Moscow is using facial recognition technology to ensure people ordered to remain at home or at their hotels under coronavirus quarantine do so, the mayor of the Russian capital said on Friday.
Russia has temporarily barred Chinese natio…
Government measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus in China look set to delay the rollout of next-generation 5G telecom networks, a key technology initiative for the country’s leadership.
Tenders for six big 5G projects have b…
The United States will host a conference in about a month on 5G that U.S. President Donald Trump will attend and that will include companies such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow told reporters…
The official said: “We've held negotiations with Egyptian partners and have come to terms on a good contract – roughly $1 million – on supplying and setting up an enterprise in Egypt to train specialists and make drones.”
Dist…
Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74.
Mr Tesler started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s, at a time when computers were inaccessible to the vast majority of people.
It was thanks to his inno…
Samsung has apologised after it accidentally sent an alert to thousands of devices overnight.
Affected devices received a notification from Find My Mobile in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Some customers complained on social me…
Should big tech companies like Amazon, Facebook or Google be forced to share the mountains of data they hold on its customers with smaller competitors?
The European Commission thinks that perhaps they should. It is part of suggested new…
While access to the internet is still patchy across the African continent, the last decade has seen great strides in improving telecommunications in the region.
Nigeria in particular is one of Africa's largest telecom markets, benefitin…
Ooredoo Qatar to use Nokia AI-powered customer engagement solution towards monetizing 5G and providing improved digital experiences to users
* Nokia's customer engagement solution will help Ooredoo Qatar to enhance digital engagement an…
Spotify’s ongoing investments in the podcast-streaming side of its business helped boost podcast listening on its service by 200% last year. But today, only 16% of Spotify’s monthly listeners are engaging with podcasts — a number the compa…
Support for standalone streaming has come to Pandora’s Apple Watch app. The company today announced the official launch of its new standalone app for Apple Watch that lets you listen to music and podcasts on the go, even without your iPhon…
Unacademy, one of India’s fastest growing education startups, has just received the backing of a major technology giant: Facebook.
The social juggernaut has participated in the four-year-old Indian startup’s Series E financing round, so…
Facebook has expressed concern after it was ordered by Singapore to block access to a news site's page.
Singapore said the fringe site States Times Review had broken a newly introduced "fake news" law and repeatedly conveyed "falsehoods…
Elon Musk has lashed out on Twitter after billionaire Bill Gates praised Tesla in an interview - but admitted he had chosen a Porsche as his first electric car.
Mr Musk later described his own conversations with the Microsoft founder as…
Parallel Wireless, Inc., the leading U.S.-based OpenRAN company delivering the world's only software-defined end-to-end 2G, 3G, 4G & 5G OpenRAN solution for coverage and capacity, today announced that Etisalat, one of the world's leading t…
New Cisco Annual Internet Report Forecasts 5G to Support More Than 10% of Global Mobile Connections by 2023
News Summary:
By 2023:
5G Speeds will be 13 times higher than the Average Mobile Connection
66% of the global pop…
Bold new concept vehicle forms part of Jaguar Land Rover’s Destination Zero mission
Project Vector ‘autonomy-ready’ platform offers solution to today’s urban mobility challenges with unparalleled interior space and flexibility in vehi…
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become many things in the mining industry. A canary that uses sensors to monitor underground air quality, a medic that monitors healthcare, a security guard that's constantly on guard, and underground mobil…
China’s annual auto show in Beijing has been postponed because of novel coronavirus, as the number of cases of people infected surpass 71,000.
The Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, which was scheduled to begin April 21, is th…
Once you have a product, distributing it becomes the next challenge for any entrepreneur. At TRASH (one-tap video editing), we looked to TikTok as a potential marketing channel. As early learnings started to roll in, we decided to share wh…
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s (005930.KS) semiconductor manufacturing division has won a contract to make new Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) 5G chips using its most advanced chip-making technology, two sources familiar with the matter said, boosting…
Foldable phones are once again facing questions about their durability.
The Galaxy Z Flip and the Motorola Razr are now both available to buy in the US - but early reports suggest the screens are easily damaged.
One outlet published …
Samsung's latest foldable takes key steps in the right direction, post-Fold
The Galaxy Z Flip ships with the same “Care Instructions” as the Fold. It’s a five-item list with the following basic points:
Don’t scratch the scre…
Google is chatting with publishers about potentially paying to include their content in a news product, according to The Wall Street Journal. Most of the talks are with publishers outside the US, the paper says, including in France and Eur…
Apple is widely expected to debut its first 5G iPhones this fall, powered by Qualcomm’s X55 modem — thanks to Apple and Qualcomm’s surprise settlement last year that saw the two companies resume business. But a new report from Fast Company…
A new social media filter has been launched to prevent users from receiving unsolicited naked pictures.
On Friday the plugin - called Safe DM - which blocks and deletes pictures of penises sent via direct message became available to Twi…
Facebook warned of threats to innovation and freedom of expression on Monday, ahead of the release of a raft of rules by the European Union this week and in coming months to rein in U.S. tech giants and Chinese companies.
The social med…
Seamless high-quality photo printing, wherever and whenever
Canon (Canon-CNA.com) announces the launch of the Canon SELPHY SQUARE QX10, the latest addition to its popular SELPHY range of compact photo printers and the Canon XS-20L squar…
Unstoppable capability: Land Rover’s pioneering off-road tech, wading ability and extreme durability made the new Defender the natural choice for the chase sequence in No Time To Die.
VIN 007: 10 Defenders were used in the making of …
Although GDPR has produced a massive shift in personal data protection, European countries are faced with the increasing number of data breaches. According to data gathered by PreciseSecurity.com, the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK toppe…
New Jaguar F-TYPE now available with embedded Spotify app, giving customers instant access to more than 50 million tracks and more than 700 thousand podcasts – without having to connect a phone
Integration within the Touch Pro infotai…
Ditch the sticky notes and get peace of mind. Our favorite password managers will be your first defense against getting hacked.
No more struggling to come up with clever, cryptic passwords that you have a hard time remembering. With a s…
They're keeping track by tracking the trackers that track you.
When you download an app, the permissions requests and privacy policy are usually the only warnings you'll get about the data it's taking. Usually, you just have to take the…
Sony is struggling to land on a price for its upcoming PlayStation 5 console, according to a new report by Bloomberg, with component shortages potentially pushing the MSRP beyond that of the PS4. The bill of materials is said to be at arou…
This new technology allows you to ditch plastic SIM cards, easily switch between carriers, and have two phone numbers on one phone.
Samsung's Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Z Flip are joining the iPhone 11, Pixel 4, Galaxy Fold and the new, fold…
As more folding phones get released, I’m seeing more people ask an important and honest question: does anybody really need this? There are many different answers but I think the most important one is simply this: not at the prices we’ve se…
Facebook is adding another app to its group of experimental projects from the NPE Team, an initiative it announced last year focused on rapidly trying out new ideas in social to see how users react. This week, the team released its fourth …
Instagram users who miss the reverse chronological feed might get a new way to see the most recent pics and videos from who they follow. Instagram has been spotted internally prototyping a “Latest Posts” feature. It appears as a pop-up o…
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) will recall 3,183 Model X vehicles in China, because of a potential issue that could make steering harder and increase the risk of a crash, according to the country’s market regulator.
Tesla will recall the sport-util…
The United States is looking to develop a partnership with the telecoms industry to provide alternatives to China’s Huawei Technologies, a senior White House official said on Friday.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany…
Europe wants the world’s financial leaders to make it their top priority this year to reach a deal on global rules for taxing digital giants like Google (GOOGL.O), Amazon (AMZN.O) and Facebook (FB.O), a document showed.
Finance minister…
Range Rover Evoque wins Best Imported Compact SUV title at Auto Motor und Sport Best Car Readers’ Choice Awards 2020
Winners chosen by more than 100,000 Auto Motor und Sport magazine readers in 11 European countries
Jaguar F-TYPE ta…
Apple will reopen some stores in Beijing from Feb. 14 with reduced opening hours, it said on its website, while many of its other stores in mainland China will remain shut as the country continues to battle a coronavirus outbreak.
The i…
The founder of Chinese tech giant Xiaomi has urged the country's smartphone industry to return to work.
Analysts predict smartphone shipments within China will drop by around 40% in the first quarter as the coronavirus disrupts the coun…
Nokia has decided to withdraw from this year’s MWC in Barcelona after a “full assessment of the risks related to a fast-moving situation”.
“Primary focus has been to safeguard the health and well-being of employees and others while also…
WhatsApp says it is now used by more than two billion people worldwide, marking a new milestone for the Facebook-owned messaging app.
It is estimated that there are more than 7.5 billion people on the planet, which means WhatsApp is now…
The countries attacked most often were South Africa, accounting for 58% of all attacks in the region, Kenya (10%) and Nigeria (4%)
With Valentine’s Day approaching, singles and couples alike are under intensifying pressure to solidify t…
Game Technology Increasingly Integrated into Teaching Environments to Enhance Students’ Engagement and Motivation
Kahoot’s journey began in 2012, when founders Morten Versvik, Johan Brand, and Jamie Brooker, along with Norwegian gaming …
Engineering the Future: GE Hosts Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) roundtable to advance mentorship and leadership for women in technology
Leadership insights on how females can position for the ‘future of…
NEC Corporation (NEC), a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies, and Mavenir, the industry's only end-to-end cloud-native 4G/5G network software provider for Communication Service Providers (CSPs), have announced a collab…
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