eutelsat Communications launched two new Fashion TV Ultra HD channels at its Hotbird video neighbourhood. Fashion TV's new Ultra HD channel, FTV UHD, and the 4K TV channel Travelxp 4K concluded multi-year contracts with Eutelsat to leverag…
BlackBerry unveiled at CES the QNX Software Development Platform 7.0 (QNX SDP 7.0), a new embedded 64-bit OS for the automotive industry that builds on its QNX technology. The new OS will be demonstrated in BlackBerry QNX's 2016 Jaguar XJ …
BMW's alliance with Intel and Mobileye aims to put a fleet of around 40 self-driving test vehicles on the road in the second half of this year, the companies said.
The premium carmaker announced its partnership with the two technology f…
Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to spend 2017 touring the US - in the Facebook founder's latest ambitious New Year's resolution.
He posted that this year's personal challenge is to "have visited and met people in every state in the …
Beauty giant L'Oreal has unveiled a smart hairbrush packed with sensors to help consumers improve their brushing technique.
The Hair Coach, which will retail at just under $200 (£160), contains a microphone, gyroscope and accelerometer …
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