Category: Tech

Sun 08 March 2020: A survey found that nearly half of UK businesses are planning to invest in chargeable cars and vans in advance of the government’s ban on sales of new internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035. The Treasury is expected to accelerate the trend in this week’s budget by signalling an end to a decade […]

Thu 05 March 2020: (AFP) US officials on Wednesday stepped up warnings about the potential security risks from the fast-growing, Chinese-owned TikTok as a lawmaker unveiled legislation to ban the social media app from government devices. At a Senate hearing, officials from the FBI, the Justice Department and Homeland Security said the video-sharing app could […]

Tue 03 March 2020: (REUTERS) Apple Inc. has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched new models, to induce owners to buy replacement phones or batteries. The preliminary proposed class-action settlement was disclosed Friday night and requires approval by U.S. District […]

Thu 27 February 2020: (AFP) Tech giants including Google are free to censor content as they wish, a US court ruled Wednesday, in a landmark freedom-of-speech case concerning private internet platforms. The decision by San Francisco’s Ninth Circuit appeals court rejected a conservative news outlet’s claims that YouTube had breached the First Amendment by censoring […]

Wed 26 February 2020: (REUTERS) Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would ban advertisements referring to any cures or prevention around the coronavirus outbreak, and those that create a sense of urgency around the situation. The coronavirus disease, believed to have originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, has killed more than […]

Tue 25 February 2020: (REUTERS) Huawei unveiled an upgrade to its folding smartphone on Monday, with a more robust and higher quality display that it hopes will persuade consumers to switch to the new design. The new Mate XS comes a year after the Chinese tech giant showed off its first folding phone, which had […]

Mon 24 February 2020: Everyone knows enough about deepfake videos to find them either creepy or entertaining, but few people know the impressive tech behind them. As coverage of deepfake technology becomes more prevalent, it’s reasonable to wonder how these videos even work. Advancements in motion capturing and facial recognition over the past decade have been staggering […]

Fri 21 February 2020: (REUTERS)Moscow is using facial recognition technology to ensure people ordered to remain at home or at their hotels under coronavirus quarantine do so, the mayor of the Russian capital said on Friday. Russia has temporarily barred Chinese nationals from entering the country to curb the spread of the virus, but has […]

Tue 18 February 2020: A team of biomedical engineer has developed a “bio-ink” that can be used in making 3D printed scaffolds for growing human tissues to repair or replace damaged ones in the body. According to the Science Daily website, engineers at the New Jersey-based Rutgers University have used versions of hyaluronic acid and […]