Most Facebook users in the US remain loyal, despite the recent data sharing scandal involving a political consultancy firm, a poll suggests.
Facebook admitted last month that the data of 87 million users had been improperly shared with …
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett on Monday said buyers of bitcoin, which he has characterized as “rat poison squared,” thrive on the hope they’ll find other people who will pay more for it.
Likening bitcoin demand to the tulip mania …
Fresh from filing for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise as much as $10 billion, the Xiaomi empire is taking big steps in Europe.
The company announced today that it plans to enter France and Italy on May 22 and May 24, respectively. W…
New data is showing that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are becoming more complex and causing more financial damage than ever.
This is according to the recently published 2017 Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report from …
Cambridge Analytica has been ordered to turn over information it has on US citizen David Carroll by the UK's data protection watchdog.
The data demand stems from legal action by Prof Carroll, who wants to know what information the firm …
At Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s annual shareholder meeting, Buffett credited Apple with developing “extremely sticky” products to which consumers become attached and endorsed Apple’s decision to buy back its own stock, saying it was the techno…
China has asked the United States to amend a seven-year ban on American companies selling components and software to Chinese telecom equipment firm ZTE Corp, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
The appeal came durin…
Last October, Google launched its Advanced Protection Program for users who want to ensure the highest degree of protection for the data they store in services like Gmail, Google Calendar and Drive. Users who need that kind of protectio…
In April, Spotify and Hulu teamed up on a discounted bundle of both of their services for $12.99 per month, following a similar deal for students launched last fall. Now, it seems, the streaming service is considering expanding its ente…
There’s little that’s more annoying on the web than videos that start playing automatically and with their volume up. Over the course of the last few years, Chrome and other browser vendors have started to combat this, but for the most p…
Are Cambridge Analytica and its parent SCL Elections as dead as they seem?
The businesses issued a statement on Wednesday, saying they had started bankruptcy proceedings, blaming a "siege of media coverage" related to the Facebook data-…
Shares in Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) dipped slightly on Friday but trading activity surged after a 50:1 stock split aimed at making it easier for retail investors to buy into the South Korean technology giant.
The shares wer…
Google announced on Friday a new set of policies around how it will verify election advertisers in the U.S. Specifically, any advertiser who want to buy an election ad on Google in the U.S. will now have to go through additional verifica…
Twitter's 330 million users are being urged to change their passwords after some were exposed in plain text on its internal network.
An error in the way the passwords were handled meant some were stored in easily readable form, said Twi…
Security researchers have found eight novel flaws in computer chips that are similar to the "serious" bugs found earlier this year.
In January, computer firms rushed to fix the Meltdown and Spectre flaws that, under certain conditions, …
Action-camera maker GoPro Inc’s first-quarter revenue beat expectations and it reported a smaller-than-expected loss on Thursday, benefiting from aggressive marketing of its cameras and controlling expenses.
The company recently exited …
Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would open a new Australian fulfillment center in the southwest of Sydney, the country’s biggest city, in the second half of 2018.
Amazon would begin recruiting immediately for a range of roles includi…
Perennial smartphone struggler HTC has revealed its newest smartphone — the U12/U12+ — will launch on May 23. The big spoiler from the company is that the phone will include… components.
That isn’t exactly an informative tea…
Tesla reported its Q1 2018 earnings today, posting adjusted losses of $3.35 per share with revenues of $3.4 billion. This is technically a beat, as analysts expected Tesla to report a loss of $3.48 a share with revenues of $3.22 billion…
Germany’s justice minister has asked Facebook (FB.O) Chief Executive in a letter to be transparent with users by giving them more control, saying allegations of the improper use of data for millions of people is unacceptable, a German medi…
Chinese smartphone and connected device maker Xiaomi is bringing its blockbuster initial public offering to Hong Kong, where it could raise about $10 billion in the largest listing globally in almost four years.
The IPO plans, filed on …
The past several weeks have made clear that people want more information about how Facebook (www.Facebook.com) works and the controls they have over their information. And today at F8 we're sharing some of the first steps we're taking to b…
General Motors Co said on Thursday it was working with design software company Autodesk Inc to manufacture new, lightweight 3D-printed parts that could help the automaker meet its goals to add alternative-fuel vehicles to its product lineu…
A Chinese drone company has broken the Guinness World Record for most drones flown simultaneously in a 13-minute flight that involved 1,374 drones spread over a kilometer.
Chinese UAV firm EHang Egret clinched the record by 156 drones f…
LG's latest flagship phone seeks to stand out from rivals by offering a brighter display and a "boombox" facility meant to make separate speakers unnecessary.
The G7 ThinkQ's 6.1in (15.5cm) screen also features a notch reminiscent of th…
Apple has been accused of finding unnecessary faults with iPhones and thereby profiting from a battery replacement initiative.
When the US firm announced it had been slowing down iPhones in order to "preserve battery life" in December l…
At the 2013 annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, flashy organic light-emitting diode (OLED) televisions sporting credit card-thin screens were at the front and center of Samsung Electronics’ (005930.KS) new gadgets display.
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Ford is developing a new smart car window to let blind passengers experience the passing landscape.
A prototype, called Feel the View, uses high-contrast photos to reproduce scenery using LED lights.
Passengers can touch the display …
Singapore's Changi airport is testing a facial recognition system it hopes will speed passengers through the facility.
It is expanding existing uses of the smart ID system and is looking into ways it can replace passport checks.
Reut…
Square Inc, the payments company led by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey, will acquire website building startup Weebly, the company said on Thursday.
Square will pay about $365 million in a mix of cash and stock for Weebl…
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co said on Friday it has teamed up with Tokyo-based online games developer Cygames Inc, aiming to step up the mobile gaming business and reduce reliance on volatile console sales.
The Kyoto-based co…
A Transformers-style, humanoid robot that can shape shift into a sports car in about 60 seconds was unveiled in Japan on Wednesday.
The “J-deite RIDE” robot is the brainchild of Kenji Ishida, CEO of Brave Robotics and a fan of anime mov…
Ride-hailing service Uber has resumed operations in Vienna after a two-day suspension to comply with an injunction pending a ruling in a local taxi firm’s lawsuit.
A spokesman for the court in the Austrian capital had said that the inju…
Fake online reviews are being openly traded on the internet, a BBC investigation has found.
BBC 5 live Investigates was able to buy a false, five-star recommendation placed on one of the world's leading review websites, Trustpilot.
I…
Facebook is now testing its "downvote" button in New Zealand, following a similar trial which took place in the US in February.
The tool, which appears on some public posts, will let people hide comments and provide feedback about them.…
The French government is being sued over the way it has sought to take over the France.com web domain.
In 2015, France started legal action against Frenchman Jean-Noel Frydman, who had registered France.com in 1994.
Two years la…
On today’s wildly successful earnings call, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky dropped a bit of a bombshell for Amazon Prime subscribers. The retailer’s everything-and-the-kitchen-sink annual subscription plan is about to get pricier. On May 11, …
Google has joined Apple in a growing chorus of tech giants coming out in support of the Clean Power Plan. The company filed a statement with the Environmental Protection Agency, which it has since shared with TechCrunch, supporting the O…
After a brief delay (though Microsoft won’t confirm or deny this), Microsoft today announced that the Windows 10 April 2018 Update will be available as a free download to users worldwide on Monday, April 30, with the broader rollout sta…
Over coming years Ford intends to stop selling most of its cars in North America. This plan would leave just the Mustang and upcoming Focus Active as the only traditional car it sells while crossovers, SUVs and trucks make up the rest of…
The excitement around 5G is palpable at the Brooklyn 5G Summit this week, and for good reason. Once the province of academic engineers, there is increasingly a consensus emerging among technology leaders that millimeter-wave technology i…
Britain is banking on a series of ancient mines on its southwestern tip to secure a slice of the global electric car revolution.
The English county of Cornwall and the surrounding area boast one of the world’s largest tin deposits yet t…
With Microsoft’s BUILD 2018 conference right around the corner, the company just made good on a promise from last year’s conference; Apple iTunes is finally coming to the Windows Store.
The music software was originally forecast to ar…
Many app users' inboxes are bulging with requests to review new terms of service and privacy conditions.
And it is no coincidence that so many developers have revamped their small print at the same time.
In just under a month, the EU…
Iran has started to disrupt the way that people can use the popular Telegram messaging app.
In an official statement, Iran's net regulator said swapping images and videos via the service was no longer permitted.
It said the move was …
Video game loot boxes are "in violation of gambling legislation", according to the Belgium Gaming Commission.
Loot boxes give random rewards and can be acquired either through gameplay or by spending real cash.
Those that can be boug…
MPs have urged Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to speak to them after evidence given by his chief technology officer was deemed unsatisfactory.
A parliamentary committee said Mr Schroepfer had failed to fully answer 40 points put to hi…
Photos, not just video. No yellow ring alerting people to the camera. Underwater-capable. Classier colors with lighter lenses. Prescription options. Faster syncing. And a much slimmer frame and charging case. Snapchat fixed the biggest pai…
Google says it will add new parental controls to its YouTube Kids app, after inappropriate videos were repeatedly discovered on the service.
One of the new options only shows channels that have been vetted by human moderators on the app…
The headphone jack could still have a future in an iPhone. These leaked pics show an iPhone SE 2 with a glass back and headphone jack. Like the current iPhone SE, the design seems to be a take on the classic iPhone 5. I dig it.
The le…