US Court Rejects Drone Registry
A US appeals court struck down a ruling Friday aimed at forcing drone owners to register their tiny aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA had introduced the ruling with the aim...
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Uber Extends On-Demand Service To Trucking
Uber is expanding into a new field with a version of its on-demand ride application that lets truckers book cargo hauls with simple taps on smartphones. Uber Freight rolling out in the US was touted...
US Agency Votes To Roll Back Broadband ‘neutrality’ Rules
US regulators voted Thursday to scrap a 2015 order aimed at forcing broadband firms to treat all online traffic equally, in the latest turn of the politically charged "net neutrality" debate. The...
GE Appliances To Get Google Voice Control Option
GE Appliances announced a deal with Google Wednesday enabling the US tech giant's voice control home hub to be used for cooking, cleaning and other functions. The deal enables GE's "Geneva" to...
Who’s To Blame For Ransomware Outbreak?
Questions are swirling over who is responsible for the security flaws exploited by hackers in the world's biggest ransomware attack to date, which crippled thousands of businesses and public...
Judge Curbs Uber Engineer In Trade Secrets Case
A judge on Monday has ordered an Uber engineer at the center of a self-driving car trade secrets suit sidelined and files taken from Alphabet-owned Waymo returned. A partial injunction issued by US...
Ransomware Hits ‘hundreds of Thousands’ of China PCs
"Hundreds of thousands" of Chinese computers at nearly 30,000 institutions including government agencies have been hit by the global ransomware attack, a leading Chinese security-software provider...
Unprecedented Cyberattacks Wreak Global Havoc
Cyber security experts rushed to restore systems on Saturday after an unprecedented global wave of cyberattacks that struck targets ranging from Russia's banks to British hospitals and a French...
Fast-Moving Cyberattacks Wreak Havoc Worldwide
A fast-moving wave of cyberattacks swept the globe Friday, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency. The attacks -- which experts said affected...
We Are Not A Taxi Company – Uber Clarifies
Uber is not a transport company but a technology corporation that connects riders to drivers on an online platform, General Manger of Uber Sub-Saharan Africa, Alon Lits has expounded. According to...
Judge Seeks Criminal Review of Uber-Alphabet Dispute
A federal judge has asked for a criminal justice review in the case brought by Alphabet self-driving car unit Waymo accusing Uber of stealing its technology. Judge William Alsup, in an order posted...
UK Virtual Reality Firm Improbable Raises $500m
A London-based virtual reality firm has raised $500m (£388m) in one of the biggest investments in an early stage European technology business. Japan's Softbank is backing Improbable in a funding...
Uber To Extend Services To Kumasi By September 2017
Kumasi, arguably the second busiest City after the country’s capital, Accra stands to benefit from Uber services by close of the third quarter, this year, this is according to General Manger of...
Sir James Dyson Wins Vacuum Cleaners Appeal At European Court
In 2015, he lost a major legal battle in his bid to prove the tests gave misleading higher efficiency ratings to rivals' appliances. This successful appeal against that ruling will see the claim sent...
Snapchat Shares Slide As Growth Slows
Shares in Snapchat’s owner have sunk after it reported disappointing growth in the first three months of the year. In its first results since floating, Snap said the number of daily active users...
Microsoft Aims To Make Artificial Intelligence Mainstream
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled new tools intended to democratize artificial intelligence by enabling machine smarts to be built into software from smartphone games to factory floors. The US...
Microsoft Aims To Make Artificial Intelligence Mainstream
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled new tools intended to democratize artificial intelligence by enabling machine smarts to be built into software from smartphone games to factory floors. Improving...
Microsoft Aims To Make Artificial Intelligence Mainstream
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled new tools intended to democratize artificial intelligence by enabling machine smarts to be built into software from smartphone games to factory floors. Improving...
Busy’s ‘3 Paddies’ Offer To Ramp Up Customer Base
LTE provider of the Year, Busy Ghana’s relaunch last month has seen it announce a range of innovative products for both existing and new customers. One of these is the “3 paddies” product...
Telcos Ditch 4G Spectrum Over High Cost
Citi Business News has gathered that the second 4G spectrum being sold by government may never be acquired by the telecom operators in the country. Discussions with operators in the telecom industry...