With the Apple Watch Series 4, Apple introduced a new, larger display. It now has rounded edges and thinner bezels. And the company took advantage of that display to introduce new fire, water, liquid metal and vapor faces. Apple didn’t us…
The earliest adopters of Bitcoin — the libertarian anarchist “cypherpunk” crowd — were mostly men. Today, roughly a decade after Satoshi Nakamoto’s famed white paper was released, the majority of cryptocurrency holders are still men.
T…
Does deeper data produce perfect matches? Facebook is finally ready to find out, starting today with a country-wide test in Colombia of its new Dating feature. It’s centered around an algorithm-powered homescreen of Suggested romantic mat…
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new Amazon Go cashierless stores in the next few years, Bloomberg reported here on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Shares of U.S. supermarket chai…
Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) has launched Taiwan’s first TD-LTE network on the 2.6GHz band using Airspan’s AirUnity, a multi-award-winning innovative all-wireless, plug-and-play, indoor small cell. Thanks to its integrated Backhaul and sophi…
Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) Model 3 sedan has been awarded a five-star rating by the U.S. auto safety agency NHTSA in tests that are standard for cars in the United States.
The agency has been investigating crashes involving other Tesla models…
British satellite company Inmarsat said it would collaborate with Japan’s Panasonic Avionics in providing in-flight broadband for commercial airlines.
The 10-year agreement will see Inmarsat become Panasonic’s exclusive provider of conn…
Workplace training has long been considered one of the key early areas where virtual reality can make a dent in the enterprise. Walmart already made some noise when it announced it would be bringing VR hardware into its training centers, …
Turkey’s competition authority said on Thursday it had fined Google some 93 million Turkish lira ($15 million) for violating competition laws with its mobile software sales.
In a statement, the competition authority said Google LLC, Goo…
Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, announced today the launch of OBS Cloud, an innovative broadcasting solution that operates entirely on the cloud, to help transform the media …
New landings designated for 7,000km submarine communications cable stretching from Portugal to West Africa
TE SubCom (TE.com/global-en/industries/subsea-communications.html), a TE Connectivity Ltd (TE.com) company and an industry pionee…
A judge in the US state of Georgia has approved the use of electronic voting machines - despite being "gravely concerned" that they could be hacked.
There wasn't enough time before November's mid-term elections to switch to a secure pap…
One of the largest life insurance providers in North America will no longer offer policies that do not include digital fitness tracking.
John Hancock will now sell only "interactive" policies that collect health data through wearable de…
CYNORA, a leader in TADF (thermally activated delayed fluorescence) materials for next-generation OLEDs, presents the latest TADF technology updates and new achievements in deep-blue materials at the OLEDs World Summit in San Francisco, on…
GoPro's latest action camera promises to produce smooth videos without the need for stabilisation equipment such as a gimbal.
The Hero 7 Black uses the feature to record steadied clips in both real-time and a sped-up footage mode.
Th…
Collaboration on Wildlife Protection Project will leverage AI and IoT technologies
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud-computing arm of Alibaba Group, and the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife of the Republic of Kenya today agreed to explore a stra…
Facebook has been given a deadline to provide more information about what is done with users' data, or it will face sanctions from the European Commission.
Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova said the firm had not acted quickly enough aft…
Sony has announced a miniature version of the first PlayStation console, which originally launched in 1994.
The mini version will come with 20 retro titles, including Final Fantasy VII and Tekken 3.
The PlayStation Classic is around …
IBM is launching a tool which will analyse how and why algorithms make decisions in real time.
The Fairness 360 Kit will also scan for signs of bias and recommend adjustments.
There is increasing concern that algorithms used by both …
The iPhone XS proves one thing definitively: that the iPhone X was probably one of the most ambitious product bets of all time.
When Apple told me in 2017 that they put aside plans for the iterative upgrade that they were going to sh…
iPhone 6 users, it's your time to rise and shine again
iOS 12 could be summed up in one feature: speed. The rest is just a footnote, especially when you compare iOS 12 to iOS 11.
You may remember that iOS 11 was filled with many …
iOS 12 is finally here. And the update is packed with many improvements. In particular, Apple has tucked away many little features that you won’t see right away.
If you want to impress all your friends with your mad iOS skills, here i…
From AIoT, Blockchain, Gene Editing, Cell Therapy, to Immune-Oncology, Med x Tech Summit Asia (MEDTEX) brings over 30 cross-industry global key opinion leaders to Taipei.
Taiwan, with high quality medical service and world’s top IT indu…
German luxury car brand Audi on Monday staged the global launch of a new electric sport utility vehicle on the home turf of rival Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), and highlighted a deal with Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) to make recharging its forthcoming e-…
Almost half of internet users in the UK have suffered "harm" online, suggests research.
The harms include bullying and harassment as well as attacks by malware or cyber-thieves.
The study by regulator Ofcom sought to quantify the typ…
A British cave diver is suing tech billionaire Elon Musk for defamation after his repeated claims the diver is a child abuser.
Vernon Unsworth helped with the rescue of 12 Thai teenagers from a flooded cave in July.
Mr Musk has made …
Former Victoria Secret model Lyndsey Scott has responded to online critics who doubted her credentials as a computer programmer.
An Instagram photo of her captioned "Coding is for anyone", posted by an account for the programming commun…
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) plans to build 10 million electric cars based on its new modular MEB platform, the German car maker said on Monday, as it targets the launch of worldwide mass production toward the end of 2022.
VW will build 27 mo…
Smartphone upstart OnePlus’s upcoming 6T flagship promises to bring changes — it’ll see it ditch the headphone jack and sport an in-screen fingerprint reader — but first there’s something else. OnePlus is developing its first smart TV.
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Time magazine is changing hands once again, nearly eight months after it was sold to US media group Meredith Corporation.
The co-founder of Salesforce.com, Marc Benioff, and his wife are personally buying Time for $190m (£145.3m).
In…
Organisations in Africa that are processing the personal information of data subjects from within the European Union (EU) should already have effective General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance procedures in place, including Dat…
Google has apologised after Android phone users noticed that the battery saver setting was remotely activated last week without their consent.
The battery saver affects how often apps update and work in the background.
The firm took …
Millions of jobs are likely to be displaced by automation but we have less to fear from robots than some might think, a report from the World Economic Forum has suggested.
The Swiss think tank predicts that robots will displace 75 milli…
Google wants pictures of bicycles and birds that can defeat image-recognition algorithms, as part of a contest launched to improve the technology.
While it is easy for humans to tell the difference between birds and bikes, computer syst…
Welp. After making a show of keeping the headphone jack around for a few extra generations, OnePlus is finally succumbing to the inevitable. The company tweeted an image of USB-C headphones and confirmed that the port will bite the dust on…
The iPhone XR arrived like an afterthought. No surprise, really. Apple’s always been one to lead with its best foot forward — the latest, greatest and, quite literally, the largest. Projecting the life on the bleeding edge is a cornerstone…
Much of the news we see surrounding crypto currencies today refers to scams, bitcoin heists, crypto usage in the criminal world, etc… However there is a much brighter, more positive side to crypto that remains largely unnoticed – the role …
Rapper Jay-Z has been named the highest-paid hip-hop act of 2018 after collecting 76.5 million US dollars (£59 million) over the past 12 months.
Jay-Z, real name Shawn Carter, has overtaken rapper and record producer Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs,…
Drivers of new Mercedes-Benz A-Class vehicles will soon be able to talk to their cars. And the cars will respond. Ask the car to turn on the heads-up display or for sports scores. Say you’re hungry and it will suggest restaurants. The new …
Superfast "fifth generation" (5G) mobile internet promises download and browsing speeds 10 to 20 times faster than we have now. In the first of a new series of articles and videos, BBC News examines the international race to be first to la…
South Korea’s LG Display has been chosen as a second supplier for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens for Apple’s iPhones, the Electronic Times reported on Friday.
Samsung Display, a unit of Samsung Electronics, was the sole sup…
Apple Inc’s older iPhones would no longer include lightning-to-headphone jack adapters, the company’s website showed on Thursday, which according to Barclays would hurt audio chip supplier Cirrus Logic.
Shares of Cirrus, which makes ana…
Germany’s Volkswagen is in talks with other carmakers to set common standards for self-driving vehicle technology, Automotive News reported on Friday.
The Volkswagen Group is discussing the initiative with more than 15 potential partner…
"Put back those roaming charges we've just scrapped? We wouldn't dream of it!" That's the public message coming from the UK mobile phone operators about the threat of higher costs for travellers from a "no deal" Brexit.
But off the…
Durban, South Africa, 13 September 2018: With over 45% of the world still without internet access, the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) today called for the increased utilization of TV Whitespace technology (TVWS) to help bridge the digital…
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“By 2025, 80% of enterprises will have shut down their traditional data center, versus 10% today.” David Cappuccio, Gartner Research VP, 13th April 2018
As enterprise moves to cloud compu…
Greene Tweed has announced the introduction of WR® 650, the newest thermoplastic composite in its wear-resistant (WR) portfolio.
WR® 650 is reinforced with a three-dimensional carbon-fiber architecture, offering enhanced performance ove…
Several Final Fantasy games, including VII, IX and X will arrive on the Switch console next year, Nintendo has announced.
The Japanese firm also revealed a number of new Switch games, such as Animal Crossing and the latest in the Luigi'…
When Apple announced two major new healthcare features this week, it billed them both as terrific innovations that may well keep us alive.
Later this year, its Watch will be able to automatically call emergency services if it detects yo…