Neustar, Inc., a global information services and technology company and leader in identity resolution, has today published its report entitled ‘Cyber Threats and Trends: Pandemic Style’, detailing the security risks faced by companies as t…
As emerging technologies such as 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly commercialized, the digital transformation in various industries is getting prospering. The epidemic and carbon ne…
Designed to deliver high-resolution, personalised, vividly coloured prints, it offers an alternative solution for businesses looking to push their creative limits
Today, Canon Europe (Canon-Europe.com) announces the launch of the imageP…
Canon is embracing the AI-infused future with a strange new robotic camera called the PowerShot PICK. This little device swivels and keeps its subjects in view, taking commands or snapping shots on its own.
It’s a bit like a smart secur…
Alphabet Inc will report the cost and operating profit of its Google Cloud business for the first time on Tuesday, disclosures that are expected to overshadow record overall quarterly sales for the internet’s biggest platform for ads.
T…
If you were itching to launch an email newsletter via Twitter, following its acquisition of the Dutch newsletter platform Revue last month, it appears you’ll have to wait a little bit longer for the official unveiling — although some Twitt…
Tesla boss Elon Musk has grilled trading app Robinhood's co-founder, Vladimir Tenev, about why it limited users to only being able to buy a small number of shares in some companies.
The move came after US games retailer GameStop's stock…
New restrictions designed to make online casino games less intensive and safer have been announced by the Gambling Commission.
They include the introduction of limits on spin speeds, as well as a permanent ban on features that speed up …
Global semiconductor sales rose 6.5% overall in 2020, as a recovery during the last three months of the year helped offset a sharp dropoff in March and April, when pandemic stay-home orders rolled out around the world.
Global sales were…
EU antitrust regulators will decide by March 5 whether to clear Microsoft’s $7.5 billion acquisition of ZeniMax Media, the U.S. tech giant’s biggest gaming acquisition to better compete with Sony Corp’s PlayStation.
Microsoft requested …
India has suspended mobile internet services in three areas around the capital, Delhi, where farmers are staging a hunger strike in protest at new agriculture laws.
The government said the shutdown would continue until Sunday night to "…
Snow swirled and a biting wind sent temperatures plummeting to several degrees below zero as the Stardust 1.0 made its debut at a former military base in Maine.
Strapped to a trailer and pulled by a pick-up truck along a runway once use…
Sales of Nintendo's Switch gaming consoles have surpassed those of their predecessor - the 3DS - despite being available for a much shorter period.
The firm said 79.87 million units had been sold since its March 2017 launch.
The figu…
Telegram has added the ability to import your chat history from WhatsApp, meaning you won’t lose past conversations if you want to switch messaging services. On iOS the feature arrived with version 7.4, released yesterday and spotted by 9t…
Thanks to its latest update, the Google Camera app now lets you permanently turn off its Auto Night Sight feature on devices that automatically enable the low-light photography mode, 9to5Google reports. The feature is available with versio…
The latest version of Signal for both iOS (5.3.1) and Android (5.3.7) brings a number of new additions to the increasingly popular encrypted messaging app. These include mainstream features like chat wallpapers, animated stickers, and an “…
Facebook is planning to offer newsletter tools for independent journalists and writers, The New York Times reports. These are thought to include features for helping writers build a following using the social network, curate their email li…
Huawei’s struggles hurt overall smartphone shipments in China, but rivals like Apple found new opportunities
The impact of United States government sanctions on Huawei is continuing to hurt the company and dampen overall smartphone ship…
An early Snapchat employee who once architected the “Our Stories” product, Chloe? Drimal, has now launched her own social app, Yoni Circle. Described as a membership-based community, the app aims to connect womxn using storytelling — inclu…
Romain Dillet@romaindillet / 9:05 AM GMT•January 29, 2021
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German startup Trade Republic is rolling out its app and service in France this week. This is a significant expansion move as T…
Xiaomi, the world’s third-largest smartphone maker, today unveiled “Mi Air Charge Technology,” which it says can deliver 5W power to multiple devices “within a radius of several metres” as the Chinese giant invited customers to a “true wir…
UnitedLex, a leading technology and legal services company, has integrated Microsoft Cloud services to globally scale UnitedLex Vantage, a holistic, turnkey technology platform built to revolutionize the customer experience and transform t…
As Data Privacy Day approaches this week, ISACA has released a new survey report, Privacy in Practice 2021: Data Privacy Trends, Forecasts and Challenges, exploring past and future trends in privacy by design, privacy obstacles and privacy…
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), the global leader in video for business, today announced it is the recipient of two Technology and Engineering Emmy® Awards, awarded by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for excellen…
The Bumpy Road to Digital: 75% of Telcos Increase Digital Transformation Investments in 2021 but 3 out of 4 still Rely on Stores and Call Centers for Revenues
- For 70% telcos, stores and call-centres are still the dominant distribution…
GameStop and AMC Entertainment Holdings remained overwhelmingly favored stocks on Reddit’s top trading forum on Thursday, even as they and other companies at the core of a retail trader frenzy plummeted after online brokerages imposed trad…
YouTube is introducing clipping — the ability to make short clips of live streams or videos — starting today with a small group of creators. Those clips can be anywhere between five and 60 seconds in length and will have a new URL associat…
A “#bitcoin” tag on Elon Musk’s Twitter profile page led to a 14% jump in the cryptocurrency on Friday, the latest in a series of market moves triggered by comments on his social media account.
The Twitter handle of the world’s richest …
Sir Richard Branson's rocket company Virgin Orbit has joined a growing list of private companies that can launch satellites into orbit.
Earlier this month, 10 payloads were lofted on the Virgin Orbit rocket, which was launched from unde…
Russia has said social media platforms will face fines for failing to delete posts that encourage young people to take part in opposition protests.
Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others "failed to comply" with the government's demand to …
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned popular messaging app with more than 2 billion users, has been getting a lot of heat and losing users in recent weeks after announcing (and then delaying) changes to how it uses your data. It’s not done with ho…
Google has updated and broadened its Play Store policy on gaming loyalty programs to help developers better understand the practices that are permitted, months after confusion about the guidance prompted some backlash in India, the biggest…
The European Commission has told Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft to continue monthly reports on their efforts to tackle fake news, especially on COVID-19, for another six months.
Social media and online platforms have come under…
Apple sales have hit another record, as families loaded up on the firm's latest phones, laptops and gadgets during the Christmas period.
Sales in the last three months of 2020 hit more than $111bn (£81bn) - up 21% from the prior year.
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You might think the world's most powerful man would have access to any gadget he chooses - but when it comes consumer tech, Joe Biden may be sorely disappointed.
The electronic devices around the US president are perhaps the most promin…
Datastax, the company best known for commercializing the open-source Apache Cassandra database, is moving beyond databases. As the company announced today, it has acquired Kesque, a cloud messaging service.
The Kesque team built its ser…
Chinese internet giant ByteDance has told employees in India that it is reducing the size of its team in the country after New Delhi retained ban on TikTok and other Chinese apps last week, said a source familiar with the matter and an int…
When Apple reports its earnings on Wednesday, you can expect mentions of India on the call.
Apple shipped more than 1.5 million iPhone units in India in the quarter that ended in December, up 100% year-on-year, making this its best quar…
Google has made its virtual-reality painting tool open source, handing it over to community creators instead of shutting it down.
The Tilt Brush app allows users wearing for VR headsets to "paint" sculptures in three-dimensional space.
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Teenagers' mental health is being damaged by heavy social media use, a report has found.
Research from the Education Policy Institute and The Prince's Trust said wellbeing and self-esteem were similar in all children of primary school a…
Norway’s Data Protection Authority said on Tuesday it planned to fine dating app Grindr 100 million Norwegian crowns ($11.7 million) for what the regulator said was illegal disclosure of user data to advertising firms.
U.S.-based Grindr…
During a visit to India in 2014, Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos made a splashy announcement: His firm was investing $2 billion in the South Asian nation, just a year after beginning operations in the country.
Amazon’s announcement un…
Here’s a bit of a curve ball from Apple. A month-and-a-half or so after launching the Fitness+ app premium workout service, the company’s offering up an add-on intended to offer an exercise dimension beyond the confines of iOS (and your li…
Twitter is asking its users for help in combating fake news.
It has announced a pilot that allows people to submit notes on tweets that may be false or misleading.
The initiative, named 'Birdwatch', is being trialled among a small gr…
Facebook News, the social network's dedicated section for news content, is launching in the UK.
The UK is the second market to get Facebook News, which launched in the United States last year.
Several major news publishers, including…
Pula, a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a Series A investment of $6 million.
The round was led by Pan-African early-stag…
Google said today it is taking several steps to help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the United States, including grants and opening its facilities to vaccination programs. The tech giant is among several other large corporations, in…
Buzzy live voice chat app Clubhouse has confirmed that it has raised new funding – without revealing how much – in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz through the firm’s partner Andrew Chen. The app was reported to be raising at a …
Italian consumer association Altroconsumo said on Monday it had told Apple it has launched a class action against the U.S. tech giant for the practice of planned obsolescence.
In a statement Altroconsumo said it was asking for damages o…
Sara Stewart strolls into a small Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles and orders a torta, a type of sandwich.
To pay she simply looks at her reflection in a small LCD screen attached to the cashier's counter. Then to add her preferred amo…