Pandora is launching interactive voice ads into wider public testing, the company announced this morning. The music streaming service first introduced the new advertising format, where users verbally respond to advertiser prompts, back in …
Zoom has run away with the prize in the last few months for becoming the video calling platform of choice for people confined to their homes, whether they are making work calls or friend calls. No one really talks about “Teamsing up” (“Sky…
TikTok today announced a $200 million fund, aimed at helping top creators in the U.S. supplement their earnings, and potentially coax the next Charli D’Amelio out of the woodwork.
Called the TikTok Creator Fund, the money is aimed at he…
HBO Max, the AT&T-owned streaming service that combines HBO with WarnerMedia content, now has 4.1 million subscribers who have activated their Max accounts, since its launch on May 27. Combined, HBO and HBO Max reached a total of 36.3 mill…
Apple’s contract manufacturing partner Foxconn has started to assemble the current generation of iPhone units — the iPhone 11 lineup — in its plant near Chennai, India, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.
A small batch of…
At least 10 universities in the UK, US and Canada have had data stolen about students and/or alumni after hackers attacked a cloud computing provider.
Human Rights Watch and the children's mental health charity, Young Minds, have also c…
Intel says the production of its next-generation chips will be set back until 2022, following years of delays getting its current-generation chips on sale.
The company said it was exploring "contingency plans" such as having third-party…
A showdown between the US government and the four big tech giants - Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google - is set to be postponed.
The hearing was due to question the companies' dominance in their fields of e-retail, smartphone software, …
EU countries must take urgent action to diversify their 5G suppliers, the European Commission said on Friday, a move set to shrink Huawei’s [HWT.UL] presence in Europe as the United States pressured the bloc to follow Britain and ban the C…
Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX is looking to raise new capital at a valuation of about $44 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
The company is in talks with investors for raising about $1…
Extracts from letter by European Parliament President David Sassoli on the need for universal internet access
Extracts from the letter by European Parliament President David Sassoli responding to Romano Prodi on the importance of intern…
Likee, the Biggest Rival of TikTok, Partners with Believe Digital Bringing a Library of Millions of Songs to Users
Users of Likee – the wildly popular short video app – have even more to sing and dance with thanks to its announcement …
Newly formed Microsoft Climate Fund chooses EIP as first climate focused investment
Energy Impact Partners (EIP), a global investment platform leading the transition to a sustainable energy future, has announced that Microsoft Corp. is …
Facebook is testing a new design for Facebook Pages that will, among other things, remove the “Like” count, offer a cleaner and more readable layout, and make it easier for those who operate Pages to actually use and manage them. These fea…
You might not know Gorilla Glass by name, but odds are pretty good you own at least one device sporting Corning’s chemically strengthened glass composite. It’s been a ubiquitous feature of consumer products ranging from smartphones to wear…
AT&T Inc said on Thursday it lost monthly phone subscribers and suffered a $2 billion revenue decline due to delayed movie releases and advertising shortfalls in the second quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged its business.
Shares o…
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) boss Elon Musk urged miners to produce more nickel, a key ingredient in the batteries that power the company’s electric cars, warning the current cost of batteries remained a big hurdle to the company’s growth.
“Tesla…
Twitter has revealed that hackers viewed private direct messages (DMs) from 36 of the accounts involved in last week's hack.
It did not disclose who they belonged to beyond saying one was owned by an elected official in the Netherlands.…
The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is one of the largest audience and industry-driven film festivals in the world.
Vanja Kaludjercic is the festival’s eighth artistic director since it was launched in 1972 under the leader…
Patented technology offers dual benefit of keeping drivers’ eyes on the road and reducing spread of bacteria and viruses in post COVID-19 world
‘Predictive touch’ uses artificial intelligence and sensors to control infotainment systems wi…
Different global brands are utilizing video content to communicate their value proposition and engage their audience base. With the emergence of social media platforms like YouTube, many brands are even coming up with video strategy to rea…
Genesys deepens partnership with Microsoft to help enterprise contact centres improve employee and customer experiences
Genesys® (Genesys.com), a global leader in cloud customer experience and contact centre solutions, has expanded its …
Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) rapid rise to become the world’s most valuable carmaker could mark the start of a new era for the global auto industry, defined by a Silicon Valley approach to software that is overtaking old-school manufacturing know-…
China’s Didi Chuxing said on Wednesday it has launched a new standalone ride-hailing service that targets younger customers and offers cheaper rides compared to its main app.
Didi, China’s biggest ride-hailing company and backed by Japa…
Italy’s antitrust authority said on Wednesday it had opened an investigation into whether Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Amazon Inc had engaged in anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple products and Beats headphones.
It said the inve…
Business networking site LinkedIn is to cut about 960 jobs worldwide after being hit by firms recruiting fewer staff amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The cuts will affect about 6% of the company's workforce across the globe, including the…
COVID-19 Pandemic Drives Criminal and Political Cyber-attacks Across Networks, Cloud and Mobile in H1 2020
Check Point Research: COVID-19 Pandemic Drives Criminal and Political
Cyber-attacks Across Networks, Cloud and Mobile in H1 20…
Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) said on Tuesday it will open a technology centre in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru and soon begin hiring as part of an expansion push in the country.
Potential areas of expansion for the new t…
Netflix is testing a new low-cost subscription tier in India as the on-demand video streaming service looks to court more subscribers in Asia’s third-largest economy.
The American giant has unveiled a “Mobile+” plan for some new and exi…
Nokia rolled out on Tuesday new 5G stand-alone wireless networks for industrial clients and unveiled an order to build one for mining technology firm Sandvik at its site in Tampere, Finland.
“We’re paving the way to accelerate digitaliz…
Adobe Inc (ADBE.O) and International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) said on Tuesday they are teaming up to make marketing software easier to use for banks that face strict controls on how customer data must be handled.
Banks handle sens…
Nearly 65,000 music cassettes were sold in the UK in the first six months of 2020, according to the Official Charts Company.
The firm says this is double the cassette sales figure recorded during the same period in 2019 - and more than …
Apple has announced a target of becoming carbon neutral across its entire business and manufacturing supply chain by 2030.
The company says the commitment means its devices will have had "zero climate impact" at point of sale.
It tol…
Recently, we published our research on how threat actors are taking advantage of well-known cloud services to download malicious payloads. This technique has also been observed in phishing attacks, where cloud storage services are used to…
Kaspersky Threat Attribution Engine is designed to be deployed on a customer’s network, “on premise”, rather than in a third-party cloud environment
Kaspersky (Kaspersky.co.za) has released its new threat intelligence solution aimed at …
August 5 is Samsung’s turn to enter the uncanny valley of live virtual product launches. As the company prepares to take the stage in its native South Korea to launch the Galaxy Note S20. The company’s new smartphone chief TM Roh addressed…
As the sports world slowly begins to emerge from the pandemic shut down with MLB scheduled to start this week, Fox Sports is launching its redesigned sports app today for Android and iOS. The new app and accompanying website, offers a more…
Ford Motor Co (F.N) will work with Intel Corp’s (INTC.O) autonomous driving unit, Mobileye, to develop an improved collision avoidance system for its vehicles, the No.2 U.S. carmaker said on Monday.
Ford said the collaboration with Mobi…
A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and…
Uber Technologies Inc has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID-19, company officials told Reuters.
The …
Defender 110 offers a choice of five, six or 5+2 seating configurations
Next generation Pivi Pro infotainment system is more intuitive and user-friendly
Customers can personalise in more ways than any previous Land Rover with…
Datacentrix, a high-performing and secure ICT solutions provider, confirmed it has joined the Tenable Assure™ Partner Program, strengthening its security portfolio with cyber exposure solutions from Tenable®.
“Datacentrix is pleased to …
LeydenJar enables 70% more energy in one battery cell
70% more battery energy: LeydenJar achieves 1350 Wh/L in more than 100 cycles
LeydenJar Technologies, a Dutch spin-out of the applied research institute TNO, has developed a new a…
Instagram confirmed it’s preparing to soon launch its TikTok competitor, known as Reels, in the U.S. The company expects to bring the new video feature — which is designed specifically for short-form, creative content — to its platform in …
Earlier this month, Instagram began testing new navigation in its app that gave its shopping destination a more prominent position. Today, the company is moving forward with its plans to promote Instagram as a place to shop with the launch…
Twitter is still recovering from the fallout of yesterday’s sizable attack on high-profile accounts, but it’s continuing to move forward with its plans to roll out a new version of its developer API. Today, the company is announcing its ne…
The U.S. App Store’s downloads have surpassed China’s downloads for the first time since 2014. According to data from Sensor Tower’s Q2 2020 report, out today, the U.S. App Store saw 27.4% year-over-year growth in the quarter, compared to …
TikTok is a rising star in the social media category. Since its launch three years ago, the company has secured 800 million active users worldwide. That makes TikTok ninth in terms of social network sites, ahead of LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinte…
Time to upgrade that TV you’ve spent the last few months staring at? We have a deal you absolutely can’t miss. This Samsung 55-inch Curved 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV has a show-stopping curved screen—and it’s on sale for $498, or $202 off at…
There are a lot of unanswered questions about the Twitter hack on Wednesday night - but one thing most agree on is it could have been far worse.
Potentially thousands of people were scammed out of money after hijacked accounts of promin…