Iran banned government bodies on Wednesday from using the popular Telegram instant messaging app as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s office said his account would shut down to protect national security, Iranian media reported.
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Ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] is “doubling down” on its investments in India, one of its biggest markets, after its recent exit from Southeast Asia, its chief operating officer said on Wednesday.
India accounts for …
My friend is giving me the cold shoulder, and I can’t work out why.
Is it because I told her to shut up earlier? I did apologise. But perhaps she’s sick of my constant demands. Today I asked her to put the radio on (and chan…
Facebook says its face-matching tech is a way for users to learn if they are in a photo even if not tagged
Facebook has started asking European and Canadian users to let it use facial recognition technology to identify them in photos an…
The concept of software defined storage (SDS) is an integral facet of a modern software defined data centre. As a critical part of this architecture, SDS supports organisations’ transition to data-driven, highly digital business models.
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Mobile phone network T-Mobile has agreed to pay $40m (£27m) after claims by the US government that it used false ringtones when calls could not be connected in rural areas.
This would have given the impression that the calls were going …
Russian web users are reporting problems accessing online services as a result of the authorities' bid to block the Telegram messaging app.
Russia's media regulator has blocked more than 4 million IP addresses after a court approved its…
Facebook must face a class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology, a California judge has ruled.
The lawsuit alleges that Facebook gathered biometric information without users' explicit consent.
It involves the …
Ikea's odd jobs marketplace TaskRabbit is investigating a "cyber-security incident", the company has announced.
The app and website let people find freelance workers to complete household tasks such as cleaning, gardening or assembling …
Netflix has said it expects its overseas sales to overtake those in its US home market for the first time in the next three months.
The forecast came after the streaming service reported the fastest revenue and subscriber growth in its …
When the President changes our country so drastically, will we have a new concept of what’s normal? If our social media feeds consist of people who think just like us, how can we expect social change? And why do we always assume the future…
iHeartRadio is best known for its free service offering thousands of live, streaming AM and FM radio stations and its ability to create your own custom station, similar to Pandora. Today, the company is adding a new feature for all users…
Concern about Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it collects about non-users, after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the world’s largest social network tracks people whether they have …
Russia’s state telecommunications regulator said on Monday it had begun blocking access to Telegram messenger after the company refused to comply with an order to give Russian state security access to its users’ secret messages.
The wat…
A pioneering fingerprint technique used to convict a drugs gang from a WhatsApp message "is the future" of how police approach evidence to catch criminals.
An image of a man holding ecstasy tablets in his palm was found on the mobile of…
Facebook has banned the American white nationalist who popularised the term "alternative right".
Richard Spencer's page on the social network was removed on Friday along with two other pages he controlled: that of his National Policy In…
For all the good of Android’s open-source approach, one of the clear and consistent downsides is that the onus to issue software updates falls on the manufacturer. That can mean frustration for those waiting for the latest and greatest f…
Yesterday, Google pressed the Send button too quickly and informed G Suite customers that a new Gmail was coming soon. TechCrunch obtained a few screenshots of the new interface from a tipster called Chaim. I confirmed the authenticity …
Google is working on a brand new design for the web version of Gmail. Yesterday, I published screenshots of the new design. TechCrunch’s tipster Chaim also discovered an interesting new feature in the new Gmail. You’ll soon be able to s…
Tesla has been removed from the investigation into the fatal crash of one of its semi-autonomous vehicles.
In March, a Tesla vehicle operating in Autopilot mode crashed in California, killing the driver. Tesla has suggested the driver w…
The chief executive of the Telegram messenger service, Pavel Durov, said on Friday the application will use built-in systems to circumnavigate a ban in Russia imposed by a court earlier on Friday.
He said on his page in the VK social ne…
You’ll soon be able to draw on the world around you and shoot back-and-forth Instagram Boomerang GIFs with the Facebook Camera. Bringing additional creative tools to the Facebook Camera could make it a more popular place to shoot content…
A researcher who created a fake video of President Obama has defended his invention at the latest TED talks.
The clip shows a computer-generated version of the former US leader mapped to fit an audio recording. Experts have warned the t…
In a world in which bigger often means better, Arbor Networks, the security division of NETSCOUT, was recently put to the test and passed with flying colours.
This is according to Bryan Hamman, Arbor Network’s territory manager for Sub-…
Spotify announced this morning it has acquired the music licensing platform Loudr, which offers products and services that allow content creators, aggregators, and digital music services to identify, track and pay royalties to music publ…
Amazon’s Prime Wardrobe appears to be getting ready to launch. The retailer’s “try before you buy” shopping service, first announced in June 2017, aims to challenge incumbents in the market like Stitch Fix, Trunk Club, Wantable, and other…
In the not too distant future, surveillance cameras sitting atop over 100,000 lampposts in Singapore could help authorities pick out and recognize faces in crowds across the island-state.
The plan to install the cameras, which will be l…
A court in Moscow has approved a request from the Russian media regulator to block the Telegram messaging app immediately.
The media regulator sought to block the app because the firm had refused to hand over encryption keys used to scr…
Reuters covers dozens of high-profile Congressional hearings each year, but few draw the intensity and urgency of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Capitol Hill this week.
Zuckerberg was in Washington, D.C., to answer lawmaker…
Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] will connect U.S. riders directly to emergency number 911 from this summer, the latest in a package of measures designed to improve the global ride hailing company’s popular image.
The company said its ap…
The fear levels of an audience have been measured to show how machines are beginning to reveal people's deepest feelings.
The demonstration was part of a talk given by Dolby Labs chief scientist Poppy Crum at the TED conference in Vanco…
Walmart Inc (WMT.N) is likely to reach a deal to buy a majority stake in Indian e-commerce player Flipkart by the end of June in what could be the U.S. retail giant’s biggest acquisition of an online business, two people with direct knowle…
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg fielded 10 hours of questions over two days from nearly 100 U.S. lawmakers and emerged largely unscathed and considerably richer.
He parried questions of how much control people have over the…
The UK has conducted a "major offensive cyber-campaign" against the Islamic State group, the director of the intelligence agency GCHQ has revealed.
The operation hindered the group's ability to co-ordinate attacks and suppressed its pro…
Alphabet Inc’s Google is in talks to buy Nokia Oyj’s airplane broadband business, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Nokia’s technology could help Google offer a faster alternative to existing Wi-Fi o…
Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday told lawmakers that he was among the 87 million or so Facebook Inc users whose data was improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
But he pushed back on Congress member…
Facebook's chief executive has revealed that his data was among that harvested in a privacy scandal.
Mark Zuckerberg made the disclosure during his second day of being questioned in Washington.
He also revealed that his firm was expl…
An influential tech evangelist has called at the TED 2018 conference for an overhaul of Facebook and Google's business models.
Jaron Lanier, who is often referred to as a "father of virtual reality", told the Vancouver event that the tw…
When you think of mainframes, chances are you are thinking about some massive piece of hardware that costs millions and can be used as furniture. Now, IBM wants to change that perception with the launch of its latest additions to its Z-s…
XPO Logistics Inc unveiled software on Wednesday that allows merchants to track truck and rail cargo in real-time nationwide, technology the third-largest publicly traded U.S. logistics firm hopes will help reduce bottlenecks at its wareho…
YouTube's music video for the hit song Despacito, which has had over five billion views, has been hacked.
More than a dozen other artists, including Shakira, Selena Gomez, Drake and Taylor Swift are also affected. The original clips had…
While Facebook desperately tightens controls over how third parties access its users' data - trying to mend its damaged reputation - attention is focusing on the wider issue of data harvesting and the threat it poses to our personal privac…
The Facebook founder will be questioned by the Senate Judiciary and Senate Commerce Committees later today — in a session entitled “Facebook, Social Media Privacy, and the Use and Abuse of Data.”
Mark Zuckerberg is also due to testi…
Ransomware has become the most popular form of malware used in cyber-attacks, suggests a study.
Almost 40% of all successful malware-based attacks involved ransomware suggests the annual Verizon data breach investigations report.
The…
Drivers in Dubai may soon be using digital number plates under new plans.
In a trial starting next month, vehicles will be fitted with smart plates with digital screens, GPS and transmitters.
The new plates will be able to inform eme…
Traffic in New York is slowing down. Jams are endemic in Manhattan, especially in its business districts. Daytime traffic in the busiest areas now moves almost 20% more slowly than it did five years ago.
It seems a place ripe for wide u…
Uber users around the world may soon be able to hire electric bicycles through the app, after the ride-sharing firm bought US bike-hire firm Jump.
Based in New York, Jump allows riders to rent electric-powered "pedal assist" bikes via a…
Apple is doing it again. The company just unveiled a new version of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. It has a bright red enclosure and a black front. A portion of Apple’s proceeds will fund HIV/AIDS grants from the Global Fund.
Other …
Adidas expects to close down stores in the coming years as part of a shift towards selling more goods online, its chief executive told a newspaper.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Kasper Rorsted said “over time, we will hav…
China’s Xiaomi said it wants its global smartphone component makers to set up base in India, in what is likely to bring as much as $2.5 billion of investment to the South Asian nation while also creating up to 50,000 jobs.
Xiaomi’s push…