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Google complies with Getty Images, drops ‘view image’

Google complies with Getty Images, drops ‘view image’

-- 2018-02-17 18:14:25

Google has made it more difficult for people to save pictures from its image search product, as part of a "peace deal" with photo library Getty Images. In 2017, Getty Images complained to the Europea...

Facebook faces challenge over future US election meddling

Facebook faces challenge over future US election meddling

-- 2018-02-17 11:09:22

The Russian influence operation designed to tamper with the 2016 US presidential election used a combination of old-school espionage tactics and 21st-century technologies that will not be easy to stop...

Country's digital infrastructure boasts tier-4 data centre

Country's digital infrastructure boasts tier-4 data centre

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2018-02-17 10:41:54

Bangladesh's digital capability is taking a boost powered by a latest data centre, with a US institute endorsing its design and a Chinese bank bankrolling the scheme. The new National Data Centre, sa...

'100,000 orangutans' killed in 16 years

'100,000 orangutans' killed in 16 years

-- 2018-02-16 19:05:07

More than 100,000 Critically Endangered orangutans have been killed in Borneo since 1999, research has revealed. Scientists who carried out a 16-year survey on the island described the figure as "min...

Robust growth gives Google's app network massive boost

Robust growth gives Google's app network massive boost

-- 2018-02-15 13:42:41

Search engine giant Google has been netting ‘huge profit’ through its dynamic network of advertisements that show up in more smartphone apps than any other technology company. That is the...

YouTube, Instagram face ban in Russia

YouTube, Instagram face ban in Russia

-- 2018-02-15 11:41:17

YouTube and Instagram face being blocked by Russian internet service providers as a result of a standoff between one of the country's richest businessmen and an opposition leader. Russia's internet c...

Mars on Earth: Scientists conduct simulation tests in Oman’s desert

Mars on Earth: Scientists conduct simulation tests in Oman’s desert

-- 2018-02-14 17:40:22

Two scientists in spacesuits, stark white against the auburn terrain of desolate plains and dunes, test a geo-radar built to map Mars by dragging the flat box across the rocky sand. When the geo-rada...

Google to introduce system that would automatically update emails

Google to introduce system that would automatically update emails

-- 2018-02-14 11:58:12

Gmail is about to get dynamic. Alphabet Inc’s Google plans to demonstrate a software programming system that would enable emails to feature continuously updating information and greater interact...

Symphony rolls out 4G-enabled ‘Symphony P11’

Symphony rolls out 4G-enabled ‘Symphony P11’

-- 2018-02-13 18:48:13

Mobile phone maker Symphony launched ‘Symphony P11’ -- a 4G-enabled smartphone -- on the local market recently.  The handset sports a 5.7-inch 2.5 HD+ display, 64-bit quad core proce...

Appier demonstrates breakthrough in AI creativity

Appier demonstrates breakthrough in AI creativity

-- 2018-02-13 13:42:51

Appier, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, demonstrated pioneering research that showcased AI’s ability to be creative at the 32nd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-1...

UK introduces ‘extremism blocking tool’

UK introduces ‘extremism blocking tool’

-- 2018-02-13 12:57:31

The government has unveiled a tool it says can accurately detect jihadist content and block it from being viewed. Home Secretary Amber Rudd told the BBC she would not rule out forcing technology comp...

Facebook use of personal data ‘illegal’

Facebook use of personal data ‘illegal’

-- 2018-02-13 11:56:30

A German consumer rights group said that a court had found Facebook’s use of personal data to be illegal because the US social media platform did not adequately secure the informed consent of it...

Future-proof tech policies key to Asia  Pacific harnessing future of work

Future-proof tech policies key to Asia Pacific harnessing future of work

-- 2018-02-12 19:54:57

Future-proof technology policies are key to the Asia Pacific region harnessing the future of work, says the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA). According to a release of Media OutReach, releasin...

ACCA stresses future-proof tech policy for Asia Pacific

ACCA stresses future-proof tech policy for Asia Pacific

FE Online Report 2018-02-12 14:54:59

Future-proof technology policies are the key to the Asia Pacific region harnessing the future of work, says Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA). Releasing an industry statement on the future of...

Malware hits over 4,200 govt sites of US, UK

Malware hits over 4,200 govt sites of US, UK

-- 2018-02-12 12:51:22

Thousands of websites, including ones run by US and UK government agencies, were infected for several hours on Sunday with code that causes web browsers to secretly mine digital currencies. More than...

Nvidia responds to gamers’ woes, de-prioritises cryptominers

Nvidia responds to gamers’ woes, de-prioritises cryptominers

-- 2018-02-11 19:06:18

Nvidia’s most loyal customers, — pc gamers — are feeling the pressure as cryptominers buy up every graphics card they can find, driving card prices through the roof. That’s no...

NASA giving finishing touch on atomic clock

NASA giving finishing touch on atomic clock

-- 2018-02-11 12:11:55

For 20 years, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has been perfecting the Deep Space Atomic Clock (DSAC), an instrument perfect for deep space...

India fines Google $21.1m

India fines Google $21.1m

-- 2018-02-10 13:03:19

Google has been fined 1.36 billion rupees (£15.2 million; $21.2 million) by India's competition regulator for abusing its dominance in the country. Users searching flight details were directed...

Uber, Waymo reach settlement on self-driving

Uber, Waymo reach settlement on self-driving

-- 2018-02-10 11:24:00

Uber and Waymo have reached a settlement over claims Uber stole trade secrets from the self-driving company. As part of the agreement, Uber is giving a 0.34 per cent Uber stake to Waymo, worth approx...

Facebook launches 'downvote' button on pilot basis

Facebook launches 'downvote' button on pilot basis

-- 2018-02-10 11:15:19

Facebook is testing a new "downvote" button that will let people hide comments and provide feedback about them. However, the social network denied that the new feature was a "dislike" button, which m...

Hackers steal mobile data on 0.8m Swiss users

Hackers steal mobile data on 0.8m Swiss users

-- 2018-02-08 12:12:44

A Swiss mobile phone operator says its data systems were breached late last year and the contact details of about 800,000 customers were compromised. Swisscom said Wednesday that the names, addresses...

Huawei opens campaign to express love

Huawei opens campaign to express love

-- 2018-02-07 16:42:56

Huawei has launched a campaign named 'Express Your Love' for the upcoming Valentine's Day. The campaign is decorated on the idea of expressing the love with dear ones. Lucky winners will get the chan...

Apple sees 'strong demand' for iPhone battery replacement

Apple sees 'strong demand' for iPhone battery replacement

-- 2018-02-07 12:40:46

Apple Inc has seen “strong demand” for replacement iPhone batteries and may offer rebates for consumers who paid full price for new batteries, the company said in a letter to US lawmakers...

Elon Musk's rocket launches successfully

Elon Musk's rocket launches successfully

-- 2018-02-07 10:20:38

US entrepreneur Elon Musk has launched his new rocket, the Falcon Heavy, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mammoth vehicle - the most powerful since the shuttle system - lifted clear of i...

World's most powerful rocket set for launch

World's most powerful rocket set for launch

-- 2018-02-06 14:37:53

US entrepreneur Elon Musk will attempt to fly the world's most powerful rocket later from the Kennedy Space Center. His Falcon Heavy vehicle is designed to have more than twice the lifting capacity o...

Intel to become Apple’s chip supplier

Intel to become Apple’s chip supplier

-- 2018-02-06 11:20:13

As legal action between Apple and Qualcomm intensifies with billions of dollars at stake, a report on Monday claimed that the iPhone maker will use Intel baseband chips for its devices in 2018. Accor...

Facebook introduces Friends Awards, personalised video

Facebook introduces Friends Awards, personalised video

-- 2018-02-05 11:53:10

Facebook is celebrating ‘Friends’ Day’ with a set of new features for its users on the social networking platform. The social networking giant has introduced Friends Awards which wi...

Scientists spot planets beyond Milky Way

Scientists spot planets beyond Milky Way

-- 2018-02-04 12:02:32

A University of Oklahoma astrophysics team has discovered a population of planets beyond the Milky Way galaxy. Using microlensing -- an astronomical phenomenon and the only known method capable of di...

WhatsApp hits 1.5 billion monthly active users

WhatsApp hits 1.5 billion monthly active users

-- 2018-02-03 10:49:19

WhatsApp now has 1.5 billion monthly active users (MAUs) who are exchanging nearly 60 billion messages in a single day, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday. In an earnings call after a...

Apple removes messaging app Telegram from store

Apple removes messaging app Telegram from store

-- 2018-02-02 15:25:35

Telegram's official app has been removed from Apple's App Store. It had been removed because it had made "inappropriate content" available to users, founder Pavel Durov said. "Once we have protectio...