China unveiled draft guidelines on Tuesday seeking to limit the scope of mobile apps’ collection of personal data in the latest attempt to curb the sprawling technology sector.
The set of draft rules published by the Cyberspace Administ…
China has introduced tough new laws which restrict the export of "controlled items".
The rules primarily focus on the export of military technologies and other products that might harm China's national security.
T…
Facebook Inc’s independent Oversight Board announced on Tuesday the first six cases where it could overrule the social media company’s decisions to remove certain pieces of content from its platforms.
The board, which Facebook crea…
Video conferencing company Zoom has said annual sales will be even higher than expected as the pandemic drives demand for its software.
The California firm said revenue could hit more than $2.5bn (£1.9bn) - more than twice w…
Bitcoin has traded at its highest value to date, reaching $19,920.53 (£14,821) according to data-provider Coindesk.
It took the virtual currency nearly three years to top its previous record, when it peaked about $137 lower.…
Tesla Inc has obtained permission to start selling its Shanghai-made Model Y sports utility vehicle in China.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published the approval on its website on Monday.
Tesla, now sells its M…
British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kit after September 2021, the government said on Monday, as part of a plan to purge the Chinese firm’s equipment from high-speed mobile networks.
Britain has already o…
Apple’s marketing of iPhones as ‘water resistant’ without clarifying the limits of the feature and also having a warranty that excludes cover for damage by liquids has got the company into hot water in Italy.
The Italian competition au…
Even in a normal year, the holidays can be an anxiety-inducing hellscape. In 2020, though — honestly, it’s hard to say what manner of climactic finale this historically rough year might have on tap. In honor of one of the most epically rot…
Sweden’s Ericsson on Monday raised its global forecast for 5G mobile subscriptions to 220 million by the end of this year, citing faster than expected uptake in China.
The telecoms equipment maker, which had previously forecast 190 mil…
Abu Dhabi’s biggest sovereign fund is in talks with U.S. firm KKR to invest in Telecom Italia’s (TIM) last-mile network in a deal that has drawn scrutiny from Italy’s government, three sources close to the matter told Reuters.
Rome typi…
It’s a good time to buy a pair of true wireless earbuds. Whether your top priority is sound quality, comfort, battery life, voice call quality, or noise cancellation, the current field of products is full of great options. I’ve spent a lot…
You might not see it each time you make a purchase, but online shopping takes up a lot of space in the real world. The number of warehouses built to keep e-commerce running smoothly is growing quickly, and they’re creeping closer to neighb…
Tesla has issued recall orders for 9,537 of its vehicles in the US, including 9,136 Model Xs from 2016 and 401 Model Ys from 2020, Reuters reports. The issues were filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and T…
Xiaomi’s budget sub-brand Redmi has never released a smartwatch before, and its first entry turns out to be what you’d expect: a pretty uninspiring design at a pretty attractive price. The Redmi Watch just launched in China for 299 yuan, o…
Ikea has rolled out scene support in the latest Home Smart software update. Owners of Ikea Tradfri Gateways running the new 1.12.31 firmware can now configure scenes to control several Home Smart products at once, like Ikea smart lights, S…
A timeline of the app's growing popularity in the United States amid increasing government scrutiny
TikTok’s rise in the West is unprecedented for any Chinese tech company, and so is the amount of attention it has attracted from politic…
A new report by European consumer protection umbrella group Beuc, reflecting on the barriers to effective cross-border enforcement of the EU’s flagship data protection framework, makes awkward reading for the regional lawmakers and regulat…
There’s no lack of news these days on China’s tech giants teaming up with traditional carmakers. Companies from Alibaba to Huawei are striving to become relevant in the trillion-dollar auto industry, which itself is seeking an electric tra…
Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would spend more than $500 million on one-time bonuses for its front-line employees in the United States who are working the holiday season amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Full-time operations staff in the…
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is readying to launch as early as January, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing three unidentified people involved in the project.
The Geneva-based Libra Association that will issue and govern L…
The UK will impose new rules next year aimed at preventing Google and Facebook from abusing their market dominance.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the two firms accounted for around 80% of the £14bn ($18.7bn) spent on …
It was the week when Elon Musk soared past Bill Gates to become the world's second richest person, as Tesla's value topped $500bn.
On Tech Tent, we ask just why investors think the electric car company is worth so much more than it was …
Europe’s biggest technology conference, the Web Summit, will return to Lisbon in full force as a massive in-person event in 2021 after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to go fully online this year.
“The venue is booked,” the conferenc…
Amazon.com Inc’s widely used cloud service, Amazon Web Services (AWS) was back up on Thursday following an outage that affected several users ranging from websites to software providers.
“We have restored all traffic to Kinesis Data Str…
TikTok has again been granted a last-minute extension to finalise a deal selling off its US business in order to avoid a ban.
Parent company ByteDance has been in talks for months with Walmart and Oracle about shifting TikTok's US asset…
Big corporate rivalries - Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Boeing and Airbus, McDonald's and Burger King - tend to have one thing in common: competition for the same business.
That's why Facebook and Apple's feud is so intriguing.
They're both b…
Bold design, spacious interior and advanced technologies make the SUV ready to go anywhere
Rosslyn, South Africa – Nissan yesterday unveiled the all-new Nissan Terra 2021, the Middle East.
Solidifying its strong presence in the SUV m…
Pinterest is getting into online events. The company has been spotted testing a new feature that allows users to sign up for Zoom classes through Pinterest, while creators use Pinterest’s class boards to organize class materials, notes and…
Twitter Inc on Tuesday released plans for its new policy on how people are “verified” on the site, an area the company has long promised to revamp to address confusion and criticisms over the blue check-mark badges it uses to authenticate …
I never thought I’d need a pair of serious noise-canceling headphones. I don’t mind hours of droning white noise on international flights and generally don’t like feeling like my head’s been locked in an airless tomb, so I’ve always used o…
A South Korean agency for protecting personal information on Wednesday fined Facebook Inc 6.7 billion won ($6.06 million) and sought a criminal investigation for providing users’ personal information to other operators without consent.
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A second-hand car website has seen its value rocket to more than $1bn (£750m), putting it into unicorn status.
India's Cars24 has seen a big rise in business during the pandemic as people look to alternatives to public transport such as…
Chinese e-commerce platform AliExpress is the latest casualty in yet another Indian ban on Chinese mobile apps.
India's government has banned 43 more Chinese apps citing cyber security concerns, taking the total to 220.
The move come…
Advanced Technology Research Council Announces ‘ASPIRE’ – to Drive the Creation of Future Transformative Technologies
• ASPIRE frames problem statements with cross-sector industry stakeholders, universities and research institutes
• …
JoomPay, a startup with a similar product to PayPayl-owned Venmo in the US, is set to launch in Europe shortly after being granted a Luxembourg Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license. The app allows people to send and receive money wit…
Major security flaws in popular smart doorbells are putting consumers at risk of being targeted by hackers inside their homes, according to Which.
The consumer group says devices being sold on marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, could…
Messaging app Snapchat is offering a share of $1m (£750,000) to its users every day as it tries to compete with TikTok on viral videos.
Its new Spotlight feature will use an algorithm to recommend "the most engaging" posts to watch base…
Vodafone said on Monday that operations on its German mobile network were returning to normal after the failure of control equipment caused a widespread outage lasting more than three hours.
The German unit of British-based Vodafone, th…
Apple Inc’s security chief on Monday was indicted on bribery charges as prosecutors alleged he promised a donation of 200 iPads to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office to secure four concealed-weapon permits for Apple employees.
The …
SITA and Orange Business Services stretch the bounds of edge connectivity and lead the way with shared SDN at airports
SITA and Orange Business Services have implemented a multi-tenant edge SD-WAN platform at more than 60 airports glob…
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change and Oracle partner with African governments to manage large-scale vaccination programs in the cloud - over 73,000 people vaccinated and registered in the first 8 days in Ghana
The Tony Blair In…
Cyber Risk Aware and Blue Cube Security’s new partnership brings a high-value, low-cost approach to the ever-rampant cyber threat to businesses.
Cyber Risk Aware , the only company in the world to offer a ‘real-time’ cyber security awar…
Britain’s competition regulator said on Monday it had received a complaint about Google related to its market study this year on online platforms and digital advertising.
The complaint from a coalition of technology and publishing calle…
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc will transfer control of the @POTUS account to the Joe Biden administration on Jan. 20, the social media companies said on Saturday.
The @POTUS account on both platforms is the official account of the Presid…
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week to bring back lunar rocks in the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from Earth’s natural satellite since the 1970s.
The Chang’e-5 probe, named after the anc…
I had a neat look into the world of mental health startup fundraising planned for this week, but after being slow-motion carpet-bombed by S-1s, that is now shoved off to Monday and we have to pause and talk about COVID-19.
The pandemic …
YouTube says it will start showing adverts on more videos - but won't necessarily pay the video-maker a cut.
The company currently shares ad revenue with video-makers who are enrolled in its partnership scheme, when it shows ads before …
A satellite that will be critical to the understanding of climate change has blasted skyward from California.
Sentinel-6 "Michael Freilich" is set to become the primary means of measuring the shape of the world's oceans.
Its data wil…
Its long fruitful relationship with Apple may be sunsetting soon, but Intel’s still got a fairly massive footprint in the PC market. There’s never a good time to get complacent, though (a lesson the company learned the hard way on the mobi…
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