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Amazon eyes Wi-Fi startup Eero

Eero was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San-Francisco.

12 Feb 2019 9:39 AM IST

Kuo says that the 2019 iPhones will use a different kind of antenna technology.

Apple iPhone sales fall in China

The figures in the report showed a 19.9 per cent fall in Apple's smartphone shipments in the final quarter of 2018.

12 Feb 2019 9:38 AM IST

In his second annual State of the Union address, Trump said he has accelerated Americas negotiations to reach a political settlement in Afghanistan (Photo:Twitter)

Trump administration unveils order to prioritize and promote AI

AI and deep machine learning raise ethical concerns about control, privacy, cybersecurity.

12 Feb 2019 9:37 AM IST

Huawei, the biggest global supplier of network gear used by phone and internet companies, has been the target of deepening US security concerns. (Photo: AP)

Huawei presence complicates partnership with US: Pompeo warns allies

Washington is concerned in particular about the expansion of Huawei in Hungary and Poland.

12 Feb 2019 9:36 AM IST

Snopes, which started its online fact-checking since 1994, entered into a partnership with Facebook in 2016 to curb the issue of misinformation that is rampant on the platform. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook encryption case: US judge keeps documents secret

End-to-end encryption means that only the two parties in the conversation have access to it.

12 Feb 2019 9:35 AM IST

While Fortnite players had previously been targeted by scams that deceived them into logging into fake websites that promised to generate Fortnites V-Buck in-game currency, these new vulnerabilities could have been exploited without the player handing over any login details.

10 million gamers in three days: Fortnite

Videogame review website Eurogamer said it had taken Fortnite about two weeks to hit the 10-million-player mark.

12 Feb 2019 9:34 AM IST

Airbnb is hugely popular in The Netherlands, attracting 1.4 million guests to the country in 2016. (Photo: AFP)

Paris sues Airbnb for running illegal rental ads

The company is accused of running over 1000 illegal ads, each inviting a fine of 12,500 euros.

11 Feb 2019 6:34 PM IST

He calls Ai-Da - named after British mathematician and computer pioneer Ada Lovelace - the worlds first AI ultra-realistic robot artist , and his ambition is for her to perform like her human equivalents. (Representational Photo: Engineered Arts)

The new Picasso? Meet Ai-Da the robot artist

Her skeletal robotic head may stand disembodied on a workbench, but her movements are very much alive.

11 Feb 2019 11:56 AM IST

The call for changes was backed by the British government after the family of 14-year-old Molly Russell found material related to depression and suicide on her Instagram account after her death in 2017.

Instagram changes rules on self-harm postings after suicide

Instagram is also removing non-graphic images of self-harm from searches.

11 Feb 2019 11:24 AM IST

The RIA Novosti news agency quoted Roskomnadzor as saying it has established a constructive dialogue with Google.

Russian authorities make deal with Google

Google has reached an agreement with the Russian state media oversight agency to regularly receive updated lists of...

11 Feb 2019 11:17 AM IST

Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos

For Amazon, it is business as usual despite CEO scandal

Jeff Bezos is accusing The National Enquirer in a blog post of trying to blackmail him by threatening to release more...

11 Feb 2019 11:12 AM IST

In a recent announcement, Twitter has said that its changing the way it counts emojis so that theyre all counted equally, as two characters.

230 new emoji are coming to your devices this year

The new emoji will start showing up on mobile devices later this year in September or October.

11 Feb 2019 11:03 AM IST