Facebook adds Snapchat-like camera filters to Instagram
Facebook’s Instagram has souped up its camera tool with quirky face-tracking filters, adding another feature similar to that offered by social media rival Snap’s Snapchat.
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Robotex competition comes to Cyprus
The Robotex17 competition, being organised for the first time in Cyprus this year, hopes to highlight the importance of the island keeping up with technological
China hit by cyber virus, Europe warns of more attacks (Update 2)
The WannaCry “ransomware” cyber attack hobbled Chinese traffic police and schools on Monday as it rolled into Asia for the new work week, while authorities
Businesses brace for Monday as ransomware threat lingers
Technical staff scrambled on Sunday to patch computers and restore infected ones, amid fears that the ransomware worm that stopped car factories, hospitals, shops and
Global cyber attack slows but experts see risk of fresh strikes
A global cyber attack described as unprecedented in scale forced a major European automaker to halt some production lines while hitting schools in China and
Cyber attack pushes French news sites offline
Several French news companies, including Le Monde and Le Figaro, said their websites went temporarily offline on Wednesday because a company that helps speed delivery
Amazon trounces rivals in battle of the shopping ‘bots’
Earlier this year, engineers at Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) who track rivals’ prices online got a rude surprise: the technology they were using to check
Facebook warns of fake news danger ahead of British election
Facebook has launched a British newspaper advertising campaign to warn users of the dangers of fake news, in the latest drive by the social media
Facebook growth fuelled by mobile ads
Facebook’s strong mobile advertising business helped the social network beat expectations on both the top and the bottom line in the first quarter of 2017.
Facebook to add 3000 moderators after video killings
Facebook will hire 3,000 more people over the next year to respond to reports of inappropriate material on the social media network and speed up the
Three teams chosen for Nasa Space Apps challenge
Three teams were selected to represent Cyprus at the final stage of the Nasa International Space Apps Challenge during a competition over the weekend at
Nintendo Switch launch on par with its predecessors
Nintendo’s new video game console, the Switch, is off to a decent start. Between its release on March 3 and the end of the first
Facebook to act against ‘information operations’ using false accounts
Facebook acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures it
Twitter posts strong user growth, shares soar
By Angela Moon and Rishika Sadam Shares of Twitter Inc soared in premarket trade on Wednesday after the microblogging service reported better-than-expected user growth. Despite
Smartphones aren’t as ubiquitous as you may think
At a time where you can send a photo of your dinner to your grandma and seconds later receive an approving ‘thumbs up’, it is
Technology use by sex traffickers fuels privacy debate
Sex traffickers are growing more adept at using sophisticated technology to exploit people, especially tools to hide their identity and encrypt data, fanning an ongoing
EU lawmakers include Spotify and iTunes in geoblocking ban
By Julia Fioretti European Union lawmakers voted on Tuesday to ban online retailers from treating consumers differently depending on where they live and expanded their
Instagram stories blows past Snapchat
Facebook’s copycat approach to competing with Snapchat appears to be working. The company introduced several Snapchat-like features to its social platforms in the past year,
Flying car costing more than $1 million goes on show
A Slovakia-based company has unveiled the commercial design for a flying car priced at more than $1 million, saying it was ready for pre-orders with
Musk ‘on mission to link human brains with computers in 4 yrs’
Tesla Inc founder and Chief Executive Elon Musk said his latest company Neuralink Corp is working to link the human brain with a machine interface