Instagram is hiding the number of likes on posts in several countries, including Australia and Japan, in order to "remove pressure" on users.
At the moment, Instagram users see a running total of people who have liked a post. In the tri…
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has called for an investigation into FaceApp, which alters users' photos to make them look older or younger.
In a letter posted on Twitter, Mr Schumer called it "deeply troubling" that personal data …
Uber passengers in the US have complained on Twitter after a "glitch" meant they were charged 100 times more than advertised fares.
One journey that should have cost $96.72 (£77.60) was reportedly charged at $9,672, while some charges w…
The police and other authorities should suspend use of automatic facial recognition technologies, according to an influential group of MPs.
The House of Commons Science and Technology committee added there should be no further trials of…
Many were left wholly unsatisfied by news that the punishment for Facebook's privacy misdeeds, from the US at least, would be set at $5bn - an amount the firm can well afford, and for which it had already mostly accounted.
The mood amon…
Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) posted quarterly earnings in line with forecasts but said it expected costs related to winning new contracts for its network business to hit profit margins in the second half of the year.
The…
Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives introduced bills on Tuesday to keep tight restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, amid concern about President Donald Trump’s easing of curbs on the Chinese firm.
The legislati…
Renault (RENA.PA) has formed a joint venture partnership with Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) to target the Chinese electric vehicles (EV) market, in a deal which will also see Renault take a 50% stake in the new venture.
Rena…
After months of relative calm in cryptocurrency markets, bitcoin exploded back into life in April with its sharpest price jump in over a year - but few people could convincingly explain why.
The 20% leap focused investors’ attention on …
Google has suspended Viagogo as an advertiser, after claims touts resell tickets at inflated prices on the site.
The Competition and Market Authority is taking the ticketing website to court, alleging it has not done enough to change it…
Google's controversial plan to launch a censored search engine in China has been "terminated", a company executive has said.
The project was reported to have ceased late last year but rumours that it remained active persisted.
"We ha…
NeuraLink, a company set up by Elon Musk to explore ways to connect the human brain to a computer interface, has applied to US regulators to start trialling its device on humans.
The system has been tested on a monkey that was able to c…
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) has agreed to partner with China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) (300750.SZ) to supply and develop batteries for new energy vehicles.
The Japanese automaker said on Wednesday that the firms had…
Personal data belonging to millions of Bulgarians has been stolen in a cyber-attack on the country's tax agency.
According to a local cyber-security researcher, most adults in the country of seven million people are likely to have had s…
Facebook’s Libra digital coin project cannot go ahead in the form it has been presented so far, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Wednesday.
“Today the conditions are not in place for this currency the Libra as proposed by …
An advert for one of Dyson's £400 fans has been labelled misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The video, for the company's Pure Hot and Cool Fan, suggests the fan is cordless when it actually needs to be plugged in, …
The Service Organisation Controls (SOC) Reporting Framework is a globally recognised report for cybersecurity risk management controls
Kaspersky (Kaspersky.com) has successfully completed the Service Organisation Control for Service Org…
Global leader in business support systems (BSS) solutions joins forces with one of the leading systems integrators in the African region, to equip regional operators with the tools they need to satisfy fluctuating subscriber demands.
Ne…
It is the individual who plays the single most important role in keeping the company secure
Relevant cybersecurity isn't perpetuated exclusively through investment and systems, it is reliant on people and their understanding of the cybe…
Twitter is rolling out a new desktop design today that adds more customization options and a completely rearranged navigation experience. The redesign has been open to testers for the past few months, but it will be available to everyone o…
Tamer Farouk, Regional Senior Director – East and West Africa Applications Sales Leader at Oracle
Nowadays, customers can easily access product and service details through their devices at any time and compare competitors’ offers. M…
Users of the Gozem app can now order auto-rickshaws from their smartphones in Lomé, Togo and Cotonou, Benin. After launching other on-demand transport products such as motorcycle taxis (“zemidjans”), Gozem enriches its transport offering w…
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Truecaller today announced the global launch of its Truecaller SDK solution exclusively for the mobile web platform. With this, Truecaller SDK now supports all the…
"It feels concerning that someone is potentially using my identity and that I can't do much about it."
Journalist and blogger Nicholas Fearn told the BBC that someone created a Gmail account in his name, and withdrew his job application…
Tennis superstar and mom to a 22-month-old, Serena Williams has joined Mark Cuban to invest $3 million seed funding in Mahmee, a startup working toward filling the critical care gap in postpartum care.
For those who’ve never given bi…
Twitter won’t be treating President Donald Trump’s recent tweets telling congresswomen to “go back” to their supposed home countries as a violation of its hateful conduct policy, the company confirmed to The Verge. That means the tweets …
Scammers are being targeted by a new tool for UK Facebook users that allows the reporting of fake adverts.
The feature came about after Martin Lewis, founder of the MoneySavingExpert website, sued over his name and photo being used on f…
President Trump has said his administration will look into alleged links between Google and China.
It follows a speech given by Peter Thiel in which the billionaire tech investor asked whether Google's senior management considered itsel…
The United States Postal Service has introduced a new service that you may — or may not — find useful. Informed Delivery lets you preview the front exterior of incoming mail on your computer or phone; you can also track packages and leave …
Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing will feature on the new design of the Bank of England's £50 note.
He is celebrated for his code-cracking work that proved vital to the Allies in World War Two.
The £50 note will be the las…
Canon Discovery Week continues in Nairobi, with in-store discounts throughout July to further develop relationship with customers
Second edition of Discovery Week well received by Kenyans who came in large numbers to exchange with Canon…
The 5G mobile network has been switched on in some UK cities and has led to questions about whether the new technology poses health risks.
So what are the concerns, and is there any evidence to back them up?
What's different about 5G…
On Tuesday, Facebook will face a US senate banking committee over its plans to introduce its own cryptocurrency, called Libra.
The proposal has prompted a backlash, though it is debatable whether the outcry is about a new cryptocurrency…
The Huawei logo is seen in a store on July 1, 2019 in Dongdaqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
Huawei is planning extensive job cuts in the US, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing anonymous sources.
Huawei has declined to com…
Following the recent inauguration of their advanced Tier III AngoNAP data center facility in Fortaleza, Brazil, Angola Cables has announced that it has launched Angola Cables Cloud Service to the African market.
The launch of a single p…
Global Premium Smartphone TECNO Wins Africa Information Technology & Telecoms Awards (AITTA)Phone of the Year 2019
TECNO SPARK 3 was awarded as the phone of the year as a result of its cutting edge features
TECNO (Tecno-Mobile.com) S…
Microsoft is planning to make Windows 10 PCs work without passwords. While the company has been working on removing passwords from Windows 10 and its Microsoft Accounts for a number of months now, the next major update to Windows 10 next y…
Google is rolling out an update to the News tab of its desktop search function, with a refreshed design that sacrifices information density for clarity.
The new design, which the company announced in a tweet, brings the look of the News…
Samsung’s long history of including a 3.5mm headphone jack in its flagship phones is about to come to an end. Despite years of persevering after Apple, Google, Motorola, and other companies ditched the headphone connector, Samsung is about…
Huawei’s debut 5G phone, the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G, will launch in select markets before the end of July, despite continued uncertainty around Huawei’s future as a manufacturer of Android devices. China’s state-run Global Times reports that …
Nintendo have just revealed a smaller, cheaper version of the Switch console called the Lite.
The new mini console will be released on 20 September later this year.
The guide price in the UK is £199 , so that's nearly £80 cheaper tha…
Apple has released a silent update for Mac users removing a vulnerable component in Zoom, the popular video conferencing app, which allowed websites to automatically add a user to a video call without their permission.
The Cupertino, Ca…
Apple has disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on the Apple Watch, because of a flaw that let users eavesdrop on other people's iPhones.
The Walkie-Talkie app let two people who had accepted an invitation send and receive short audio messages…
Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top ten global operators, has announced that it has moved its Djibouti Point of Presence (PoP) into the Djibouti Data Center (DDC) selecting it as Sparkle’s IP hub fo…
Nintendo has unveiled a new Nintendo Switch called the Nintendo Switch Lite. As the name suggests, this console is a bit cheaper than the original Nintendo Switch, but it comes with a few drawbacks.
The biggest difference between the N…
The Raspberry Pi 4 is a great little beast, but Tyler Ward identified a flaw in the USB Type-C connector. The Raspberry Pi Foundation confirmed to TechRepublic that the design flaw is real, and that your Raspberry Pi 4 might not work with …
Chris Hogg is a digital health advocate interested in how new forms of health data are changing the relationship between physician and patient. As CCO of Propeller Health, he leads the company's San Francisco office and oversees the phar…
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has started a program in Shanghai to help Chinese developers create apps as part of the iPhone maker’s efforts to build out its services business in one of its most critical overseas markets.
The program, or accelerat…
Twitter is updating its hate-speech rules to ban posts that liken religious groups to rats, viruses or maggots, among other dehumanising terms.
Over time, the ban would be extended to cover to some other groups, it said.
But a public…
President Donald Trump is violating free speech laws by blocking critics on Twitter, a New York federal appeals court has ruled.
It follows a case brought on behalf of seven individuals who had been blocked by the president.
Official…