IDEMIA is the First Certified Card Manufacturer in India for Contactless RuPay Chip Cards, with the Facility to Load Multiple Payment Applications on a Single Card
IDEMIA today announced that it is the first and, to date, only one to be…
Uber has said it will stop developing self-driving trucks to focus its autonomous technology solely on cars.
Uber's self-driving truck programme started in 2016 with a team based in San Francisco.
The ride-hailing firm marked the wor…
China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] posted a 15 percent rise in first-half revenue, with industry data showing market share gains at home for the smartphone maker that has been largely shut out of the U.S. market over security conc…
WhatsApp has added a much-requested new feature after it began to allow users to make group voice and video calls.
It’s been just over three years since the company, which is owned by Facebook, introduced voice calls and later a vide…
Nokia's largest 5G agreement globally will provide end-to-end 5G solutions for T-Mobile's nationwide 5G network
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) and Nokia announced a landmark $3.5 billion agreement to accelerate the deployment of a nat…
When you think of “Firefox,” you probably think of something that looks like this:
Or, perhaps, something like this:
That logo (or some iteration between the two) has been the browser’s logo since it launched back in 2002. …
Blueprints for 3D-printed guns, published online four days early amid last-minute attempts to ban them, have been downloaded thousands of times.
The designs were not due to be made public until Wednesday, following a ruling from the US …
STATS Edge is the Only AI-Assistive Platform that Enhances Match Preparation by Delivering Better Insights in Less Time
STATS, the worldwide leader in sports data and intelligence, has announced the delivery of STATS Edge™, a revolution…
Susman Godfrey L.L.P. and Hausfeld LLP Announce Lawsuits and Settlements Totaling $340 Million That Impact Individuals and Institutions Who Owned a U.S. Dollar LIBOR-Based Instrument Between August 2007 and May 2010
The following is bei…
FlipNpik, the world's first-of-its kind blockchain-based collaborative social media platform, which remunerates users for their social media engagements, is pleased to announce a partnership with American-French company, Atayen Inc.
Spe…
Ninety percent of surveyed security professionals fear that
Meltdown-Spectre attacks are becoming the norm
Neustar®, Inc., a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services, today released two new cybersecurity reports, r…
RBR Report Establishes Toshiba as World’s Fastest-Growing Major Self-Checkout Manufacturer
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions (TGCS), the global market share leader in installed retail point of sale (EPOS) technology, has rapidly grow…
Facebook and Instagram are releasing a new tool to limit how much time people spend on their apps.
The announcement follows concerns that excessive social media use can have a negative impact on mental health.
Users will now be able …
India is considering asking e-commerce and social media firms to exclusively store customer data locally, a move that could affect global giants that operate in the country such as Amazon, Facebook and its messaging service WhatsApp.
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Several dummy units of future iPhone models have leaked over the weekend. It gives a good idea of what you should expect to see in September when Apple introduces the next iPhone.
Most likely, the iPhones in these photos aren’t actual iP…
I worked Circuit City when the PlayStation 2 launched. For weeks, we were sold out, and there was always a crowd around the blue demo unit in the gaming department. It’s easy to see why the PlayStation 2 was a hit looking back. It was powe…
Details of an unannounced new drone from market leader DJI have been revealed early in the Argos catalogue.
The latest edition of the catalogue store's literature features photos and technical specifications of the as yet unannounced Ma…
The volume of disinformation on the internet is growing so big that it is starting to crowd out real news, the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee chairman has said.
Tory MP Damian Collins said people struggle to identif…
Superfast "fifth generation 5G" mobile internet could be launched as early as next year in some countries, promising download speeds 10 to 20 times faster than we have now.
But what difference will it really make to our lives? Will we n…
From Alibaba to JD, China is not short of e-commerce powerhouses. Although the country’s e-commerce market is highly consolidated, it’s not impossible for startup teams to crack this market as long as they are solving the right problems fo…
Social media devotees are being encouraged to "take back control" and stop scrolling through their feeds for an entire month.
The Royal Public Health Society is behind Scroll Free September, which is targeting users of Facebook, Instagr…
SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday it will team up with India’s Paytm to launch a digital payments service in Japan.
SoftBank, which has invested in Paytm, said the service will be launched in autumn through a joint venture with Yahoo J…
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Friday said it lost 1 million monthly active users from the previous quarter and warned the closely watched figure could keep falling as it deletes more phony accounts, causing the biggest one-day decline in its sha…
Following Discovery Communications $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive in March, the company is now toying with the idea of launching its own direct-to-consumer service. According to remarks made by Discovery CEO Dav…
Software maker Atlassian Corp Plc said on Thursday it will exit its chat-platform business by selling Stride and Hipchat Cloud to privately owned Slack Technologies for an undisclosed amount.
Atlassian has made an equity investment in S…
Revenue forecasts from Facebook Inc that alarmed investors, fueling the worst day ever for its shares on Thursday, add to the pressure on its Instagram unit to win over more of the ad buyers that have long found success on the company’s fl…
Google has followed the lead of Apple by banning crypto-mining apps from its Play Store.
An update to the company's developer policy reads: "We don't allow apps that mine crypto-currency on devices."
The company had previously banned…
There has been a lot of talk lately about the perils of mobile phone addiction and the efforts of tech companies to help us cut down.
So we at the BBC decided to run an experiment with two heavy phone users, one a 12-year-old girl, the …
It was one of the biggest one-day losses in US corporate history.
At the start of the day, Facebook was valued at $630bn (£481bn). By the end, it had dropped to $510bn (£389bn).
Company founder Mark Zuckerberg personally lost more th…
Facial recognition technology does not yet have "the diversity it needs” and has “inherent biases”, a top Google executive has warned.
The remarks, from the firm’s director of cloud computing, Diane Greene, came after rival Amazon’s sof…
In what could be the biggest one-day drop of all time, Facebook shares opened at $174.89, down 19.6 percent compared to yesterday’s closing price of $217.50 (NASDAQ:FB).
When it comes to market capitalization, Facebook was worth $629…
Google launched a network of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Nigeria on Thursday, part of its effort to increase its presence in Africa’s most populous nation.
The U.S. technology firm, owned by Alphabet Inc, has partnered with Nigerian…
Finding the way through busy streets on two wheels can be daunting and for cyclists who take their eyes off the road to glance at navigation apps, this can also increase risk – both for them and for other road-users and pedestrians.
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Here comes more smart clothing nobody asked for. Fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger today announced the launch of a new line of men’s and women’s clothing, Tommy Jeans Xplore, which comes with smart-chip embedded technology. Unlike, say, Google’…
Children could be banned from owning drones weighing more than 250g (0.55lb) under a new proposal from the Department for Transport.
They would only be allowed to fly devices heavier than that if they were owned and registered by an adu…
Being young, single or a jobseeker makes Facebook users more likely to have deactivated their accounts or at least considered it, a study suggests.
Researchers from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, looked at eight factors predicting whe…
Amazon.com Inc is expanding its presence in the emerging tech hub of Cape Town, upping the ante in its regional battle with cloud computing rival Microsoft Corp.
Amazon will be the sole tenant in a new, modern eight-story office buildin…
Line, the company best-known for its popular Asian messaging app, is doubling down on games after it acquired a controlling stake in Korean studio NextFloor for an undisclosed amount.
NextFloor, which has produced titles like Dragon F…
At least a dozen companies and government agencies have been targeted and thousands more are exposed to data breaches by hackers exploiting old security flaws in management software, two cyber security firms said in a study published on We…
A legal challenge against the use of automatic facial recognition technology by police has been launched by a civil liberties group.
Automatic Facial Recognition uses CCTV or surveillance cameras to record and compare facial characteris…
Xiaomi gave Google’s well-intentioned but somewhat-stalled Android One project a major boost last year when it unveiled its first device under the program, Mi A1. That’s now joined by not one but two sequel devices, after the Chinese p…
Bitcoin rose above $8,300 on Tuesday to its highest level in two months, prompted by recent reports about impending approval in the United States for a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund, which have helped bolster demand in recent session…
Ebay announced this morning it will begin accepting Apple Pay on its marketplace starting this fall, and has also teamed up with Square Capital on seller financing. The changes come following eBay’s further distancing from longtime partner…
Security warnings will pop up on the Daily Mail website today if visitors are using the latest version of Google's Chrome browser.
It is one of many sites the browser will flag because they do not use HTTPS - the secure version of …
Facebook has set up a subsidiary in China with registered capital of $30 million, according to an official business registration, hinting that the U.S. firm may be ramping up its presence in the restrictive market where its social media si…
Snapcash ended up as a way to pay adult performers for private content over Snapchat, not just a way to split bills with friends. But Snapchat will abandon the peer-to-peer payment space on August 30th. Code buried in Snapchat’s Android ap…
Facebook said on Monday it would double its presence in London, acquiring nearly 600,000 square feet (56,000 square meters) of office space across two buildings in King’s Cross - enough for more than 6,000 workstations.
The social netwo…
European finance leaders called for progress on global rules to tax the digital economy at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Argentina on Sunday, putting them at odds with U.S. counterparts.
The final communique …
An Uber and Lyft driver who broadcast videos of his passengers online has been suspended from both car-sharing services.
Jason Gargac live-streamed passengers' journeys on video-sharing site Twitch, where viewers would comment on their …
Apple Business Chat, Apple’s new platform for allowing companies and brands to communicate with customers over iMessage, is expanding. In addition to Dish becoming the first TV provider to support Business Chat, Apple says it has also add…
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