Technology
Facial recognition becomes opt-in feature at Facebook
San Francisco - Facebook on Tuesday said facial recognition technology applied to photos at the social network will be an opt-in feature.
The change that began rolling out to users around the world came as the leading social network…
Telegram secretly plans ‘Gram’ cryptocurrency
Working in secrecy for a year, the Telegram messaging service has a plan: to beat Facebook in the race to launch a cryptocurrency with its new project "Gram".
Little is known about Gram, but media reports say Russian-founded Telegram…
Samsung’s water-resistant phone ads are misleading: Australian regulator
Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Australian unit for allegedly misleading consumers by promoting water-resistant Galaxy smartphones as suitable to use in swimming pools and the surf.
Google to spend further 1 billion euros to build Dutch data centers
AMSTERDAM - Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Monday it will invest an additional 1 billion euros ($1.14 billion) to build data centers in the Netherlands, including a new facility in Middenmeer.
The company had previously said it is…
Facebook takes aim at e-commerce with Libra cryptocurrency
Facebook plans to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra next year as part of its wider efforts to expand beyond social networking into e-commerce and global payments.
Google makes billions from news: study
Washington (AFP) - Google took in some $4.7 billion in revenue in 2018 from "crawling and scraping" news websites without paying publishers, according to an industry-sponsored study released Monday which was disputed by the tech giant and…
YouTube to ban ´hateful,´ ´supremacist´ videos
WASHINGTON: YouTube announced Wednesday it would ban videos promoting or glorifying racism and discrimination as well as those denying well-documented violent events, like the Holocaust or the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.
The…
Huawei puts Honor above Android at new smartphone launch
LONDON (Reuters) - Huawei put uncertainty over the future of its devices business to one side on Tuesday with the launch of new Honor smartphones, in a confident display of the Chinese firm’s technology.
Huawei founder says US underestimates company
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei on Tuesday shrugged off US attempts to block his company's global ambitions, saying the United States underestimates the telecom giant's strength.
Ren spoke to Chinese media days after President Donald…
Google v Huawei hits millions of smartphone users
Paris (AFP) - Hundreds of millions of smartphone users will be affected by Google's decision to sever its Android operating system ties with Chinese handset maker Huawei.
The decision, in the midst of a US trade war with China, means that…