With Tech Data’s acquisition by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo now complete, investment to be made over the next five years
With its acquisition by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management now complete, Tech Data (…
Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Wednesday extended indefinitely a requirement for drivers and riders on its platform to wear a face covering or mask and launched a new campaign video to educate users about the policy.
The company bega…
Instagram Stories has grown to become one of Facebook’s best products to date. As of last year, roughly half of Instagram’s users — or 500 million people — were interacting with Stories on a daily basis. That’s nearly double the entire dai…
Two days after India blocked 59 apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with New Delhi’s order and are preventing users in the world’s second largest internet market from accessing those apps.
UC Browser…
Twitter Inc has taken down an image tweeted by the U.S. President Donald Trump from its platform, after receiving a copyright complaint from the New York Times.
The original tweet by Trump issued on June 30, showed a meme that read “In …
Lego has become the latest big name to join an advertising boycott on social-media platforms, saying "urgent action" is needed to end hate speech, discrimination and misinformation.
It would pause paid advertising on all social-media pl…
The EU is questioning whether Google's proposed takeover of Fitbit will harm competition, or give it access to too much personal data.
Fitbit makes fitness-tracking watches that monitor the wearer's heart rate and activity levels.
A …
Personal mobility devices to transport passengers with limited mobility are rolling at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, in an automation play for labour shortage-hit Japan that has taken on new urgency as the coronavirus outbreak compels social dis…
Amazon has pulled its first major game release, putting it back into a testing phase after poor feedback from players.
Free-to-play shooter Crucible is now being put back into "closed beta" - a pre-release stage with a limited number of…
Google will no longer automatically back up images and videos from social media platforms in its photo app.
Previously, the Google Photos app created a folder to store any media received through apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Insta…
Google has bought a company that makes smart glasses, following the failure of its own, Glass, to go mass market.
North, founded in Canada in 2012, said it would now be "winding down" support for its first-generation Focals.
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Like other ride-hailing companies, Bolt has been suffering from the coronavirus-related lockdown and economic downturn around the world. But the company is trying to f…
A lightweight robot capable of carrying out an X-ray maintenance survey of wind turbines - offshore and onshore - is being developed for the renewable energy sector.
Forth Engineering, in Cumbria, is developing the RADBLAD technology wh…
The launch of Tesla’s Cybertruck has spurred interest from customers globally with the company witnessing the highest pre-orders in history during a short span. Data acquired by Finbold.com shows that the Cybertruck estimated pre-orders by…
Facebook Avatars, which lets users customize a virtual lookalike of themselves for use as stickers in chat and comments, is now available in India, the social juggernaut’s biggest market by users account.
The American firm said Tuesday …
Urban transportation’s transformation has shifted up a gear as the coronavirus crisis turns travel habits on their head, with Uber making allies of public transit systems by now offering to sell them its software expertise.
This means M…
The organisers of the Geneva Motor Show have decided to scrap next year's event and want to sell up.
The international auto show was due to take place in March 2021 but the company behind it has seen weak demand from car brands and exhi…
India's ban on more than 50 Chinese apps, including popular ones such as TikTok and WeChat, has left millions of users surprised and disappointed.
The government said the apps were "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, def…
Facebook is launching a campaign to help people spot fake news amid a growing advertising boycott putting pressure on the company to tackle misinformation and hate speech.
Steve Hatch, Facebook's vice president for Northern Europe, says…
The pandemic has wreaked havoc on all manner of professional sports this year, and cycling has not been immune. For example, the best-known race on the planet, the Tour de France, normally staged in July, has had to be pushed back to Augus…
The ever-increasing devices and connections, as well as a more recent increase in remote-working requirements globally due to COVID-19, have led to an exponential surge in bandwidth demand and consumption. With this, Communications Servic…
Global expertise, locally relevant security insights – African Cyber Security Culture event
In June 2020, KnowBe4 (KnowBe4.com) hosted the inaugural Africa Cyber Security Culture Conference 2020 that invited delegates and speakers from …
Digital misunderstanding: 55% of Nigerian parents have conflicts with their children because they spend too much time on the phone
It turns out, not all the parents keep up with current trends online and have enough knowledge about cont…
E-commerce giant Flipkart is planning to launch a hyperlocal service that would enable customers to buy items from local stores and have those delivered to them in an hour and a half or less. Yatra, an online travel and hotel ticketing ser…
Facebook is expanding the availability of the tools it offers to help game streamers and other online creators make money.
The social network first launched fan subscriptions in early 2018, giving a small group of creators in the United…
Coca-Cola will suspend advertising on social media globally for at least 30 days, as pressure builds on platforms to crack down on hate speech.
"There is no place for racism in the world and there is no place for racism on social media,…
One thing missing from last week’s virtual version of Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference was its ceremony announcing its latest selection of Apple Design Award winners. Today, Apple announced the 2020 award winners, highlightin…
Singapore has started to hand out Bluetooth-enabled contact tracing devices as part of its measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
The so-called TraceTogether tokens are an alternative to the government's contact tracing smartph…
A leading medical-research institution working on a cure for Covid-19 has admitted it paid hackers a $1.14m (£910,000) ransom after a covert negotiation witnessed by BBC News.
The Netwalker criminal gang attacked University of Californi…
YouTube is taking direct aim at TikTok. The company announced on Wednesday it’s beginning to test a new feature on mobile that will allow users to record 15-second long multi-segment videos. That’s the same length as the default on TikTok …
For Amazon, it’s never too late to try something in India. The e-commerce giant is exploring ways to further spread its tentacles in the largely offline, technology-free neighborhood stores in one of its key overseas markets.
The Americ…
After closing stores across four states, this was no doubt a bit of an inevitable: Following reporting earlier today, Apple has confirmed that it will be shutting down an additional 14 stores in Florida, joining the two it closed last week…
Facebook announced Thursday that it would introduce a notification screen warning users if they try to share content that’s more than 90 days old. They’ll be given the choice to “go back” or to click through if they’d still like to share t…
Amazon.com Inc has agreed to buy California-based self-driving startup Zoox Inc in a deal reported to be worth more than $1 billion that gives it options to use autonomous technology in either ride-hailing or its delivery network.
The w…
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Friday it would close its retail stores and take a related pretax asset impairment charge of $450 million in the current quarter.
The Redmond, Washington-based software giant said it would continue to ser…
Brightcove Launches Industry-Leading Virtual Event Experiences Solution; Empowering Companies to Quickly and Easily Connect with Audiences Online
New solution includes customizable, immersive, live, and always-on video experiences to help…
Deutsche Telekom and Mavenir Collaborate to Validate Web-Scale Technologies for 5G StandAlone (SA) Core
Mavenir, an industry leading end-to-end cloud-native network software provider, has announced that it has collaborated in successful…
Ere Santos remembers that he once had to animate a fight between his character, the sidekick, and the hero of the film.
The sidekick lands on the hero's head, and the scene cuts. Luckily, the hero's animator sat next to Mr Santos.
Mu…
US telecoms operator Verizon has become the latest major company to pull advertising from Facebook platforms.
The company joins Ben and Jerry's and a growing list of firms boycotting the social media giant over its handling of controver…
A Russian hacking group is launching ransomware attacks against a number of US companies, targeting employees who are working from home due to Covid-19.
Evil Corp hackers have tried to access at least 31 organisations' networks in order…
The UK government is inching towards taking a decision on Huawei's role in the UK's 5G and fixed-broadband networks.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) - a branch of the intelligence service GCHQ - has documented all the facts ah…
Apple unveiled macOS 11 Big Sur earlier this week and talked about some of the improvements for Safari. In addition to native extensions, Apple is adding support for web extensions. It’s going to make it much easier to port an existing ext…
TikTok is announcing to advertisers that it’s open for business. The company is today officially introducing a new brand and platform called “TikTok For Business” that will serve as the home for all its current and future marketing solutio…
Google is changing its default settings to automatically delete some of the data it collects about users.
Web and app activity, including a log of website searches and pages visited, as well as location data, will now be wiped after 18 …
Google says it will pay some news outlets for "high-quality" stories that it uses amid pressure from publishers.
Part of the initiative will require Google to pay for its users to access news stories otherwise locked behind a so-called …
Mobile network O2 has been sending some of its former customers refunds, 15 years after the end of their contracts.
Several people posted on Twitter that they had received a letter and cheque from parent company Telefonica stating: "You…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the way in which disputes are being resolved around the world. In most countries, courts and arbitral bodies have been forced to take measures to prevent or limit the spread of COVID-19. This …
It is not just hype, the remote working risk is very, very real
It does not matter how well you have brushed up on your security acronyms, if you have not brushed up on your remote working security systems, then you are in trouble. The …
Jaguar Land Rover partners with City of Oslo to launch wireless charging taxi project
Project partners include US tech company Momentum Dynamics, charge point operator Fortum Recharge and taxi operator Cabonline/NorgesTaxi
E…
Google is introducing new tools for newsrooms looking to understand their online audiences and how those audiences feed into their overall business.
These efforts fall under the umbrella of the broader Google News Initiative, introduced…
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