Infinix [1], an emerging brand in the consumer electronics market, today unveiled its first flagship laptop series - INBook X1 [2]. Combining a stylish, thin and lightweight design with ultimate performance, the launch represents Infinix’s…
With just?under a?week to go?until entries close?at the end of 31st May for?Canon (https://global.Canon/en) – a photography competition for enthusiast photographers - Canon Ambassadors?reveal?how they would?tackle?the theme of?‘Light in th…
Would you pay for an upgraded Twitter? That’s a question Twitter will soon answer when it rolls out a new subscription service that will present users with an expanded feature set available only to paid subscribers. This is a different off…
Vidya Madhavan always wanted to be in business. Growing up in India, she thought she might be in the business of running a factory, given the power and influence of outfits like Tata Group, the Indian multinational conglomerate.
She cer…
Tesla has installed its 200,000th Powerwall, the company’s home battery storage product, the company said in a tweet on Wednesday. Tesla’s CFO Zachary Kirkhorn told investors during a first-quarter earnings call in April that Tesla is cont…
Iran has announced a four-month ban on the energy-consuming mining of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin after cities suffered unplanned blackouts.
President Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet meeting the main cause of the blackouts was a drou…
Twitter has expressed concern over freedom of expression in India, days after police visited its offices.
The police served notice to the social media giant after it labelled a ruling party tweet "manipulated media".
Twitter had appl…
India has asked social media firms to provide an update on whether they have complied with its new IT rules “as soon as possible” and “preferably today” even as the new regulations are being legally challenged by WhatsApp.
In a letter t…
The relationships between banks and fintechs are multi-faceted.
In some cases, they partner. In many cases, they compete. In other cases, one acquires or invests in the other.
Well, today, an announcement by global payments giant Vis…
Imagine if Google Docs was end-to-end encrypted so that not even Google could access your documents. That’s Skiff, in a nutshell.
Skiff is a document editor with a similar look and feel to Google Docs, allowing you to write, edit and co…
Facebook this week will begin to publicly roll out the option to hide Likes on posts across both Facebook and Instagram, following earlier tests beginning in 2019. The project, which puts the decision about Likes in the hands of the compan…
The big media consolidation continues — day after rumors swirled around Amazon’s acquisition of MGM, the online massive retailer confirmed today that it will be acquiring the nearly 100-year-old studio for a cool $8.45 billion.
The deal…
Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) today announced that the French Ministry of the Interior will deploy 30,000 of Motorola Solutions’ (www.MotorolaSolutions.com) VB400 body-worn cameras (https://bit.ly/3fj3UBQ) to its National Police and the G…
Hyundai developed an in-car payment system that will debut in its upcoming all-electric Ioniq 5 crossover that will offer drivers the ability to find and pay for EV charging, food and parking — the latest example of automakers finding ne…
Germany has adopted legislation that will allow driverless vehicles on public roads by 2022, laying out a path for companies to deploy robotaxis and delivery services in the country at scale. While autonomous testing is currently permitted…
Germany has adopted legislation that will allow driverless vehicles on public roads by 2022, laying out a path for companies to deploy robotaxis and delivery services in the country at scale. While autonomous testing is currently permitted…
Indian police have visited a Twitter office to serve notice, after the social media giant labelled a tweet as "manipulated media".
The incident comes after Twitter applied the label to a tweet by ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spok…
Peloton is set to build its first US factory after demand for its at-home exercise equipment soared during the pandemic.
The fitness firm's manufacturing facility will begin construction in Ohio later this year, creating about 2,000 job…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a first-in-the-nation bill that can penalise tech companies for deplatforming politicians.
The legislation states that platforms can only suspend accounts for 14 days, and will be fined as much a…
India's government has instructed social media companies to remove any content that refers to the "Indian variant" of Covid-19.
The IT ministry said the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the variant as B.1.617 and any reference to …
Cryptocurrency miners, including HashCow and BTC.TOP, have halted all or part of their China operations after Beijing intensified a crackdown on bitcoin mining and trading, hammering digital currencies amid heightened global regulatory scr…
Cryptocurrencies fought back on Monday, clawing back ground after a bout of weekend selling fuelled by further signs of a gathering Chinese crackdown on the emerging sector.
Bitcoin climbed as high as $37,391 after falling some 7.5% a d…
Ericsson (ERICb.ST) said on Monday it might get lower share in China's 5G roll-out than its share of the current telecom infrastructure market there, partly due to a spat over exclusion of Chinese vendors from Sweden's roll-out of ultra-fa…
Hytera, as a world leading provider of professional communications technologies and solutions, brings body worn cameras (BWC) to a new level with innovative hardware and software design, convergence with push-to-talk technology, and integr…
The specialty chemicals company Evonik and China's largest SLS 3D printer manufacturer Farsoon are strengthening their collaboration in powder-based 3D printing. Both companies aim to open up market access to new large-scale industrial app…
Alongside news that Twitter is relaunching its account verification system to the public, the company previewed a slate of changes that will soon come to Twitter profiles. In addition to your name, photo, banner, bio and other features ava…
A little over a decade has passed since The Economist warned us that we would soon be drowning in data. The modern data stack has emerged as a proposed life-jacket for this data flood — spearheaded by Silicon Valley startups such as Snowfl…
Amid a pre-recorded Partner Summit where Snap took users through a whole set of new tools for Snapchat users, creators and companies, Snap also threw in a “one more thing” at the end that shows the company, after a rocky start several year…
Apple last month unveiled its plans for paid podcast subscriptions in a newly redesigned Apple Podcasts app. Now, it’s introducing a new program that will help podcast creators grow their subscriber base: affiliate marketing. The company’s…
Snap Inc (SNAP.N), owner of photo messaging app Snapchat, is introducing a new feature to help notable Snapchat personalities earn money and is also developing new augmented reality glasses.
The Santa Monica, California-based company sa…
Twitter (TWTR.N) users can once again apply to be verified after a years-long freeze on public submissions for the site's blue check marks, though the company said only "notable" users would be awarded the badge.
The social media compan…
Apple has confirmed that it is storing Chinese customers' data inside data centres based in China, following reports by the New York Times.
However it said it had "never compromised the security" of either its customers or their data.
…
China’s Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) is expanding its smart car partnership with state-owned Chongqing Changan Automobile Co Ltd (000625.SZ) to include the design and development of auto-use semiconductors, four sources with knowledge of t…
Microsoft's Internet Explorer will finally be retired next year after more than 26 years of service, the tech giant says.
The veteran web browser was released with Windows 95.
It will no longer appear on consumer versions of Windows …
The ongoing Facebook Creators campaign which features eight creative artists from Nigeria and Ghana, has been an interesting exposé into the life of the creatives, producing great insights into their creative process, and highlighting how …
The CEO and co-founder of TikTok's owner ByteDance has announced he will step down and transition to a new role by the end of the year.
In a letter to employees, Zhang Yiming said he will be succeeded by fellow co-founder Rubo Liang.
…
A brief visit by Tesla boss Elon Musk to Luton has ignited rumours that he is considering a Tesla factory in the UK.
The electric car mogul flew into Luton Airport on a private jet last weekend and stayed two days, reports say.
The D…
A cyber-crime spree wreaking havoc around the world has reignited calls for governments to ban ransom payments to hackers.
Ransomware criminals are holding computer systems hostage on a daily basis, demanding large payments from victims…
Twitter Inc's (TWTR.N) image-cropping algorithm has a problematic bias toward excluding Black people and men, the company said in new research on Wednesday, adding that "how to crop an image is a decision best made by people."
The study…
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is pulling the plug on its once omnipresent browser, Internet Explorer, next year as it prepares to battle market leader Chrome with its slicker Edge browser.
Launched in 1995, Internet Explorer became the domina…
At Google I/O today Google Cloud announced Vertex AI, a new managed machine learning platform that is meant to make it easier for developers to deploy and maintain their AI models. It’s a bit of an odd announcement at I/O, which tends to f…
Last September we concluded our 27-inch iMac review thusly,
“The big open question mark here is what the future looks like for the iMac — and how long we’ll have to wait to see it. That is, of course, the perennial question for hardware…
Crypto-currency scammers pretending to be Tesla boss Elon Musk have made more than $2m (£1.4m) in just six months, US consumer-protection officials say.
The Federal Trade Commission received 7,000 complaints from people who had lost a t…
Google has unveiled a tool that uses artificial intelligence to help spot skin, hair and nail conditions, based on images uploaded by patients.
A trial of the "dermatology assist tool", unveiled at the tech giant's annual developer conf…
Last year Google's developer conference was cancelled. Google I/O was back this year with several new announcements. Here are the things that caught our eye.
More inclusive camera
Google says it is creating a smartphone camera that mor…
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZM) today announced Zoom Events, an all-in-one platform with the power to produce interactive and engaging virtual experiences, available this summer. Zoom Events combines the reliability and scala…
Pinterest is expanding further into the creator community with today’s launch of a video-first feature called “Idea Pins,” aimed at creators who want to tell their stories using video, music, creative editing tools and more. The feature fe…
Shein‘s quiet rise has reached a crescendo as the fast fashion e-commerce app takes the crown from Amazon as the most downloaded shopping app on iOS and Android in the United States, according to data from app tracking firm App Annie.
I…
Microsoft was investigating its co-founder Bill Gates over a 20-year-old affair shortly before he stepped down from the company's board last year.
The tech giant confirmed that it had launched a probe after concerns were reported about …
It's not just the unseasonally cold weather that's creating a somewhat chilly climate for Huawei's UK operations.
It's been banned from the UK's 5G infrastructure and it faces ongoing scrutiny from the National Cyber Security Centre ove…