London’s transport regulator has permitted Indian ride-hailing company Ola to launch its service in the city, the company said on Thursday.
The move comes days after Estonia’s Bolt, backed by German automaker Daimler, re-entered the Lon…
Samsung is being sued by Australia's consumer watchdog for allegedly making misleading claims about the water-resistant properties of its phones.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleges Samsung's adverts made "…
Rosatom Central and Southern Africa presented its innovative solutions in nuclear and hydro for both on-grid and remote off-grid systems at the Zimbabwe 2nd Renewable Energy & Power Infrastructure Investors Conference (Renpower Zimbabwe). …
Machine enhanced humans – or cyborgs as they are known in science fiction – could be one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to new research from the University of Surrey and Harvard University.
Researchers have conquered the monu…
Bitcoin uses as much energy as the whole of Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows.
The tool makes it easier to see how the crypto-currency network's energy usage compares with other entities.
However, …
When people travel, they usually have a list of apps installed to navigate a new city, find restaurants, book transit tickets and more. China’s top chat app WeChat has designs on claiming that spot with a new strategy that lumps all th…
In China, striving for accuracy in a piece of facial recognition software isn’t enough. As Alibaba’s e-wallet affiliate Alipay has recently demonstrated, the way software presents a user’s look is also crucial to its success.
On Tuesd…
Apple has added a feature called ‘FaceTime Attention Correction’ to the latest iOS 13 Developer beta, and it looks like it could make a big difference when it comes to actually making FaceTime calls feel even more like talking to someone …
Tired of cleaning up after take-out or getting hangry waiting at your table in restaurants? Well Uber Eats is barging into the dine-in business. A new option in some cities lets you order your food ahead of time, go to the restaurant, the…
Video-sharing app TikTok says it is "sorry" that some children and other young people have felt pressured into sending money to their favourite influencers on the app.
TikTok lets fans send their favourite videomakers "digital gifts", w…
A man poured a bottle of water over Baidu Inc Chief Executive Robin Li on Wednesday at the opening of an annual conference for the Chinese search giant.
Li was speaking of applications for artificial intelligence (AI) in a speech when t…
InfiNet Wireless marks milestone 10th annual Partners Conference with new branding to set the scene for new wave of wireless technologies
Kamal Mokrani, Global Vice President at InfiNet Wireless welcomes attendees to the milestone tenth…
Upstream’s security lab, Secure-D, has unveiled that 4shared, a popular file sharing and storage Android app hides suspicious background activity. 4shared has been delivering bogus ads to user devices that generate fake views, clicks and p…
Sourced, or source{d}, as the company styles its name, provides developers and IT departments with deeper analytics into their software development lifecycle. It analyzes codebases, offers data about which APIs are being used …
Samsung has quietly discontinued an app that it built specifically for India, one of its largest markets and where it houses a humongous research and development team. The AI-powered Android app, called Samsung Mall, was positioned to hel…
Britain’s former telecoms monopoly BT said on Tuesday that it would launch 5G services across its business customers in the autumn this year.
BT’s 5G service will be available in the busiest parts of 16 British cities by the end of the …
German authorities have fined Facebook (FB.O) 2 million euros ($2.3 million) for under-reporting complaints about illegal content on its social media platform in breach of the country’s law on internet transparency.
In a statement on Tu…
U.S. online retail giant Amazon (AMZN.O) said on Tuesday it will create 1,800 permanent contract positions this year in France, its largest European market after Britain and Germany, although furniture retailer Conforama went the other way…
Hundreds of millions of pounds are being spent to make large stretches of the UK's busiest motorways "smart" - but how do they work?
With about 400 miles of road already converted, and plenty more in the pipeline, many drivers will soon…
The world’s first cruise ship propelled partially by battery power is set to head out from northern Norway on its maiden voyage, cruise operator Hurtigruten said on Monday.
The hybrid expedition cruise ship, the Roald Amundsen, can take…
New electric vehicles will have to feature a noise-emitting device, under an EU rule coming into force on Monday.
It follows concerns that low-emission cars and vans are too quiet, putting pedestrians at risk because they cannot be hear…
Mobile phone customers can now switch providers with a single free text under new rules which have come into effect.
At the moment, customers have to phone their mobile provider when they want to switch to a new firm.
They are then g…
If one man has changed the way we see the gadgets we use every day it is Jony Ive. Now he is leaving Apple and on this week's Tech Tent we assess his contribution to the look and feel of consumer technology.
The man behind the design of…
People are being urged to stop using social media for up to 48 hours later this week in an effort to pressure the networks into restoring control of personal data to users.
The call to strike has been issued by Dr Larry Sanger - a co-fo…
VIAVI Lab To Field testing portfolio enables Samsung to conduct thorough performance testing of 5G network equipment
San Jose, Calif., July 1, 2019 – Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that Sams…
Google announced on Thursday that it is introducing new transit crowdedness predictions in its Maps app. Now, you can see how crowded your bus, train, or tube is likely to be before heading out on your commute.
Google is basing these de…
To celebrate International Small Business Day, Google today launched a new website that will suggest its products that seem like the best fit for a specific business.
The Google for Small Business portal was announced today at the Grow…
Apple Inc on Thursday confirmed than the company’s streaming music service has more than 60 million subscribers, trailing rival Spotify Technology SA’s 100 million premium subscribers.
A company spokesman confirmed the figure that Eddy …
Facebook has published new terms of service, giving more details on content removals, ad targeting, and users’ intellectual property rights. According to Facebook, the new terms don’t represent a change in how the platform actually operate…
Google (GOOGL.O) appears to have misused its dominant position in India and reduced the ability of device manufacturers to opt for alternate versions of its Android mobile operating system, Indian officials found before ordering a wider pr…
He's the key designer behind the iPhone, iMac and iPod: products which have helped make Apple the world's most valuable company.
But now Sir Jony Ive is leaving the tech giant to set up his own business.
Despite some recent falls in …
Nasa will fly a drone helicopter mission to cost $1bn (£800m) on Saturn's moon, Titan, in the 2030s.
The rotorcraft will visit dozens of promising locations on Titan to investigate the chemistry that could lead to life.
Titan plays h…
British designer Sir Jony Ive has said he is leaving tech giant Apple after more than two decades at the firm.
While at Apple, Sir Jonathan designed hugely successful products including the iPhone, iPod and iMac.
As he prepares to la…
Twitter says it will hide tweets by world leaders and politicians that break its rules but have been left online "in the public interest".
Tweets from prominent government officials that break the platform's rules but have been left onl…
If you have ever wondered what the internet looks like if you are filthy rich, now is your chance to find out.
A project called Track This fools ad-tracking firms into thinking you have lots of cash, by opening many web pages at shops f…
Congratulations to all the prize winners at the Remap Awards.
The UK-based charity designs equipment for disabled people to help them live more independent lives.
To top it off, they are made up entirely of volunteers.
At today’s …
Over the last seven days, the value of crypto-currency Bitcoin has been on the rise again, hitting a high of $13,000 this week - its highest price since March 2018.
Analysts think renewed enthusiasm in the digital currency is due to Fac…
Global ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc is in talks with regulators over plans to expand into two West African countries and provide a boat service in Nigerian megacity Lagos, a company executive said on Thursday.
In much of sub-…
Huawei pegged its patent talks with U.S. carrier Verizon (VZ.N) as “common” business activity and said such negotiations should not be politicized, days after a senator filed legislation to prevent the Chinese firm from seeking damages in …
Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday released the findings from its consultations with outside experts into its content review process, providing a glimpse into how its plans for a proposed “external oversight board” might take shape.
Facebo…
US chipmaker Micron has restarted some shipments to Huawei despite a ban on selling products to the Chinese firm.
The US banned companies from selling components and technology to Huawei and 68 affiliates on 15 May.
But boss Sanjay M…
Sidewalk Labs, a sister company of Google, has published its plans to build a smart city in Toronto, sparking fresh controversy.
In a 1,500-word document, the company laid out its ambitions to "improve the urban environment" with a vari…
A town in Florida has paid $500,000 (£394,000) to hackers after a ransomware attack.
The total paid by Florida municipalities over ransomware in the last two weeks now stands at $1.1m.
Officials in Lake City voted to pay hackers in B…
China's tech giant Huawei has shut down its solar energy business in the US, the Financial Times reported citing anonymous sources.
The FT said the company confirmed it had cut jobs in the US but did not confirm which parts of the busin…
Twitter Lists have never gotten the attention they deserve. A feature largely adopted by Twitter power users, lists allow you to create custom timelines by adding only those users whose tweets you want to track. And this can be done witho…
China’s largest telecommunications operator China Mobile said on Tuesday it will set up a 30 billion yuan ($4.36 billion) 5G industry fund and has already raised the first installment of 7-10 billion yuan.
China Mobile Chairman Yang Jie…
My, hasn't it grown. It started as a modest project to get a few thousand children coding but has since become the best-selling computer ever made in the UK.
It is used by schools, hobbyists and in factories - and even turns up as a mea…
Girls in Northern Ireland are more likely than boys to experience cyber-bullying, new research suggests.
The EU-funded Blurred Lives project studied how young people between the ages of 14 and 16 experienced and responded to cyber-bully…
Huawei has said it is willing to sign a "no back door" agreement with the Indian government, according to local media reports in India.
A “back door” is a term used to describe a secret entry point in software or a computer system that …
Hackers targeted mobile phone networks around the world to snoop on specific users, according to a report.
The level of access they gained to the networks meant they could have shut them down had they wanted to.
US-Israeli security f…