Facebook restricts Live feature, citing New Zealand shooting
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it was tightening rules around its livestreaming feature ahead of a meeting of world
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Israel regulator warns of medical cannabis bubble
Medical cannabis could become an investment bubble in Israel, the country’s market regulator warned, as cash floods into a rapidly-expanding industry where few companies yet
WhatsApp urges users to upgrade app after report of spyware attack
Facebook’s WhatsApp on Tuesday urged users to upgrade to the latest version of its popular messaging app following a report that users could be vulnerable
EU caps cross-border calls at 19 cents/min starting May 15
Phone calls made from one EU country to another EU country will be capped at 19 euro cents per minute effective May 15, the European
Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders, replace jobs
Amazon.com Inc is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders. The company started adding technology
FB co-founder says it is time to break up the company
Facebook Inc co-founder and former Mark Zuckerberg roommate Chris Hughes has called for the break up of the social network in an opinion piece in the
University of Nicosia announces ‘Decentralized 2019’
Organised by the University of Nicosia, a global leader in blockchain education and research, Decentralized 2019 promises to be bigger and better than before. The
Vaping companies facing European opposition
A push by makers of electronic cigarettes to raise nicotine levels in the European Union towards their far higher American levels is running into opposition,
Scientists warn a million species at risk of extinction
Relentless pursuit of economic growth, twinned with the impact of climate change, has put an “unprecedented” one million species at risk of extinction,scientists said on Monday
Facebook bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos and other extremist figures
By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was banning Alex Jones and other controversial U.S. political personalities
Do ‘mechanical trees’ offer the cure for climate change?
By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK, April 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Dublin-based company plans to erect “mechanical trees” in the United States that will
Cyprus Institute recreates site of the Last Supper in 3-D imagery
The Institute of Cyprus and the antiquities department of Israel have created a three-dimensional representation of the Cenacle in Jerusalem, the site of the Last
WHO: one-hour screen time for under-5s
Children aged two to four should not be allowed more than one hour of “sedentary screen time” per day and infants less than one year
Trump criticises Twitter bias
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for the creation of “more, and fairer” social media companies in response to discrimination he said he has
Foldable Samsung phone launch delayed due to defective screen
By Ju-min Park SEOUL, April 23 (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is retrieving all Galaxy Fold samples distributed to reviewers to investigate reports of
Computer chip at heart of Tesla self-driving initiative (Updated)
Tesla Inc unveiled on Monday technical details on the computer chip at the center of its self-driving strategy as Chief Executive Elon Musk tries to
Seizing opportunities in the digital era
By Evgenios Evgeniou According to PwC’s Global CEO Survey, technology is playing a leading role in today’s business world, leaving its own distinct mark.
China draws up tighter rules on human gene and embryo trials
China’s top legislature will consider tougher rules on research involving human genes and embryos, the first such move since a Chinese scientist sparked controversy last
Switzerland to monitor potential health risks posed by 5G networks
Switzerland will introduce a monitoring system to assuage concerns about the potential health impact of fifth-generation (5G) mobile frequency emissions and smooth the cutting-edge technology’s
Facebook, Instagram down for some users
Facebook Inc’s social networking site and Instagram became inaccessible to some users across the world on Sunday, according to Downdetector.com, a website which monitors outages.
