J&J latest to suspend ads from YouTube over offensive videos
U.S. healthcare conglomerate Johnson & Johnson became the latest company to suspend all digital advertising on Google’s YouTube, over concerns that its ads may have...
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Has the iPad become a sideshow act?
Apple quietly announced a new iPad today. The new 9.7-inch device will replace the iPad Air 2 and complete the company’s tablet lineup next to...
Apple unveils updated iPad with lowest-ever price
Apple Inc unveiled an updated version of its iPad tablet with a brighter screen on Tuesday, available to order from Friday and with a $329...
Google to revamp policies, hire staff after UK ad scandal
Google vowed on Tuesday to police its websites better by ramping up staff numbers and overhauling its policies after several companies deserted the internet giant...
Will Apple’s China woes continue in 2017?
Last week, Apple announced plans to set up two new research centers in China, in a bid to strengthen its position in what has become...
Google apologises to ad clients for YouTube content fiasco
Google apologised on Monday for allowing ads to appear alongside offensive videos on YouTube as more high-profile firms such as Marks & Spencer and HSBC...
EU authorities demand changes from Facebook, Google, Twitter
Social media companies Facebook, Alphabet and Twitter will have to amend their terms of service for European users within a month or face the risk...
The global top 10 android apps
The top ten Android apps in the world last month had a combined download figure of over 300 million. According to Priori Data, at the...
Facebook bars developers from using data for surveillance
Facebook Inc barred software developers earlier this week from using the massive social network’s data to create surveillance tools, closing off a process that had...
Fossils from 1.6 billion years ago may be oldest-known plants
Fossils unearthed in India that are 1.6 billion years old and look like red algae may represent the earliest-known plants, a discovery that could force...
Germany plans to fine social media sites over hate speech
Germany’s Justice Minister on Tuesday put forward a new draft law calling for social networks like Facebook to remove slanderous or threatening online postings quickly...
Intel to buy Israeli technology firm Mobileye for $15 bln
U.S. chipmaker Intel agreed to buy driverless technology firm Mobileye for $15.3 billion on Monday, positioning itself for a dominant role in the autonomous-driving sector...
Japan’s decluttering guru Kondo now has an app for tidying up
The newest tool for internationally acclaimed organizing guru Marie Kondo in her global battle against messy rooms is an app. “My goal is to have...
Apple’s Siri learns Shanghainese as voice assistants race to cover languages
By Stephen Nellis With the broad release of Google Assistant last week, the voice-assistant wars are in full swing, with Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft...
Wikileaks’ CIA hacking dump sends tech firms scrambling for fixes
Tech companies must rapidly step up information sharing to protect users from prying eyes, a security software executive said on Wednesday after WikiLeaks released a...
Spotify sets the pace for Apple Music
When Apple launched Apple Music in June 2015, many people thought it would be a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ Apple would catch up...
Samsung’s mobile business still lagging behind Apple’s
Samsung will unveil its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, at a special event in New York on March 29. Any remaining hopes of a...
Arctic sea ice may vanish even if world achieves climate goal – study
Arctic sea ice may vanish in summers this century even if governments achieve a core target for limiting global warming set by almost 200 nations...
Work on brain’s reward system wins scientists a million euro reward
Three neuroscientists won the world’s most valuable prize for brain research on Monday for pioneering work on the brain’s reward pathways – a system that...
Scientists create first artificial mouse ’embryo’ from stem cells
Scientists in Britain have for the first time created a structure that resembles a mouse embryo using a 3D scaffold and two types of stem...
