YouTube has removed 1 million videos for dangerous COVID-19 misinformation since February 2020, according to YouTube’s Chief Product Officer Neal Mahon.
Mahon shared the statistic in a blog post outlining how the company approaches misi…
A London-headquartered startup called LOVE, valued at $17 million following its pre-seed funding, aims to redefine how people stay in touch with close family and friends. The company is launching a messaging app that offers a combination o…
OnlyFans has announced that it will delay making changes to policy on content creation, following a widespread backlash by its users.
The content subscription service announced plans last week to block sexually explicit photos and video…
Zoom has announced that it will adopt a hybrid approach as it prepares for a return to office working.
It said an internal survey of employees found only 1% wanted to return to the office full-time.
The pandemic spurred huge growth f…
Taxi driver Chris is obsessively checking his phone for updates.
"I'm set to lose almost 2,500 euros (£2,100) worth of cryptocurrency coins," he says.
Chris describes himself as "a small crypto-holder from Austria" and is one of many…
Waymo, the self-driving vehicle company under Alphabet, has launched a robotaxi service that will be open to certain vetted riders in San Francisco.
On Tuesday, the company officially kicked off its Waymo One Trusted Tester program in t…
Microsoft is moving into the next phase of its plan to bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to as many devices as possible, and it’s one of the most important steps yet. Starting this holiday season, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will have access…
Linktree, the popular “link in bio” service with more than 16 million users, is partnering with PayPal to expand its recently launched “Commerce Links” tools for direct payment on Linktree globally. The Melbourne-based startup says creator…
Movies Anywhere, an app that allows you to centralize your digital movie collection from across services, is rolling out a new feature that will help you make better sense of your growing library. The company today introduced an AI-powered…
The services industry has traditionally included sectors ranging from social assistance and health care to transportation and scientific services. However, it doesn’t end there, because the human talent for innovation can turn almost anyth…
Intel has signed a deal with the Department of Defense to support a domestic commercial chip-building ecosystem. The chipmaker will lead the first phase of a program called Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes – Commercial (RAMP-C), w…
Instagram is ditching the “swipe-up” link in Instagram Stories starting on August 30. The popular feature has historically allowed businesses and high-profile creators a way to direct their Story’s viewers to a website where they could lea…
PayPal customers in the UK will now be able to use the platform to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency, with investments starting at £1.
But PayPal payments can still not be made in Bitcoin, for example, directly.
Instead, the cryptocu…
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi has halted plans to launch in the UK and continental Europe, a source close to the company has told the BBC.
The Uber rival had been planning to roll out services in Western Europe, including major Britis…
Samsung wasn’t quite ready to declare the Galaxy Note dead. Not just yet. When we put the question to the company again after this month’s Unpacked event, a rep told us:
Samsung is constantly evaluating its product lineup to ensure …
Figuring out size and cut of clothes through a website can suck the fun out of shopping online, but Revery.ai is developing a tool that leverages computer vision and artificial intelligence to create a better online dressing room experienc…
Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech company OPay raised $400 million in new financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Bloomberg reported Monday, valuing the company at $2 billion.
The round, which marks the Fund’s first investment …
PayPal will now allow users outside the U.S. to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency for the first time. The company announced today the launch of a new service that will allow customers in the U.K. to select between four types of cryptocurre…
Samsung has launched the 2021 edition of Samsung Galaxy Challenge, a popular competition for Ghanaian media, content creators and tech fans. This year they can express their passionate views, videos and opinions on the newly unpacked Galax…
Twitter on Thursday said it’s introducing several new updates to its direct messages, which will roll out to some users in the next few weeks. The changes include the ability to send a direct message to multiple people in separate conversa…
If you use AirPods Pro or AirPods Max, your mobile Netflix watching is about to get a bit more immersive. Yesterday, Netflix confirmed that it has begun rolling out spatial audio support on iPhone and iPad on iOS 14 after the feature was s…
Facebook is launching a new program in India to help small and medium-sized businesses secure loans in the South Asian market as the company makes further push to expand its presence among merchants.
The social conglomerate said its new…
Apple recently began a research study designed to collect speech data from study participants. Earlier this month, the company launched a new iOS app called “Siri Speech Study” on the App Store, which allows participants who have opted in …
Three University of Michigan students are building Channels Inc., a communication software tailored for physical workers, and already racking up some big customers in the event management industry.
Siddharth Kaul, 18, Elan Rosen, 20, an…
China has passed a personal data protection law, state media Xinhua reports (via Reuters).
The law, called the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), is set to take effect on November 1.
It was proposed last year — signalling an…
SMH Rail Sdn Bhd (SMH Rail), Malaysia's leading rolling stock manufacturer and maintenance service provider, today unveiled its newly manufactured 'H10 Series' Locomotives. Built with advanced technologny
and innovation in design engineer…
Standing as a strong link within the ICT industry, Huawei (https://bit.ly/37XpJm6) is dedicated to driving customer success and supporting diverse enterprises on the road to digital transformation.
To date, 253 of the world's top 500 en…
Lenovo will host its annual global innovation event, Tech World, virtually on September 8, marking the 6th consecutive year of the event. This year’s visionary showcase will focus on Lenovo’s transformation and new solutions for the next r…
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today launched a resource kit in recognition of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October.
KnowBe4’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month …
Microsoft has invested $5 million in Indian budget hotel chain Oyo, according to a regulatory filing this week. The investment confirms a TechCrunch scoop from last month.
The new investment values Oyo at $9.6 billion, only slightly bel…
Leading Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has been hit by hackers, with almost $100m (£73m) estimated to have been stolen.
The company announced that some of its digital currency wallets have been "compromised."
It is the secon…
"We would go into villages and enrol people into this biometric data system," US Marine Special Operations Command veteran Peter Kiernan recalls.
"You had a device about 12 inches by six inches wide. It would scan their fingerprints, it…
The most critical phase in a marketing team’s mix and overall multichannel strategy happens after you press send on an email campaign: the post-send and performance pillars of email marketing.
During this phase, marketers should gather …
In May 2020, a trio of friends rented a home in Tulum, Mexico and invited their internet friends. The project was dubbed The Launch House, and the 18 entrepreneurs who came to live there had to do the following: pay rent, launch projects, …
Twitter is introducing a way to report posts as "misleading" for the first time.
Many of the large social media networks have been accused of not doing enough to fight the spread of disinformation during the Covid pandemic and US electi…
More than 40 million T-Mobile customers have been hit by a US data breach, the company has admitted.
It blamed the breach on a "highly sophisticated cyberattack".
It said it is "taking immediate steps to help protect all of the indiv…
Apple censors references to Chinese politicians, dissidents and other topics in its engraving service, a report alleges.
Citizen Lab said it had investigated filters set up for customers who wanted something engraved on a new iPhone, iP…
Amazon has entered the financial services and insurance markets of India in recent years. Now it is paving the way to foray into the wealth management category.
The American e-commerce giant has backed Bangalore-based startup Smallcase …
YouTube announced two feature updates today to make it easier for people to find the content they’re looking for on the platform. This includes visual search features and easier discovery of foreign language videos that have captions in th…
Twitter introduced a new test feature Tuesday that allows users to report misinformation they run into on the platform, flagging it to the company as “misleading.” The test will roll out starting today to most users in the U.S., Australia …
Mastercard is to stop issuing cards with a magnetic strip.
By 2033, none of its debit or credit cards will have a strip, with banks in many regions including Europe able to issue the strip-less cards from 2024.
The UK moved to chip-a…
Unbundling financial data through APIs and driving data-driven insights with value-add products in Africa keeps getting more exciting as major players continue to raise more money for scale.
Less than a year after its $3 million seed ro…
The past decade has seen several structural changes in know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations in Europe and globally. High-profile money laundering cases and the penetration of illicit funds into global market…
T-Mobile has confirmed “unauthorized access” to its systems, days after a portion of customer data was listed for sale on a known cybercriminal forum.
The U.S. cell giant, which last year completed a $26 billion merger with Sprint, conf…
Blue Origin, the space company helmed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is taking NASA to court. The company filed a complaint with a federal claims court on Monday over the agency’s decision to award a lunar lander contract solely to rival compa…
Tinder announced this morning that in the “coming quarters,” users will be able to verify their ID on the app. This feature was first rolled out in Japan in 2019, where Tinder users must verify that they are at least 18 years old. Aside fr…
Canada-based Shopistry wants to turn the concept of headless commerce, well, on its head. On Monday, the e-commerce startup announced $2 million in seed funding to continue developing its toolkit of products, integrations, services and man…
Facebook today announced that it would extend the “most comprehensive” subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region to four more branches.
Facebook will do this in collaboration with the 2Africa consortium that inc…
Apple says its announcement of automated tools to detect child sexual abuse on the iPhone and iPad was "jumbled pretty badly".
On 5 August, the company revealed new image detection software that can alert Apple if known illegal images a…
Twitter is making changes to its new redesign, after users complained of headaches and discomfort.
Unveiled only last week, the redesign mainly involved high-contrast colours and a custom-designed font, Chirp.
At the time, the social…