During its virtual analyst event today, T-Mobile outlined some bold plans for expanding its 5G coverage and speeding up its current offerings. The company says that by the end of 2023, it will cover 90 percent of Americans (about 300 milli…
Google Cloud today announced the launch of a new support option for its Premium Support customers that run mission-critical services on its platform. The new service, imaginatively dubbed Mission Critical Services (MCS), brings Google’s ow…
Pakistan has banned TikTok again in the country after reviewing a complaint that said the popular video app hosted immoral and objectionable content.
A high court in the city of Peshawar on Thursday ordered the nation’s telecom authorit…
China’s market regulator said on Friday it had fined 12 companies related to 10 deals that violated anti-monopoly rules.
The companies included Baidu Inc, Tencent Holdings, Didi Chuxing, SoftBank and a ByteDance-backed firm, the State A…
GM’s venture arm invested in battery startup SolidEnergy Systems five years ago. Now, GM is tapping the MIT spinout to help it pack more energy into its batteries, the latest in a string of moves by the automaker aimed at accelerating its …
Tesla Inc is exploring an arrangement with Indian conglomerate Tata Sons’ power generation unit, Tata Power, to set up charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the country, CNBC-TV18 reported on Friday, citing sources.
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Three and a half years after launching Google Pay in India, the Android-maker is paving the way to tap its users’ transaction data for monetization purposes — though it plans to give them ample warning, and the option to opt-out.
Google…
The creator of the web says coronavirus has highlighted the importance of internet connectivity as a basic right.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee says too many young people do not have internet access and the digital divide has widened during the p…
Uber and rival app Lyft plan to share with each other the names of US drivers they ban from their platforms because of "serious" safety incidents, such as sexual assault.
The two firms said the programme, to be managed by a background c…
A digital-only artwork has sold at Christie's auction house for an eye-watering $69m (£50m) - but the winning bidder will not receive a sculpture, painting or even a print.
Instead, they get a unique digital token known as an NFT.
Wh…
Security. This is a word that can make a grown CFO tremble and an entire SOC crumble. It is the word that captures a complex landscape littered with complexity, cybercriminals and technology. It defines how well an organisation adheres to …
Jaguar Classic has unveiled its first matched pair of E-type 60 Collection cars, and revealed full specification details for the 12 expertly restored and sympathetically uprated 3.8-litre E-types built to celebrate 60 years of the iconic s…
Apple is making a big investment in Germany, Russia takes aim at Twitter and Roblox goes public. This is your Daily Crunch for March 10, 2021.
P.S. Don’t forget to sign up for TC Early Stage 2021, a virtual event focused on operations a…
Tesla Inc has increased the price of its Model Y Long Range by $1,000 and Model S Plaid plus by $10,000, the electric-car maker’s website showed.
The price of its Model 3 Standard Range Plus has been increased to $37,490 from $36,990 ea…
Facebook has challenged the FTC’s antitrust case against it using a standard playbook that questions the agency’s arguably expansive approach to defining monopolies. But the old reliable “we’re not a monopoly because we never raised prices…
Nokia has struck a deal with Samsung to license patents covering its innovations in video standards, the Finnish telecom company said on Thursday.
While the companies did not disclose the financial terms of the agreement, Samsung will m…
mPharma, a Ghanaian health tech startup that manages prescription drug inventory for pharmacies and their suppliers, today announced its expansion to Ethiopia.
The company was founded by Daniel Shoukimas, Gregory Rockson and James Finuc…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $1.024 million for artificial intelligence enabled systems to process customer complaints on behalf of the national banks of Ghana and Rwanda and the Competitio…
Facebook said on Wednesday it was launching a “lite” version of Instagram in 170 countries that will enable people with poor internet to access the photo and video sharing social networking service.
Instagram Lite will be available for …
Russia said on Wednesday it was slowing down the speed of Twitter in retaliation for its alleged failure to remove banned content, and threatened a total block if the U.S. platform did not comply with its deletion demands.
The move, whi…
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc said on Wednesday a hacking incident reported on Tuesday was restricted to a supplier’s production site in Henan province, China, and its Shanghai car factory and showrooms were not affected.
A smal…
Apple is beginning to assemble the iPhone 12 in India as it ramps up its production capacity in the world’s second largest smartphone market. Foxconn, a contract manufacturing partner of Apple, is assembling the iPhone 12 model — though cu…
Kia started the year by dropping “motor company” from its corporate name and revealing a new logo and slogan as part of Plan S, a strategy to shift its business away from internal combustion engines and towards EVs, mobility services and a…
Paytm said on Tuesday it is turning NFC-enabled Android smartphones into point-of-sale machines, as it looks to win more merchants in one of the world’s largest mobile payments markets.
A Paytm merchant partner will now be able to enabl…
Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing a feature on Instagram that allows some content creators in India to share short video clips, known as reels, on their Facebook accounts.
In the test, some Indian users who create the 30-second…
Apple has released a set of security updates for iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches. There are no new features — but these are updates you will still want to install.
As part of these security fixes, iPhones and iPads will update to iOS a…
Google is failing to do enough to combat fake reviews within its business listings, and must be held to account by a UK watchdog, according to Which?
The consumer group set up a fake company and bought bogus five-star reviews as part of…
RedMagic, the gaming brand of ZTE subdivision Nubia, has launched a new smartphone in collaboration with Chinese tech and gaming giant Tencent. The RedMagic 6 and 6 Pro are high-end devices available to order now in China, with a global la…
It’s not uncommon these days to hear of U.S.-based investors backing Latin American startups.
But it’s not every day that we hear of Latin American VCs investing in U.S.-based startups.
Berkeley-based fintech Flourish has raised $1.5…
There’s no overstating it: 2020 was a hell of a year. When future generations learn about 2020, the pandemic, social tension and political unrest will take up most of the oxygen. But for those learning about the history of cybersecurity, 2…
A potential animation for Twitter’s long-rumored “undo send” feature has been discovered by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, giving us our best look yet at how it might work.
The interface shows Twitter’s familiar “Your Tweet was sent”…
Maintaining company culture when the majority of staff is working remotely is a challenge for every organization — big and small.
This was an issue, even before COVID. But it’s become an even bigger problem with so many employees workin…
WhatsApp is rolling out support for voice and video calling to its desktop app, the Facebook-owned messaging service said Thursday, providing relief to countless people sitting in front of computers who have had to reach for their phone ev…
Spanish automaker SEAT’s parent company Volkswagen wants a firm commitment from Brussels to support a potential project to manufacture electric cars in Spain, the German group’s chief executive officer Herbert Diess said on Friday.
The …
U.S. grocery delivery app Instacart is considering going public through a direct listing, concerned that it could leave money on the table through a traditional initial public offering (IPO), according to people familiar with the matter.
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The rollercoster ride in bitcoin since the start of the year has not dampened wealth manager Jim Paulsen’s enthusiasm for the cryptocurrency.
Yet Paulsen, chief investment officer for Leuthold Group, which manages $1 billion, cannot own…
YouTube's chief executive has said the platform may lift Donald Trump's suspension, if the threat of "real-world violence" decreases.
Susan Wojcicki said the company will look at government warnings and violent rhetoric to determine whe…
A smartphone with an expanding display that can grow and shrink on demand has been demonstrated by Chinese phone-maker Oppo.
The device has a flexible display that rolls up inside the device, letting the screen expand from 6.7in (17cm) …
Honda Motor Co Ltd on Thursday unveiled a partially self-driving Legend sedan in Japan, becoming the world’s first carmaker to sell a vehicle equipped with new, certified level 3 automation technology.
The launch gives Japan’s No.2 auto…
TikTok owner ByteDance is working on a Clubhouse-like app for China, sources familiar with the matter said, as the global success of the U.S.-based audio chat service inspires a rush of copycats in the country.
At least a dozen similar …
Parler has withdrawn its antitrust action against Amazon, two months after filing the case against the tech giant.
The website was removed from Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) hosting platform in January for violating its rules.
Parler b…
Google has promised not to develop any new way of tracking individual users for adverts once it phases out its current method.
The tech giant is one of the world's largest advertising sellers and also owns the world's most popular web b…
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into whether Apple's terms for app developers are anti-competitive.
It follows a series of complaints, including a high-profile one from Epic Games, the developer …
A new policy brief from ITU and the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), finds that high costs for Internet access relative to income remain one of the main barriers to the use of information and communication technology (ICT) services…
Global engineering, project management, and professional services firm, Hatch, is celebrating its 65th anniversary with the release of a new campaign, “Positive change: leadership for a better world.” The campaign includes a report, curate…
The number of charging points for electric vehicles in Germany has increased by more than 10% in the past three months to reach 39,538, energy industry association BDEW said on Wednesday.
Policymakers in Europe’s biggest economy aim to …
Microsoft has blamed a Chinese cyber-espionage group for attacks on its mail server software.
The tech giant said the hackers belonged to a state-backed group, which was a "highly skilled and sophisticated actor".
In a blog post, Mic…
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is considering two sites in Arizona and another one in New York in addition to Austin, Texas, for a new $17 billion chip plant, according to documents filed with Texas state officials.
The documents dated Feb.…
Streaming platform Twitch has backtracked on a new policy to change its spelling of "women" after criticism from transgender communities.
The company had said it would use the term "womxn" in order to be more gender neutral in its langu…
Natural Cycles, the first app to be cleared by US regulators for use as a contraceptive, has criticised the approval of a new birth control service from period tracker app Clue.
Natural Cycles knocked Clue's product for relying purely o…