Earlier this year, we reported that Trackr, a startup that makes a small Bluetooth device that you attached to items like keys to locate them when lost, would be rebranding as Adero and pivoting the business amid an increasingly commoditiz…
Verizon Communications Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday they plan to release 5G smartphones in the first half of 2019 in the United States.
The news comes after Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that Apple Inc is plan…
For three hours this week Richard Allan was in one of the world's most uncomfortable seats.
In a Westminster committee room, parliamentarians from nine countries battered Facebook's European policy chief, mostly over one issue: why was …
YouTuber PewDiePie is battling Indian channel T-Series in a bid to retain his status as the YouTuber with the most subscribers.
One fan hacked 50,000 printers over the weekend to print out a message urging people to subscribe to his chann…
It’s that time of the year when consumers have shopping on their minds. The need for something new and different for oneself and for family and friends that also delivers great value for money.
When it comes to getting great advice for …
Bitcoin fell as much as 7 percent on Friday BTC=BTSP, heading towards a recent one-year low in a broad-based selloff in cryptocurrencies.
The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency fell to $3,920.35 in late morning trade, heading…
Ford Reveals How Big Data Could Help Make Cities Safer – by Highlighting Where Future Traffic Incidents Might Happen
* Ford has developed a smart solution that could help to identify where traffic incidents are likely to occur – and…
Uber is speeding toward a historic IPO next year that could value it as high as $120 billion, but that doesn’t scare its rivals that operate across Europe.
Speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin, Markus Villig — the CEO of $1 …
Lemonade this morning revealed plans to expand into the European market. The news marks the first international expansion for the AI-powered insurance app, which launched in New York City in 2016.
The official announcement issued by t…
In the world of online language learning, there are basically two heavyweights: Duolingo and Babbel. Duolingo is betting on a freemium model and a strong focus on using algorithms to help you learn better, while Berlin-based Babbel is a p…
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday Apple Music will become available on its Echo smart speakers starting Dec. 17, signaling increasing collaboration between the tech heavyweights.
Apple Music subscribers who own Echo devices will be able to …
Nintendo has relaxed its rules for video-makers who share their gameplay on websites such as Twitch and YouTube.
Unlike Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo had restricted what it let video-makers share online and took a slice of advertising re…
BMW said it can force its hybrid cars switch to an electric-only mode in heavily polluted inner-city areas, helping its vehicles compete with pure battery-driven rivals as a raft of cities seek to create emissions-free zones.
“The car s…
HUAWEI CLOUD officially launched its Blockchain Service (BCS) for global use on November 15, 2018, after launching it for commercial use in China on October 10th this year.
Now available on the international HUAWEI CLOUD website, the …
More than 50 people have been arrested in India for their alleged involvement in fake security warning scams.
The New York Times said that Delhi police made the arrests during raids on 26 call centres linked to the scams.
Software gi…
Facebook has started to enforce its tighter political advertising rules in the UK.
The new rules were supposed to take effect on 7 November, but were delayed when journalists and researchers exposed flaws in the new system.
Anybody p…
Microsoft is readying its HoloLens augmented reality tech for combat. The company just won a $480 million military contract with the U.S. government to bring AR headset tech into the weapons repertoire of American soldiers.
The two-y…
Is barking orders at our AI-powered voice assistants turning us into jerks? Are our kids growing accustomed to commanding the Google Homes and Siris of the world to turn on the lights without the politeness of a “please”?
Perhaps. Wi…
Mission impossible: a new executive at LG is charged with fixing the company’s long-time loss-making smartphone division following a leadership change.
Hwang Jeong-hwan took the job as president of LG Mobile Communications last October…
When it rains, it pours - and Facebook’s utterly sodden year continues to be flooded by accusations of bad governance.
Mark Luckie, a black, former Facebook employee whose job it was to handle the firm’s relationship with “influencers”,…
Bitcoin rallied 10 percent on Wednesday to more than $4,100, putting it on course for its biggest daily rise since mid-April as it pulled itself out of a recent slump.
The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency hit a daily high o…
Forging another link between Africa and China’s digital economies, the African-focused money transfer startup SimbaPay and Kenya’s Family Bank have launched an instant payment service from East-Africa to China via WeChat .
The new produ…
A bank customer was tricked into transferring money by fraudsters who pretended to be responding to his angry Twitter post about poor service.
Writer Mike Tinmouth was furious with the process and time taken to open a business account w…
British and Dutch regulators on Tuesday fined ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] for failing to protect customers’ personal information during a 2016 cyber attack involving millions of users.
Names, mobile phone numbers and email addre…
YouTube today is launching lower-cost subscription plans for students who want to enjoy an ad-free version of YouTube or its music streaming service, YouTube Music. The new plans are the first significant changes to YouTube’s music subs…
Download speeds across mobile networks are now faster than wi-fi in many countries, research suggests.
Speed tests in 80 countries revealed wi-fi was left lagging in 33 nations, according to wireless coverage mapping company OpenSignal.…
Politicians from nine countries reacted angrily to the absence of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at a hearing today.
The event is part of an unprecedented international inquiry into disinformation and fake news.
Richard Allan, Face…
Google has been accused of flouting European data protection laws when it tracks users' locations.
A coalition of seven consumer organisations is filing complaints with local data protection regulators over Google's tracking system.
…
Total’s French retail electricity arm is on track to win 700,000 customers this year, challenging former state monopolies EDF and Engie with a low-cost, digital service it believes could mimic Uber’s success in the taxi market.
Total Sp…
Telecom Egypt upgrades existing Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) backbone network to offer higher-speed services to both broadband and mobile customers
Nokia doubles Telecom Egypt's existing backbone capacity on Delta Region D…
Gemalto is the number 1 provider of eSIM solutions for mobile operators and OEMs
The most recent generation of flagship phones and smartwatches works with the revolutionary remote connectivity management solution enabled by Gemalto. “eS…
Germany’s network regulator set the ball rolling on Monday to auction fifth-generation mobile licenses, winning a nod from lawmakers after months of controversy over whether the plan would help to close a connectivity deficit with the coun…
Bitcoin extended its falls on Monday to $3,843, down more than five percent from the day’s highs on renewed selling in cryptocurrencies.
Other cryptocurrencies also fell sharply, with Ethereum’s ether down 1.6 percent and Ripple’s XRP d…
Starting Monday, businesses in Ohio will be able to pay their taxes in bitcoin — making the state that’s high in the middle and round on both ends the first in the nation to accept cryptocurrency officially.
Companies who want to take p…
Smartphones are unarguably one of the most useful devices of the 21st century but one critical area some smartphone manufacturers have struggled to fully satisfy heavy users of their devices is in the area of battery life.
What do consu…
Technology stocks have had a very bad week. For the FAANGs (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google) which have led the charge in growth over the past decade, it was grim.
At their lowest point, all five were down more than 20 per c…
Anti-fat bias can surface in surprising ways – even changing the shape of objects that salespeople recommend, from watches to perfume bottles.
Overweight people face a barrage of prejudice in many areas of life – from bein…
HSBC UK (HSBA.L) said on Friday it was working to get its mobile app back online as soon as possible after customers complained of issues logging onto their mobile banking app.
"We're aware that some customers are experiencing intermitt…
After a record-breaking Thanksgiving with $3.7 billion in digital sales across desktop and mobile devices, it looks like Black Friday will also pull in a bumper year for e-commerce. Adobe — which tracks trillions of transactions across a…
Google is not complying with European demands that it make the search for products fairer, rivals say.
In an open letter to the EU's competition commissioner, 14 European shopping comparison services said the measures put in place by th…
Black Friday sales could be targeted as "prime pickings" for cyber-crime, the UK's cyber-security defence agency has warned shoppers.
The National Cyber Security Centre, part of the GCHQ intelligence service, is issuing advice to shoppe…
Google says it will stop ads for expensive unofficial Esta services appearing at the top of search results, eight years after the first complaints.
In 2010, the US started charging UK travellers to use the Electronic System for Travel A…
It’s the weekend of the conference that you had been dreading/dreaming of/losing sleep over/all of the above. It’s your first international speaking engagement, and you really, really don’t want to blow this. The spotlights immerse all but…
Amazon’s renowned secrecy encompasses its response to a new security issue, withholding info that could help victims protect themselves.
Amazon emailed users Tuesday, warning them that it exposed an unknown number of customer email add…
Apple probably didn’t intend to let competitors take advantage of Siri Shortcuts this way, but you can now launch Google Assistant on your iPhone by saying “Hey Siri, OK Google .”
But don’t expect a flawless experience — it takes mult…
One of George Soros's lieutenants has called on US politicians to probe Facebook, after the social network confirmed that it had hired a PR firm to make claims about the financier.
The head of Mr Soros's grant-making network claimed Faceb…
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is cutting the price of its Model X and Model S cars in China, the U.S. firm said on Thursday, in a shift in strategy that will see it take more of a hit from tariffs linked to a biting trade war between China and the Un…
The head of Nokia’s (NOKIA.HE) mobile networks arm, its largest business unit, is leaving the Finnish company as part of changes designed to position the company for the 5G telecoms era, Nokia said on Thursday.
Marc Rouanne, Nokia’s hea…
The social media singularity continues with the arrival of Snapchat Stories-style slideshows on LinkedIn as the app grasps for relevance with a younger audience. LinkedIn confirms to TechCrunch that it plans to build Stories for more sets…
In a short but amply-hyped interview with CNN, Facebook’s founder and chief executive again responded to criticism over the company’s most recent crisis.
The interview, excerpted from a longer Q&A for a CNN series called “Human Code,” …