Technology! There is so much of it. And it’s good! Look, if you’re a person who likes wireless headphones, or a person who likes colors, I have good news for you courtesy of 9to5Google: Samsung’s Galaxy Buds Plus now come in red!
(If yo…
The European Commission has announced plans for new “right to repair” rules that it hopes will cover phones, tablets, and laptops by 2021. If successful, these rules will mean these devices should remain useful for longer before needing …
I’m going to come right out and say it: Lenovo Yogas are boring. The other day, I asked on Twitter if there were any actual Lenovo Yoga fans out there. I got a smattering of responses from members of the large and active ThinkPad fandom wh…
May is traditionally a month of big developer conferences, with Facebook F8, Google I/O and Microsoft Build often happening within the same two-week period. But not this year. After F8 and I/O were already canceled in favor of online even…
Lisa Enckell is a partner at Antler, an early-stage venture capital firm and startup generator.
In Asia, where I work as a partner at an early-stage VC firm, startups are regularly rolling out a minimum viable product (MVP) and …
The Trump administration is preparing an executive order to ban federal departments and agencies from buying or using foreign-made drones, citing a risk to national security, TechCrunch has learned.
The draft order, which was drafted in…
Apple has reopened all of its Chinese stores, a month after shutting them down amid the coronavirus outbreak.
All 42 official Apple retail stores opened on Friday, although some stores had special business hours.
It shut the stores i…
Facebook and Twitter have taken down a network of African-based fake accounts linked to previously banned Russian trolls.
The social-media firms say the accounts, based in Ghana and Nigeria, were aimed at US citizens.
They said altho…
Security experts say a spike in email scams linked to coronavirus is the worst they have seen in years.
Cyber-criminals are targeting individuals as well as industries, including aerospace, transport, manufacturing, hospitality, healthc…
Toys are better now. There, I said it. Don’t get me wrong, I treasure the tub of action figures gathering decades of dust in my parents’ attic, but get a load of this Super Mario Lego play set. I would have happily used up all the nights o…
Bitcoin plummeted on Thursday amid wild volatility in cryptocurrency markets, with traders citing a sell-off across assets as fears of the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic take hold.
The biggest cryptocurrency slumped as mu…
Trump administration officials have postponed for a second time a critical meeting originally set for Wednesday to discuss potential new U.S. restrictions on sales of technology to Huawei and China, people familiar with the matter said.
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5G phones are to be subject to tougher radiation limits.
But the standards body behind the new rules says there is no evidence that mobile networks cause cancer or other illnesses.
It has spent several years reviewing scientific lite…
Amazon workers can take unlimited sick days this month - but only those who test positive for the Covid-19 virus will be entitled to any sick pay.
Many US warehouse workers are entitled to only 10 days' leave a year - for all holidays, …
Designers from both companies join forces to create a new physical play experience that brings Super Mario to life in the world of LEGO® bricks, launching later this year.
The LEGO Group announced a partnership with Nintendo that will c…
The world’s most capable compact SUV features enhanced design and the latest user-friendly technology
New ClearSight Ground View turns the bonnet invisible to help drivers navigate high city centre kerbs or tackle rough te…
Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) notified riders and drivers that it may temporarily suspend the accounts of anyone who has tested positive for the coronavirus or have been exposed to it, the ride-hailing company said on Wednesday.
The co…
Fitness, wallpaper, and lost item-finding startups could have a big new competitor baked into everyone’s iPhones. Leaks of the code from iOS 14 that Apple is expected to reveal in June signal several new features and devices are on the wa…
Social media app TikTok is launching a content moderation center in a bid to boost transparency, the Chinese company said on Wednesday, as it faces scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers who have accused it of sharing user data with the Chinese gove…
Google's parent company Alphabet has asked its North American staff to work from home to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus.
Last week the tech giant sent a memo to staff recommending that employees in Washington state work …
Microsoft has said it was part of a team that dismantled an international network of zombie bots.
The network call Necurs infected over nine million computers and one of the world's largest botnets.
Necurs was responsible for multipl…
Dyson has launched a £399 product designed to halve the damage caused by traditional hair straighteners.
But production of the Corrale, in Malaysia and the Philippines, has been hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
"It has caused problem…
International mobile technology firm Upstream has unveiled a new team of supervillains in a bid to explain the complex workings of malware and mobile ad fraud. Each of the supervillains represents one of the five typical rogue behaviours o…
Vertiv Continues to Develop Thermal Management Innovation with New Partnership and Chiller Products to Improve Efficiency and Sustainability
Technology partnership with Geoclima and new oil-free centrifugal chiller range delivers techno…
NEC and Siemens Partner to Provide AI Monitoring and Analysis Solution to Accelerate Digitization in Manufacturing
- Enhance the operations of factory systems, plant equipment and product quality -
NEC Corporation (TOKYO: 6701) today…
Solve IT encourages Ethiopian youth to find ways to solve local problems using technological innovation
Solve IT 2020, a nationwide innovation competition to encourage young Ethiopians to address community issues through the application…
World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Joshua getting fight-ready with bespoke Range Rover SVAutobiography
Bespoke by design: Range Rover SVAutobiography long-wheelbase with many exclusive elements was produced to the world heavywe…
Datacentrix, a high performing and secure ICT solutions provider, has continued with its winning streak, receiving no less than six awards from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) at the HPE Partner Awards for 2019.
The organisation was na…
#EachforEqual: Facebook celebrates female achievers across Sub Saharan African (SSA) following International Women’s Day
Facebook honours women from across Africa who have been using their voices to bring people together
As part of i…
Clickbot, Click Jacker, IP Spoofer, Phone Jacker and Emulator – the five new supervillains out to get your mobile and money
Upstream unveils the “supervillain” league behind malware-infected phones
International mobile technology fi…
This year, 2020, more 48-megapixel and 64-megapixel cameras will now officially come into people’s hands
Stepping into 2020, an article published on the Associated Press (APNews.com) forecasts 5G, more screen forms, more megapixels, f…
In the age of coronavirus, we all have to resist the urge to touch our faces. It’s how the virus can travel from doorknobs or other objects to your mucus membranes and get you sick. Luckily, a startup called Slightly Robot had already deve…
BMW will not bring the iX3, the automaker’s first electric crossover, to the U.S., the latest automaker to shift its EV strategy to Europe and China.
BMW told Automotive News, the first media outlet to report the change, that at this …
Ant Financial, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, will start allowing third-party vendors to offer services such as food delivery and hotel bookings on its Alipay mobile payment platform in an expansion beyond its financial …
When one of Louise Halford's staff members returned from a ski trip with flu-like symptoms, she advised him to work from home rather than risk bringing the coronavirus into the office.
Ms Halford also decided to work from home after fee…
A newly discovered malware campaign suggests that hackers have themselves become the targets of other hackers, who are infecting and repackaging popular hacking tools with malware.
Cybereason’s Amit Serper found that the attackers in t…
A Chinese company says it has developed the country’s first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask, as most are these days because of the coronavirus, and help in the fight against the disease.
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Visa has entered a partnership with Nigeria based startup Paga on payments and technology.
Founded in Lagos, Paga scaled its fintech business in West Africa, before targeting expansion in Ethiopia and Mexico.
The startup has create…
The European Parliament has instructed vulnerable staff with a pre-existing health condition to work from home on account of increased personal risk related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, according to sources and an em…
Images of Apple’s unannounced Powerbeats 4 earbuds have appeared online for the first time, along with new details about their specs. WinFuture reports that the earbuds will have up to 15 hours of battery life this time around, up from t…
Images that claim to be of Google’s unannounced Pixel 4A, the midrange version of last year’s Pixel 4, have appeared online for the first time. The images, which were posted on Reddit by u/mseven97 and to Twitter by TechDroider, show off…
Australia's privacy regulator is taking Facebook to court over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said Facebook had seriously infringed the privacy of more than 300,000 Australians.
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Over the next 5 to 10 years, renewable energy will assume a more prominent role as a main power source for power grids. Solar power, in particular, as the most noteworthy form of renewable energy, has a particularly bright future. However,…
Black Shark Unveiled the World First 5G Gaming Smartphone Black Shark 3, Black Shark 3 Pro, and Black Shark Bluetooth Earphones 2
Black Shark partners with Tencent Games to launch the world 1st 5G gaming phone series Black Shark 3 an…
Just a few weeks back at CES, Google gave a sneak peek of a feature that would let your Android devices read entire web pages aloud to you — perfect for when you don’t have a hand free to scroll but still need to catch up on some text, or …
At Facebook’s 2019 F8 developer conference, the company announced plans to introduce desktop apps for its popular communications app Messenger. Now, less than a year later, the Messenger Mac App is beginning to roll out. Though not yet ava…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that you wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds to mitigate the spread of germs. In light of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that continues to spread a…
The media is full of advice about how to avoid spreading COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. Most of it involves keeping your hands clean and not touching your face. But your hands aren’t the only things that touch your face. What…
Google Cloud today announced its plans to open four new data center regions. These regions will be in Delhi (India), Doha (Qatar), Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) and bring Google Cloud’s total footprint to 26 regions. The compa…
Samsung is officially launching its 2020 TV lineup today, with more 8K models than in years past — including the flagship Q950TS series with barely-there bezels. That “infinity screen” got all the attention back at CES, and Samsung says …