Ethiopia Blocks Mobile Internet
Mobile internet access in Ethiopia has been blocked by the government – but officials are refusing to say why. It was reported last year that the country banned access to social media sites after...
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China, Europe Take Lead On Climate As World Waits On Trump
China and Europe took the lead Thursday on forging on with the Paris climate accord, as fears grew US President Donald Trump would pull Washington out of the landmark deal. After a day of rumours...
Secretive Global Group Gathers In US To Mull Trump Era
A secretive group of global power brokers including elder statesman Henry Kissinger and NATO secretary Jens Stoltenberg will gather to debate Donald Trump's presidency. The Bilderberg meeting in...
Uber Head of Finance Leaving As Company Narrows Losses
Uber confirmed Wednesday that the company's head of finance is leaving, just after the on-demand ride service trimmed its quarterly loss to $708 million on rising revenue. Gautam Gupta will depart...
Secretive Global Group Gathers In US To Mull Trump Era
A secretive group of global power brokers including politicians, bankers, business titans and European royalty gather behind closed doors starting Thursday to debate the merits of Donald Trump's...
Uber Sacks Star Engineer Accused of Spying On Google
Uber has sacked the man at the centre of an ongoing legal scandal in which Google has accused the taxi-hailing company of corporate espionage. Anthony Levandowski is a former Google engineer – and...
Android Creator Launches Own Smartphone
Andy Rubin, one the creators of Google’s Android software, has launched his own high-end smartphone. Mr Rubin left Google in 2014 to create Playground, a technology investment company. Essential is...
Trump Cryptic Tweet ‘covfefe’ Trending On Twitter
Not for the first time, a Donald Trump tweet has lit up the internet. But this time, users the world over have been left scratching their heads over "covfefe": a bizarre word apparently created by...
Uber Fires Engineer At Center of Trade Secret Suit
Uber on Tuesday confirmed that it has fired an engineer accused in a trade secrets suit involving files he purportedly purloined from Alphabet's self-driving car unit Waymo. The firing of Anthony...
Android Software Creator Unveils ‘Essential’ Phone
A creator of the Android software powering most of the world's smartphones stepped into the competitive hardware market on Tuesday with a new handset called Essential. Andy Rubin said in an online...
Amazon Shares Rise Above $1,000 For the First Time
Shares of Amazon surged above $1,000 for the first time Tuesday, marking another milestone in the rise of the American online retail giant. Near 14:10 GMT, the company's shares were selling at...
India’s Ethical Hackers Rewarded Abroad, Ignored At Home
Kanishk Sajnani did not receive so much as a thank you from a major Indian airline when he contacted them with alarming news -- he had hacked their website and could book flights anywhere in the...
Google Linking Online and Offline Worlds In New Ad Challenge
Google is testing a way to tie online ads to brick-and-mortar store purchases, a move whetting marketing appetites while fueling privacy worries. A product called "Google Attribution" was unveiled at...
Google’s AlphaGo Retires On Top After Humbling World No. 1
The Google-owned computer algorithm AlphaGo is retiring from playing humans in the ancient Chinese game of Go after roundly defeating the world's top player this week, its developer said Saturday....
Film Hack Threat Was A Hoax
You may remember Disney’s boss revealing that hackers had threatened to leak one of the studio’s new films unless it paid a ransom. Bob Iger didn’t name the film, but it was thought to be...
Google AI Defeats Human Go Champion
Google’s DeepMind AlphaGo artificial intelligence has defeated the world’s number one Go player Ke Jie. AlphaGo secured the victory after winning the second game in a three-part match. DeepMind...
Chinese Fans Trash Blackout As Google AI Wins Again
Chinese netizens fumed Thursday over a government ban on live coverage of Google algorithm AlphaGo's battle with the world's top Go player, as the programme clinched their three-match series in the...
Chinese Tech Firm LeEco Reverses Course In US, Cuts 325 Jobs
Cash-strapped Chinese tech firm LeEco on Wednesday confirmed that it is throttling back plans to invade the US market, cutting 325 jobs months after announcing a major expansion. The layoffs were...
North Korea Can Fire Its Ballistic Missile From ANYWHERE, Images Show
North Korea's latest missile launch showed that the county's military is able to operate weapons from anywhere in the country, not just from a fixed position, satellite images have shown. The testing...
Ford Shakeup Underscores Detroit’s Tech Dilemmas
Ford's decision to oust its CEO is the latest sign of how Silicon Valley technology firms are shaking the foundation of the American auto industry. The removal of Mark Fields after just three years...