The phone, expected to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Spain next month, is LG's best shot at taking on Samsung.
Looks like we've got our first peek of LG's new flagship Android phone, the G6, expected to be unveiled next month …
US President Donald Trump's inauguration was the most watched news event streamed online to date, analysts suggest.
At its peak, a record 8.7Tbps of live video was streamed, according to content delivery network Akamai Technologies.
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Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says he has no plans to run for president of the United States.
When asked by Buzzfeed News, he said: "No, I'm focused on building our community at Facebook and working on the Chan Zuckerberg Ini…
Nintendo Co's smash hit Pokemon Go was unleashed on South Korea on Tuesday, six months after it was released elsewhere in the world, a delay caused by security fears over Google Maps.
The popularity of augmented-reality Pokemon Go aroun…
Libraries across the city of St Louis are gradually regaining control of their computer systems, following a malware attack several days ago.
Criminals broke into the systems of 17 libraries, disabled them and demanded a ransom.
It m…
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, will add a selected range of Hong Kong-based VTech's phones made for healthcare and hospital customers to its Vertical Markets offer and catalogues in Europe. The phones will also b…
Corning reported higher results for the fourth quarter, led by demand for its Gorilla Glass and optical equipment, helping to offset price pressure in the LCD market. Net sales rose 11 percent year-on-year, and net profit jumped to USD 1.5…
If you are waiting for Samsung's newest flagship phone, you may have to wait a little longer this time around.
The Galaxy S8, the next-generation follow-up to the Galaxy S7 released last March, will make its debut on April 14 in Korea, …
American search giant Yahoo says it will complete the sale of its core internet assets to telecoms firm Verizon later than originally planned.
The $4.8bn (£4bn) deal was thrown into doubt last year after Yahoo revealed two vast data sec…
Massive collections of fake accounts are lying dormant on Twitter, suggests research.
The largest network ties together more than 350,000 accounts and further work suggests others may be even bigger.
UK researchers accidentally uncov…
The Australian government is planning to allow 90% of travellers to pass through passport control without human help by 2020.
With a $100m (£80m) budget, it has begun the search for technology companies that could provide biometric syst…
Despite the enormous baggage that comes with the Note name, Samsung believes loyal customers will flock back to a new Note.
At Samsung's 837 "experience store" in New York's trendy Meatpacking District, a few visitors lined up to try th…
China is reinforcing its censorship of the internet with a campaign to crack down on unauthorized connections, including virtual private network (VPN) services, that allow users to bypass restrictions known as the Great Firewall.
The Mi…
U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp said on Monday it would buy 33 percent of Tidal, a music streaming service owned by rapper Jay Z, marking a move to more content driven services in a highly competitive wireless market.
Sprint paid $200…
In 2008, engineering student Samay Kohli wanted to build a humanoid robot, but his professor told him it would not be possible.
Along with his fellow student Akash Gupta, not only did they achieve that task, but they have also built Gre…
The appearance of fake news on websites and social media has inspired scientists to develop a "vaccine" to immunise people against the problem.
A University of Cambridge study devised psychological tools to target fact distortion.
Re…
Samsung's probe into its Galaxy Note 7 fiasco has found that the overheating and burning of the phones was caused by faults with their batteries.
The firm had axed its iPhone rival in October last year after an earlier botched recall an…
Ghana’s Energy Commission has designed a new mobile app)that will help the public to easily identify certified electricians within their locality, Graphics reported. The app, known as Certified Electricians, shows the names, photographs an…
Some Indian officials have balked at Apple's (AAPL.O) demands for concessions before it assembles iPhones there, raising doubts about a spring deadline to launch a key project in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign to lure foreign inve…
A coalition of more than 70 civil rights groups has urged Facebook to be clearer about the content it removes.
In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the group accused the social network of "disproportionate censorship of Facebook users of col…
Renault-Nissan has sold more than 400,000 electric cars globally and the leader in plug-in vehicles is planning further investment to maintain its market lead, the chief executive of the auto alliance said.
Carlos Ghosn disclosed the fi…
India will consider Apple's request for incentives to invest in the country with an "open mind", Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters on Wednesday.
"We will very much like Apple to come and have a base in I…
Instagram has rolled out live video in the UK.
The photo-sharing service first announced it was introducing the feature in November but only in America.
Facebook, which owns Instagram, launched live video last April while Twitter rol…
Galaxy Note 7 owners in the US who have ignored the global recall of Samsung's smartphone face a fresh effort to make them return their devices.
Mobile network Verizon told Fortune magazine that it planned to divert calls made via the p…
Scientists have built a DNA-analysing smartphone attachment that is a fraction of the cost of lab-based kit.
The creators of the phone-powered pathology microscope believe it could be mass produced for less than $500 (£406) a unit.
T…
It is easy to say that people need to keep learning throughout their careers. The practicalities are daunting
WHEN education fails to keep pace with technology, the result is inequality. Without the skills to stay useful as innovations …
Viners are paying tribute to the video sharing app as it shuts down after four years.
Twitter announced it was closing the six-second clip-sharing service in October but it's still not clear why.
Around the same time it said it was c…
Set-top box maker Arris is looking to take over Brocade’s networking equipment operations for up to USD 1 billion, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The parties are in talks around a deal that would enable Arris to…
Audi will sell more electric car models in China and develop automated driving there, it said on Tuesday, deepening ties with local partner FAW Group Corp [SASACJ.UL] to counter challengers Mercedes-Benz (DAIGn.DE) and BMW (BMWG.DE) in its…
The two leading app stores both experienced a tilt towards Asia in 2016, according to an annual study.
India leapfrogged both the US and Brazil to become the nation that downloaded the most apps from Google's Play Store, according to an…
Mark Zuckerberg is expected to appear in a Dallas court on Tuesday to defend his company over claims it stole virtual reality technology.
Zenimax Media, owner of renowned games studio id Software, is suing Facebook for $2bn (£1.6bn).
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Picking a streaming-media player to watch Netflix and Amazon on your TV may seem like a simple process in comparing features and prices, but it’s actually rather difficult.
That’s because this isn’t exactly a normal market. Some compani…
Some messages sent through WhatsApp can be intercepted and read thanks to a bug in the app, suggests research.
The bug arises because of the way WhatsApp encrypts the messages sent via its service.
Security expert Thomas Boelter foun…
Fans of Google's kid-friendly Toontastic storytelling app can now create their own cartoons in 3D.
The search giant said Thursday it's launching Toontastic 3D, which lets kids simply "animate and narrate" their own stories by selecting …
New year, new phone. At least that's the gist of a recently posted video on LG's YouTube channel, which teases its next flagship device -- you know, the one with everything that people want in a phone (or so says LG). The video ends with t…
Say goodbye to the clunky cords that leave breast-pumping moms stuck to one spot while they pump.
This is the first wearable breast pump that is completely cordless.
It’s called Willow, and it was unveiled at CES 2017.
It tucks in…
Fitness-tracking devices have helped Peter Dumbreck beat his personal best times for cycling three days in a row.
The racing driver and keen cyclist uses a Garmin 810 Edge cycle computer, a heart rate monitor and a power meter.
"The …
Sony is closing its Cambridge-based video games studio, Guerrilla Cambridge.
The developer's most recent title was the PlayStation VR release Rigs. Prior to that it had worked on Killzone, LittleBigPlanet and MediEvil games.
The stud…
Nintendo has said it will release its long-awaited new console, the Nintendo Switch, on 3 March.
It will cost $299.99 in the US, £279.99 in the UK and 29,980 yen ($260) in Japan, more than some analysts and gamers had been expecting.
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There are those who accuse Donald Trump of being unpresidential.
This depth of this feeling is, to borrow one of his own words, unpresidented.
Yet Trump has shown that his morning Twitter missives can stir his supporters and shake th…
Farming has become unattractive to many young graduates in Ghana, apparently because they do not think they will find pleasure and fulfilment when they engage in agribusiness.
It is refreshing to note, however, that there are still …
Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Thursday it will recall about 816,000 vehicles as it widened previous actions affecting models with Takata Corp (7312.T) air bags.
The move brings the number of vehicles with Takata air bag inflators recalled…
M2M developer Telit has reported preliminary results for 2016, saying it expects revenues up 11 percent from the year before to USD 370 million, with IoT services jumping 35 percent to USD 35 million. Revenues for the second half rose 15 p…
MediaTek reported record revenues of TWD 275.51 billion (approximately USD 8.6 billion) in 2016, which represents an increase of 29.2 percent year-on-year, DigiTimes reports. Revenue growth was mainly boosted by robust performance of Media…
LG has presented a new type of display that it plans to use in its upcoming flagship smartphone. The new display has a higher screen resolution than the screens LG has used to date in its flagship smartphones. Because the screen is longer …
After years of waiting, a player of the Elite Dangerous game seems to have encountered its mysterious aliens.
Gamer DP Sayre recorded a video of his encounter with a massive, flower-shaped organic craft late on 5 January.
Other playe…
Even though the company teased us by passing around a gorgeous, white, nearly bezel-less version of a Chinese phone.
The gleaming white phone with its razor-thin bezel and unique call technology is just the kind of thing you'd want to p…
As I swim in the ocean of shiny new tech that surrounds me at CES, I find myself wondering where on earth I would put all this stuff if I had to take it with me.
One firm I met there thinks it has the answer - in the form of a jacket wi…
Parents worry about their children being bullied online, but what if it is your child who is doing the bullying?
That was the question posed by a BBC reader, following a report on how children struggle to cope online.
There is plenty…
Cruise line Carnival has launched a wearable gadget that allows services on board its ships to be personalised for guests.
The Ocean Medallion can be worn as a necklace, clip or keychain - or carried in a passenger's pocket.
It will …
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