In a surprise move, one of the world's best-known anti-virus software makers is adding cryptocurrency mining to its products.
Norton 360 customers will have access to an Ethereum mining feature in the "coming weeks", the company said.
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A German police force has set up a special team to combat a growing black market in forged vaccine certificates.
Police in Cologne told the broadcaster ARD that fraudsters were communicating via an encrypted messenger service which make…
Apple wants its employees to return to offices by September, a company-wide memo sent to staff on Wednesday said.
Workers must return to their desks for at least three days a week, chief executive Tim Cook wrote. Some staff members will…
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Meet Lightyear, a new London-based startup coming out of stealth today. The company is building a stock trading app with a focus on creating a truly commission-free app. In addition to waving account fees and trading fees, Lightyear doesn’…
WhatsApp will soon let you use the popular instant messaging app simultaneously on multiple devices, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said. The instant messaging app, used by over 2 billion users, also plans to add more options to …
Etsy is buying Depop, a UK-based second-hand fashion app, in a bid to target younger Gen-Z shoppers.
The $1.62bn (£1.14bn) deal was announced on Wednesday and is expected to go through later this year.
Etsy boss Josh Silverman descri…
Donald Trump's communications platform has been permanently shut down, his spokesperson told CNBC.
"It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on," senior aide Jason Miller said.
The platform, titled From th…
Despite being over a year into remote working and looking ahead to likely shifts to hybrid remote/in-office working models, four fifths (82%) of businesses still remain concerned about the security risks of employees working remotely.
T…
Following Canon Inc.’s (global.Canon) initial development announcement of the EOS R3 (bit.ly/2RcOAgY) – its latest high-performance, high-speed professional mirrorless camera – more details have been revealed today confirming it marks a ne…
Tesla has recently filed a new trademark for its brand under restaurant services, a sign the company might be finally gearing up to deliver on an idea that CEO Elon Musk and other company executives have discussed publicly since at least 2…
A technical system underpinning the European Union’s plan for a pan-EU “digital pass” for verifying COVID-19 vaccination or test status across the region has gone live today, with a handful of EU Member States connected to the gateway and …
An update of HarmonyOS, the operating system developed by Huawei, means it will now be installed in a wider range of products, including its smartphones.
It was showcased in a major conference streamed worldwide on Wednesday ahead of it…
Ads are coming to Twitter’s version of Stories, known as Fleets. The company announced today it will began pilot testing Fleet ads in the U.S., which will bring full-screen, vertical format ads to Twitter for the first time, allowing it to…
New terms of use for eBay have come into effect which mean the online auction house will now pay sellers directly rather than through PayPal.
PayPal was acquired by eBay in its early days in 2002, and the two firms have worked in partne…
Facebook made a few noteworthy changes to its misinformation policies this week, including the news that the company will now allow claims that COVID was created by humans — a theory that contradicts the previously prevailing assumption th…
More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, early-stage startups across the world are re-inventing how we work. But founders aren’t flocking to build just another SaaS tool or Airtable copycat — they’re trying to disrupt the only thing…
Line Corporation, best known for its messaging app, launched a digital banking platform in Indonesia today. This means Japan-based Line Corp. now offers banking services in three of its biggest overseas markets: Indonesia, Thailand and Tai…
When two of Indonesia’s biggest companies — ride-hailing company Gojek and e-commerce marketplace Tokopedia — joined forces as GoTo Group last month, a key highlight from the merger was that the last-mile delivery space is still a huge glo…
I know, you probably haven't even driven one yet, let alone seriously contemplated buying one, so the prediction may sound a bit bold, but bear with me.
We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in motoring since Henry Ford's first…
Service providers are investing in 5G as it will deliver speeds approaching 10 gigabits per second. That is 600 times faster than standard 4G speeds, and more than 10 times faster than some residential fibre offerings.
This is according…
About 20 Japanese companies, including electronic component maker Ibiden Co (4062.T), will work with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) (2330.TW) to develop chip manufacturing technology in Japan, the Nikkei newspaper reported.
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Google, Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn and Tiger Global-backed Indian startups ShareChat and Koo have either fully or partially complied with the South Asian nation’s new IT rules, according to two people familiar with the matter and a gover…
In a residential street in south London, dozens of household appliances are being put through their paces - not to measure how well they work, but how loud they sound.
The room we're in is officially a laboratory. There's no soundproofi…
Intel kicked off this year’s virtual Computex by announcing two new 11th Gen U-Series chips for use in thin, lightweight laptops. It also unveiled its first 5G M.2 module for laptops, designed in a partnership with MediaTek (Intel sold its…
Instagram is changing the way it showcases content after being accused of suppressing pro-Palestinian messages during the recent Gaza conflict.
The app had favoured original content in its "stories" feature over existing, re-shared post…
There are plenty of buying guides for figuring out the best phone to buy at a given time, across a wide variety of prices. We have two of them, in fact. But if you’re a dyed-in-the-wool phone enthusiast, you don’t need a guide that’s going…
Lenovo’s Yoga Pad Pro is a new 13-inch Android tablet that can easily double as an external monitor, Gizmochina reports. It will be available to buy in China for 3,299 yuan (around $517) on May 31st.
It’s not tricky to get most tablets …
Tokyo-based ispace has been selected to deliver rovers from Canada and Japan to the lunar surface after they launch aboard SpaceX rockets. The company will use its recently revealed Hakuto-R lander for both missions, currently scheduled fo…
mmhmm, the communications platform developed by Phil Libin and the All Turtles team, is getting a variety of new features. According to Libin, there are parts of video communication today that can not only match what we get in the real wor…
On Wednesday evening, Twitter announced that Spaces — its Clubhouse competitor — will start rolling out for use on the web. Earlier this month, Twitter Spaces became available for any user with more than 600 followers on the iOS or Android…
Instacart is speeding up grocery delivery. The company announced today it’s debuting a faster delivery service, “Priority Delivery,” in select markets across the U.S. and Canada, with the aim of attracting customers who would have otherwis…
Microsoft says another wave of Russian cyber-attacks has targeted government agencies and human rights groups in 24 countries, most in the US.
It said about 3,000 email accounts at more than 150 different organisations had been attacked…
Twitter has listed a new subscription service on app stores, in an indication that the social media giant is preparing to trial the offering soon.
"Twitter Blue" is listed as an in-app purchase, priced at £2.49 in the UK and $2.99 in th…
A new software update for Tesla cars appears to include monitoring of drivers through the car's internal cameras when Autopilot is in use.
The "self-driving" feature requires drivers to pay attention at all times, but has been criticise…
Infinix [1], an emerging brand in the consumer electronics market, today unveiled its first flagship laptop series - INBook X1 [2]. Combining a stylish, thin and lightweight design with ultimate performance, the launch represents Infinix’s…
With just?under a?week to go?until entries close?at the end of 31st May for?Canon (https://global.Canon/en) – a photography competition for enthusiast photographers - Canon Ambassadors?reveal?how they would?tackle?the theme of?‘Light in th…
Would you pay for an upgraded Twitter? That’s a question Twitter will soon answer when it rolls out a new subscription service that will present users with an expanded feature set available only to paid subscribers. This is a different off…
Vidya Madhavan always wanted to be in business. Growing up in India, she thought she might be in the business of running a factory, given the power and influence of outfits like Tata Group, the Indian multinational conglomerate.
She cer…
Tesla has installed its 200,000th Powerwall, the company’s home battery storage product, the company said in a tweet on Wednesday. Tesla’s CFO Zachary Kirkhorn told investors during a first-quarter earnings call in April that Tesla is cont…
Iran has announced a four-month ban on the energy-consuming mining of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin after cities suffered unplanned blackouts.
President Hassan Rouhani told a cabinet meeting the main cause of the blackouts was a drou…
Twitter has expressed concern over freedom of expression in India, days after police visited its offices.
The police served notice to the social media giant after it labelled a ruling party tweet "manipulated media".
Twitter had appl…
India has asked social media firms to provide an update on whether they have complied with its new IT rules “as soon as possible” and “preferably today” even as the new regulations are being legally challenged by WhatsApp.
In a letter t…
The relationships between banks and fintechs are multi-faceted.
In some cases, they partner. In many cases, they compete. In other cases, one acquires or invests in the other.
Well, today, an announcement by global payments giant Vis…
Imagine if Google Docs was end-to-end encrypted so that not even Google could access your documents. That’s Skiff, in a nutshell.
Skiff is a document editor with a similar look and feel to Google Docs, allowing you to write, edit and co…
Facebook this week will begin to publicly roll out the option to hide Likes on posts across both Facebook and Instagram, following earlier tests beginning in 2019. The project, which puts the decision about Likes in the hands of the compan…
The big media consolidation continues — day after rumors swirled around Amazon’s acquisition of MGM, the online massive retailer confirmed today that it will be acquiring the nearly 100-year-old studio for a cool $8.45 billion.
The deal…
Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) today announced that the French Ministry of the Interior will deploy 30,000 of Motorola Solutions’ (www.MotorolaSolutions.com) VB400 body-worn cameras (https://bit.ly/3fj3UBQ) to its National Police and the G…
Hyundai developed an in-car payment system that will debut in its upcoming all-electric Ioniq 5 crossover that will offer drivers the ability to find and pay for EV charging, food and parking — the latest example of automakers finding ne…
Germany has adopted legislation that will allow driverless vehicles on public roads by 2022, laying out a path for companies to deploy robotaxis and delivery services in the country at scale. While autonomous testing is currently permitted…