Apple is facing mounting calls to reconsider its App Store rules, from the creators of the apps themselves.
Dozens have used the term "hostile" to describe how they perceive it treats its third-party developer community.
The backlash…
Social media giant TikTok has announced plans to commission hundreds of experts and institutions to produce educational content for the platform.
Universities and charities are among those who will be paid to create bespoke content for …
From the idea that the coronavirus was created in a lab to the belief that it is all part of a plan to bring in compulsory vaccinations, conspiracy theories have been plentiful in recent months.
Now, research indicates that people who g…
Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Thursday that it will offer hands-free driving on its new Mustang Mach-E in fall 2021, six years after Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and four years after General Motors Co (GM.N) introduced similar systems.
The system, …
Beginning today, Facebook users in the U.S. will have the option to “turn off” all political advertising on the platform. The company made the controversial decision not to fact-check or otherwise moderate political ads last year, but the …
African cross-border fintech startup Chipper Cash has closed a $13.8 million Series A funding round led by Deciens Capital and plans to hire 30 new staff globally.
The raise caps an event-filled run for the San Francisco-based payments …
Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday said it is putting 5G technology into chips for smartphones that will sell for as little as $300 and that will come to market in the second half of this year.
San Diego-based Qualcomm is the biggest supplier of p…
Facebook on Tuesday removed almost 900 accounts associated with the far-right Proud Boys and American Guard, including those belonging to Proud Boys supporters who marched into a protest zone in Seattle Monday and confronted anti-racist d…
For the past seven years, a Munich-based firm called riskmethods has tried to interest companies in buying software that allows them to track all their suppliers in a way that minimizes risks in operating globally spread supply chains.
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Germany’s smartphone app to help trace coronavirus infections has been downloaded 6.5 million times in the first 24 hours since its launch, the chief executive of software company SAP said on Wednesday.
Christian Klein said the strong p…
Germany appealed to the public on Tuesday to download a new smartphone app to help break the chain of coronavirus infections, one of several such apps that European governments hope will revive travel and tourism safely.
The Corona-War…
Photo-sharing app Instagram is set to overtake Twitter as a news source, research suggests.
The 2020 Reuters Institute Digital News report found the use of Instagram for news had doubled since 2018.
The trend is strongest among young…
Covid-19 has not been a harbinger of doom for Amazon, unlike the case with many other firms.
Its share price has actually increased since March - hitting a record high last week.
It turns out online retail isn't a bad space to be in …
Apple faces two European Commission probes into whether it has broken competition rules.
One investigation centres on iPad and iPhones being limited to installing apps from Apple's own App Store, among other restrictions imposed on thir…
According to data compiled by Atlas VPN, 46% of C-level officers suffered from a spyware attack last year. IT specialists revealed that senior management and C-suite executives are most likely to suffer from a malicious attack within the c…
Patent-pending innovation includes textile fabrics and nonwovens to protect face masks, filtration and apparel
Ascend Performance Materials has introduced Acteev Protect™, a breakthrough technology specially formulated to guard against …
Chinese internet giant ByteDance has announced plans to discontinue two of its apps in India, its biggest overseas market, and urged users to move to TikTok.
Vigo Video and Vigo Lite, two apps that allow users to create and share short-…
A week before kicking off WWDC, Apple introduced a pair of upgrades to its pro-level hardware lines. Both the 16-inch MacBook Pro and the Mac Pro desktop are getting select internal upgrades, starting today.
On the notebook front, the 1…
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc’s China car registrations in May jumped 150% month on month, data from auto consultancy LMC Automotive showed.
Tesla’s China registrations, including imported cars, grew to 11,565 in May from 4,633 …
Finland’s Nokia Oyj said on Monday it had partnered with Broadcom to develop chips for 5G equipment in its third such deal following ones with Intel and Marvell.
Nokia initially chose a type of chip — Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPG…
Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messaging service rolled out a system across Brazil on Monday that will allow users to send money to individuals or local businesses within a chat, attaching payments as they would a photo or video.
WhatsApp is …
My Digital World is a consolidation of all Facebook digital literacy programs including Safe Online with Facebook, Ilizwe Lam, and eZibo and will be offered virtually this year
Today, Facebook (www.facebook.com) announced the launch of …
At Snap’s Partner Summit, the company shared its newest effort to entice third-party devs to Snapchat . It’s called Minis.
Snap Minis are lightweight third-party programs that live inside the app’s Chat section, which users can quickly …
Snap is announcing at its Snap Partner Summit that the first games that will take advantage of Bitmoji will roll out soon. The feature was announced last year, and it looks like developers can finally take advantage of that SDK. You’ll be …
If you’ve ever wanted to try out OpenAI’s vaunted machine learning toolset, it just got a lot easier. The company has released an API that lets developers call its AI tools in on “virtually any English language task.”
Basically, if you’…
Byta, the music sharing service for pre-releases and other use cases where there is a need to share sound files privately, has picked up around $1.4 million in seed funding.
The round was led by the Canada Media Fund, with participation…
Twitter has removed more than 170,000 accounts it says were tied to an operation to spread pro-China messages.
Some of those posts were about the coronavirus outbreak, the social media platform has announced.
The company said "a core…
Sony has given gamers a first look at the design of its next console as well as some of the titles it will play.
The PlayStation 5 has a black core surrounded by curved white edging, and a blue glow.
Two follow-ups to bestselling PS4…
The PlayStation 5 has finally broken cover in all its curvy glory.
Not everyone's convinced by its black-white-and-glowing-blue design. But for many consumers, it's the games that count rather than the aesthetic appeal of the box.
Do…
Zoom says it’s working on new features that will allow it to block users based on their geographical location after admitting it recently suspended three user accounts based in Hong Kong and the US at the request of the Chinese government.…
Top Wall Street brokerages Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley downgraded their ratings on Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) saying the electric carmaker’s shares were overpriced, two days after the high-flying stock crossed $1,000 per share.
The brokera…
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has received government approval to build Model 3 vehicles in China equipped with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, a document on Ministry of Industry and Information Technology website showed.
Reuters exclusive…
A new Twitter test feature aiming to “promote informed discussion” will nudge users to read before they retweet. The company describes the test as a step to help people be more aware of what they’re sharing in a broader effort to inspire “…
Google has removed video app Zynn from its Play Store amid accusations it has been stealing content from other apps.
The TikTok-style app offers cash payouts to users who sign up and watch videos, and has became one of the most download…
Technology giant Amazon has banned the police from using its controversial facial recognition software for a year.
It comes after civil rights advocates raised concerns about potential racial bias in surveillance technology.
This wee…
A software developer has tweeted about how wearing a VR headset for hours a day has damaged his eyesight.
A visit to the opticians left him "worried about my future VR use" after a doctor blamed the technology for a problem with his vis…
Findings from Afrobarometer’s most recent survey in Ghana, conducted in September-October 2019, show that social media is becoming an increasingly common source of news for Ghanaians, even though they trust it less than traditional media.
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At midnight local time on 8th June, New Zealand opened up to Level 1 - the lowest of a four-tier alert system. Social distancing is no longer required, and there are no limits on public gatherings anymore.
New Zealanders credit their s…
Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) stock jumped above $1,000 a share on Wednesday after Chief Executive Elon Musk told his staff it was time to bring the Tesla Semi commercial truck to “volume production.”
Musk, in an email seen by Reuters on Wednes…
An electric truck company that has yet to deliver a single vehicle already has a market value higher than industry stalwart Fiat Chrysler.
Since listing on the Nasdaq last week, the US start-up Nikola has seen its share price more than …
The boss of Twitter and Square has said that both firms will honour Juneteenth as a company holiday in America.
Jack Dorsey also said Twitter was working to identify which days it made most sense to recognise the end of slavery in other…
Facebook (FB.O), Google (GOOGL.O) and Twitter (TWTR.N) should provide monthly reports on their fight against disinformation, two senior EU officials said on Wednesday as they called out Russia and China for their roles in the spread of fak…
For years, Chinese e-commerce exporters have been learning the ins and outs of ad placement on Facebook, Instagram and other mainstream social media platforms to reach customers around the world. But they recently spotted a new way to grab…
Huawei Empowers Global Financial Customers' Digital Transformation with Mobile-Centric Strategy and Cloud, AI, and 5G Capabilities
Huawei Holds Global FSI Summit 2020 online
Today, Huawei held its Global FSI Summit 2020 (online overs…
Essential Video Conferencing Gear: Live Streams Distortionless 90 Degree 30fps Video, Omnidirectional Mic with Zero-Noise Intelligent Filtering Technology, Auto Low-Light Correct & LED Lighting to Brighten up Low Light, Fits Large Groups o…
Facebook launches Messenger Kids across Sub-Saharan Africa: Giving Parents supervision over their Children’s online activity
Now available across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Messenger Kids enables kids to safely video chat and message wit…
Around the globe, the take-up of electric cars is expected to accelerate rapidly in future, driven by consumer demand and government policies aimed at tackling climate change. The future of mobility is clearly electric, but the transition …
Data extracted and analyzed by Atlas VPN reveals, the amounts of demanded ransom payments increased by 140%, comparing the numbers of 2018 to 2019. More and more organizations succumb to blackmail: 57% of organizations settled and paid the…
Video live streaming service Twitch is among the technological platforms that have extensively benefited from the coronavirus pandemic based on the number of new streamers. Data acquired by Finbold.com shows between January and May 2020, T…
SkyNet de Colombia and SES Networks Ramp Up Connectivity Services to Aid Worst-hit COVID-19 Colombian Amazonas Communities
Colombian municipalities of Leticia and Puerto Nariño in the Amazonas can access improved telemedicine services a…