One of the questions we’re asked most often is how we decide what’s allowed on Facebook (Facebook.com). These decisions are among the most important we make because they’re central to ensuring that Facebook is both a safe place and a place…
Millions of electronic door locks fitted to hotel rooms worldwide have been found to be vulnerable to a hack.
Researchers say flaws they found in the equipment's software meant they could create "master keys" that opened the rooms witho…
Google is to replace the gun emoji with a water pistol on its Android operating system, bringing it in line with Apple, Samsung and Twitter.
Apple led the way in 2016 in the wake of a series of shootings in the US.
It was criticised …
Two weeks ago TechCrunch called on Instagram to build an equivalent to Facebook’s “Download Your Information feature so if you wanted to leave for another photo sharing network, you could. The next day it announced this tool would be com…
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone maker tipped for a public listing this year, has made a unique pledge: if it makes too much money, it’ll give a chunk of its profits back to its customers.
Yes, that’s right.
The company said today i…
Popular messaging service WhatsApp is banning under-16s from using its platform in the European Union.
Users must currently be at least 13, but the firm is changing the rules ahead of the introduction of new EU data privacy regulations …
Google's email service is adding the option to allow messages to become inaccessible after a set time as it prepares for tougher data privacy laws.
A new "confidential mode" can also be used to stop recipients being easily able to forwa…
Careem, the Middle East ride-hailing app, said on Tuesday it would appeal after a Jordanian court banned its services in the capital Amman.
Jordan’s telecommunications regulator said in a statement on its website that the app was blocke…
The BBC has broadcast a live event in 4K resolution and high dynamic range (HDR) colour for the first time.
Its iPlayer service streamed a full rugby match on Sunday, which was made available to the public but not promoted in advance.
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Lenovo Group Ltd is looking to make smart wearables in India and raise its share of the local market by three-fold, in a plan that will help boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheme to promote the country an electronics manufacturing hu…
Hackers have used ransomware to take the website of Ukraine's energy ministry offline and encrypt its files.
The website currently contains a message written in English, demanding a ransom of 0.1 bitcoin - worth $927.86 (£664.98) by tod…
Facebook has considered profiling its users' personalities and using the information to target adverts.
A patent filed by the social network describes how personality characteristics, including emotional stability, could be determined f…
The nomination recognizes the innovation and originality of using NFV for an all-in-one carrier-grade WiFi offload and monetization solution
The solution has been deployed across South America by both telecommunication companies and b…
Iran's central bank has banned other banks from dealing in crypto-currencies, over concerns the technology could be used illegally.
It said Bitcoin could be "turned into a means for money-laundering and financing terrorism" and "a means…
Social media firms are being threatened with new laws if they don't do more to protect children online.
In a letter to companies including Facebook and Google, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt accuses them of "turning a blind eye" to their …
Careem, Uber’s main ride-hailing app rival in the Middle East, was hit by a cyber attack that compromised the data of 14 million users, it said on Monday.
The company learned of the breach, in which access was gained to a computer syste…
Netflix Inc said on Monday it planned to raise $1.5 billion in debt, the second time the company is tapping the debt market in less than a year to fuel a rapid expansion in original content.
The video streaming pioneer, which raised $1.…
China is looking to catch up with rivals like the United States and Germany in high-end technology, making a major push with a “Made in China 2025” strategy that identifies 10 key sectors, including robotics, aerospace and clean-energy car…
Ebay is rolling out an app update designed to make it easier to list items for sale on its online marketplace. Instead of filling out detailed forms on your mobile phone’s small screen, you can now scan the barcode on the item in questi…
The VP’s focus with this project is to accelerate the digitization of the Ghanaian economy and move Ghana beyond aid dependence
GE (NYSE: GE) (www.GE.com), the world’s premier Digital Industrial Company, recently joined a delegation to …
It seems there are few jobs robots can't do these days, even the most delicate jobs, like picking asparagus or potting plant seedlings. But they're only needed because humans can't - or won't - do the work, farmers say.
Marc Vermeer had…
Twitter Inc said on Friday that it has banned ads from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, saying the cyber-security company’s business model conflicts with advertising rules and citing U.S. government claims that Kaspersky has ties to Russian int…
Facebook users in Europe are reporting that the company has started giving them the option to turn on its controversial facial recognition technology.
Jimmy Nsubuga, a journalist at Metro, is among several European Facebook users who …
Trading activity on cryptocurrency exchanges has halved from its December peak, industry data shows, as retail interest in the virtual coins declines and the prices of many remain far below their recent highs.
Average daily traded volum…
When Apple launched its new App Store in iOS 11 back in September, it aimed to offer app developers better exposure, as well as a better app discovery experience for consumers. A new study from Sensor Tower out today takes a look at how we…
Google has started the global roll-out of its new Chat messaging service, which is designed to replace SMS text messages on Android phones.
Chat has features such as group texts, videos, typing indicators and read receipts, which are no…
Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing on Monday began offering its service in the Mexican city of Toluca, the company said, setting up a potentially costly battle with rival Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] in a key Latin American market.
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A minister who has claimed that the internet was invented thousands of years ago by ancient Indians is being met with ridicule.
Biplab Deb, who is the chief minister of the north-eastern state of Tripura, made the comments at a public f…
Global diamond giant De Beers is rolling out an app to help small-scale, artisanal diamond miners in Sierra Leone certify that gems they pry from the soil are legal, the Anglo American unit said on Thursday.
The initiative is the latest…
Alibaba is investing $320 million in Thailand as the e-commerce giant aims to tap Chinese consumers’ appetite for the Southeast nation’s agricultural goods and for its tourism market amid growing competition from rivals.
China’s biggest…
Investors are warming to beleaguered mobile network makers Ericsson and Nokia as they begin to recover ahead of a once-a-decade uplift from a new business cycle and an unexpected boost from a U.S. ban on exports to low-cost Chinese rival Z…
TalkTalk has again been named the most complained-about broadband company in the UK, in the latest report from the telecoms regulator Ofcom.
For every 100,000 TalkTalk customers, about 31 made a complaint to Ofcom about the company's br…
Facebook has changed its terms of service, meaning 1.5 billion members will not be protected under tough new privacy protections coming to Europe.
The move comes as the firm faces a series of questions from lawmakers and regulators arou…
Chinese smartphone maker ZTE Corp’s U.S. woes deepened on Tuesday, as regulators proposed new rules that could cut into its sales, while a supply ban means it may not be able to use Android software in its devices, according to a source.
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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…
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