The UK government says it is not "currently considering" copying European Union plans for a common charging cable.The EU has provisionally agreed all new portable...

The European Union on Tuesday signed a provisional agreement that mandates a uniform charging cord for smartphones and other devices across the 27-nation bloc.The move...

Elon Musk has threatened to walk away from his $44bn takeover of Twitter, accusing the social media company of "thwarting" his requests to learn more...

Digital fingerprints of a million images of child sexual abuse have been created, the Internet Watch Foundation has said.The UK charity, which is responsible for...

Two weeks ago, Elon Musk signalled Tesla was staying in the fast lane. Now, he’s tapping the brakes.The chief executive wrote in an email to...

Tesla boss Elon Musk has ordered staff to return to the office full-time, declaring that working remotely is no longer acceptable.The new policy was shared...

France's language watchdog has told government officials to use French gaming terms instead of English ones.The Académie Française says "jeu video de competition" should replace...

Google has unveiled a more diverse scale of skin tones to develop its artificial intelligence systems.The new Monk Skin Tone Scale, named after Harvard University...

SoftBank Group’s top executives saw steep cuts in their paychecks as the Japanese conglomerate marked a historic loss for its Vision Fund unit.The company’s founder...

US market authorities have asked billionaire businessman Elon Musk to explain an apparent delay in reporting his Twitter stock buys, as the agency questions the...

Twitter in the US must pay a $150m (£119m) fine after law enforcement officials accused it of illegally using users' data to help sell targeted...

Elon Musk, the co-founder and billionaire chief executive of Tesla has secured an additional $6.25 billion in equity financing for his $44bn proposed buyout of...

TikTok says it will start letting some popular accounts at the video-snippet streaming star charge subscriptions for live streams.Similar money-making tools have been added to...

The District of Columbia said on Monday that it has sued Mark Zuckerberg for his reported role in the data breach that allowed political consulting...

Amazon is testing a service that uses the company’s sprawling network of gig drivers to fetch packages from mall-based retailers and deliver them to customers.The...

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk said Tesla is on his mind “24/7" in a bid to soothe investor concerns that he is being distracted by his...

Canada says it will ban two of China's biggest telecoms equipment makers from working on its 5G phone networks.The restrictions against Huawei and ZTE were...

After Elon Musk said last month he would acquire Twitter, Finnish cryptocurrency developer Stani Kulechov jokingly tweeted that he had been selected as the social...

Netflix said it laid off about 2 per cent of its staff in a belt-tightening move after growth slowed at the once-booming streaming television service."These...

A rare Apple Computer 1 owned by a Dubai collector and signed by one of its creators is being auctioned next month, with its owner...

Elon Musk says Twitter's legal team told him on Saturday he has violated a non-disclosure agreement by revealing the social media platform's sample size for...

Elon Musk said his acquisition of Twitter for about $44 billion is temporarily on hold pending details on the amount of fake accounts on the...

Apple has put out word it is no longer making iPods, the trend-setting MP3 players that transformed how people get music and gave rise to...

Bitcoin extended its losses as it fell below $30,000 for the first time since July 2021, putting its decline from a November record high at...

Global spending on public cloud services is expected to jump 20.4 per cent annually to $495 billion this year, as businesses expedite the pace of...

Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since January on Monday as slumping equity markets continued to hurt cryptocurrencies, which are currently trading in line with...

Apple today hit back at a report from the Japanese government indicating that the company could be hit with new regulation to ensure fair competition...

Elon Musk's agreement to buy 100 per cent of Twitter and take it private has created a firestorm, raising burning questions while becoming a hot...

Twitter's board has unanimously agreed to sell the platform in its entirety to Elon Musk for a deal valued at $44 billion, the company announced...

Technology entrepreneur and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has a new title: Block Head.A regulatory disclosure Friday from digital payments company Block Inc says that...

Publicly, Elon Musk has said he doesn’t care about the economics of owning Twitter.But during a hectic, multi-day scramble to line up $46.5 billion of...

Amazon is extending the benefits of a Prime subscription to online stores beyond its own site, a move geared toward boosting revenue from merchant fees...

Buyers around the world are lining up to purchase electric vehicles this year even with sticker prices surging.This is flipping the script on 15 years...

Electric vehicle maker Tesla's shares rose more 5 per cent after the close of regular trading on Wednesday, after the company reported its largest quarterly...

Twitter has dropped a major roadblock in front of Elon Musk’s effort to take over the company, leaving investors to wonder about the mercurial Tesla...

The term “metaverse” may have been coined in the author Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snow Crash, but it received little attention, probably because the concept...

The Keio Research Institute at SFC and Fujitsu has announced Japan's first successful field trials of a self-sovereign identity technology conducted between March 17 and...

Shipments of some Apple products, as well as Dell and Lenovo laptops are likely to face delays if China’s Covid-19 lockdowns persist, analysts said, as...

Elon Musk used an upside-down smile emoji on Saturday in a response to a tweet he sent more than four years ago about how much...

Elon Musk's huge Twitter investment took a twist on Tuesday with the filing of a lawsuit alleging the billionaire illegally delayed disclosing his stake in...

Big Indian crypto exchanges CoinSwitch Kuber and WazirX have disabled rupee deposits for the purchase of cryptocurrency using a widely-used state-backed transfer system, spurring users...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's great Twitter turnabout — in which he disclosed his massive stake in the social media company, got a seat on its...

Fujitsu has announced the development and deployment of a new analysis system to calculate orbital courses of space debris for use with the Japan Aerospace...

Meta Platforms, which controls the world's biggest social networking site Facebook, took action to remove accounts that violated its policies in an effort to prevent...

Smartphones with 50-megapixel main cameras are expected to go mainstream in 2022 as production costs for sensors decrease, according to Counterpoint Research.The share of smartphones...

Apple will host its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in an online format from June 6 through 10, free for all developers to attend. Building...

Apple will host its Worldwide Developers Conference online from June 6 to 10 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.This is the third consecutive year the Cupertino-based...

Carlos Vasquez is a master of video fighting game "Mortal Kombat" despite being unable to see the action on screen because he is blind.The Texas...

Most people are probably aware of the precious metals gold, silver, and platinum, but in fact there are eight in the world which are considered...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co Ltd, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) Group based in Yokohama, has concluded a contract with KEYS Bunkering West Japan...

Abu Dhabi Media and China's Huawei Technologies have teamed up to add the UAE public service broadcaster's ADtv mobile application to the Huawei AppGallery, one...

To her 1.4 million followers on social media, Vica Li says she is a “life blogger” and “food lover” who wants to teach her fans...

The UAE’s Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology has joined forces with US technology company IBM to boost the pace of digital transformation in the...

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, which has more than two million registered users, said on Monday it received an in-principle approval to conduct virtual assets business in...

Bitcoin’s stealthy rally over the past two weeks not only pushed it past a key level of $45,000, it also put the world’s biggest cryptocurrency...

For close to four decades, one Japanese company has been trusted to move silicon wafers around the factories of the world’s biggest chip manufacturers.Now it...

Premium smartphone sales jumped 24 per cent globally on an annual basis last year to reach their highest ever level, according to a report by...

The healthcare industry suffered the highest number of cyber attacks in 2021, with ransomware the leading danger, as bad actors took advantage of the Covid-19...

When Chilean scientist Osvaldo Ulloa led an expedition 8,000 meters under the sea to an area where no human had ever been, his team discovered...

Australia announced Friday it is suing Facebook owner Meta over scam adverts for cryptocurrency schemes that falsely claimed to be endorsed by prominent figures.Australia's consumer...

Russia demanded that Alphabet's Google stop spreading what it called threats against Russian citizens on its YouTube video-sharing platform, a move that could presage an...

The digital economy of the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (Menap) is set to exceed $100 billion this year and has the potential to...

The UAE's e-commerce market is predicted to reach more than $8 billion by 2025, increasing 60 per cent from $5bn in 2021, as consumers across...

Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia's internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to...

Dating app Tinder will give U.S. users a way to check if potential dates have been convicted of a violent crime, a check that experts...

Russia's military offensive in Ukraine has raised the spectre of more cyber attacks, but it also presents an opportunity for investments to strengthen cyber infrastructure...

Comcast and Apple have announced the launch of Apple TV+ across Comcast’s entertainment platforms in the U.S., including Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex and XClass TV.Apple...

Apple on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its budget-priced iPhone that's capable of connecting to ultrafast 5G wireless networks, an upgrade that's already been...

With the majority of the world having been put on hold over the last two years, people have found the drive to pursue a more...

The tech industry has long tried to align with the green movement, though its leaders are often accused of spouting nebulous slogans and making hard-to-test...

Russia has announced it is blocking access to Facebook for its 146 million citizens amid the conflict in Ukraine.The decision was announced by the country's...

Apple announced that it will hold its first event of the year on Tuesday, March 8, at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park...

Apple has paused all product sales and limited the functionality of other services in Russia, in the latest fallout over Moscow’s military offensive against Ukraine.Western...

Alphabet's Google barred on Saturday Russia's state-owned media outlet RT and other channels from receiving money for ads on their websites, apps and YouTube videos,...

Samsung has announced two updates to its premium Galaxy Book line: the Galaxy Book 2 Pro and Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360. The devices will...

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg this week talked up his company's efforts to build the metaverse, an immersive virtual world he has billed as the Facebook...

The UAE’s biggest telecom operator e&, formerly known as Etisalat, has set its sights on international expansion, larger market share and acquisitions to drive growth...

Meta Platforms is barring Russian state media from running ads or monetising on its platform anywhere in the world, the parent company of social media...

Google has committed to invest $10 million over the next three years to support Palestinian app developers, tech entrepreneurs and graduates who hold technology-related degrees.The...

The Emirates plans to boost the number of specialised artificial intelligence laboratories in the country and accelerate AI research initiatives, the UAE Council for Artificial...

Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi's strategic investment arm, led a funding round of more than $500 million for Pan-Asia data centre operator Princeton Digital Group...

The two lifelong friends from Florida never sought the limelight, but then they built a multi-million-dollar empire selling digital art and people wanted to know...

US car safety regulators have launched another investigation of Tesla, this time tied to complaints that its vehicles can stop on roads for no apparent...

Google announced plans Wednesday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system running on billions of devices, a sensitive privacy issue that rival Apple...

Growing up on a family farm in Northern Ireland, start-up entrepreneur John McElhone had an unusual hobby during his teenage years: he spent his free...

The lessons from the massive cyberattack that befell US IT management solutions provider SolarWinds continue to reverberate more than two years after it happened, continuing...

Depending on his mood, Jeff Weiser settles down to work in a Parisian cafe, a mysterious cave or high above the Earth, thanks to the...

The Abu Dhabi Investment Office added three new technology-focused companies to its Innovation Programme, pushing the total incentives awarded so far to high-growth firms to...

The cryptocurrency known as Unus Sed Leo, which was issued in part to recapitalise the Bitfinex exchange following a 2016 hack, surged more than 50...

Apple said Tuesday it is expanding the iPhone's capabilities to accept contactless payments, making it easier for merchants to conduct tap-to-pay transactions without having to...

Nvidia is abandoning its purchase of Arm from SoftBank Group, people familiar with the situation say, bowing to regulatory opposition and ending what would have...

Toshiba said it would divide into two companies and sell non-core assets, scrapping an initial three-way split that faced fierce criticism from activist shareholders.The Japanese...

Millions of ordinary investors rode Facebook on the way up, whether they realised it or not. Now, they’d better brace for the ride down.The collapse...

Automakers, including General Motors, Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor predict a near two-year chip constraint will ease in the second half of 2022, but automotive...

Shares of Facebook’s parent company Meta dropped by more than 20 per cent to $246.53 from $323.00 in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company...

Saudi technology start-up Retailo raised $36 million in its latest funding round, which will allow the company to expand into new markets and add more...

Shipments of electric vehicles are expected to rise by almost 35 per cent on an annual basis this year as governments introduce regulations and incentives...

Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturer, confirmed its first major event for 2022, in which it will announce the latest iteration of its...

Twitter suspended a bot account on Wednesday for spoiling the solution to the next day's Wordle, the wildly popular internet word puzzle.The game, which only...

Apple retained its position as the world's most valuable brand at $355.1 billion, while oil and gas company Saudi Aramco remained the top brand in...

Facebook parent company Meta unveiled a new supercomputer capable of building next-generation artificial intelligence infrastructure and foundational technologies to boost research in the field of...

The fastest-growing jobs in the UAE and Saudi Arabia include data scientist, cyber security specialist, talent acquisition specialist and back-end developer, figures compiled by LinkedIn...

Plenty of people wish they had bought cryptocurrencies early, when it was still little more than a curiosity. Former Goldman Sachs Group bond trader Dan...

Revenue in the gaming market in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey surged 15 per cent annually to $6.5 billion in 2021 and are...

Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, a deal that would immediately...

US cybersecurity companies McAfee Enterprise and FireEye have merged to form a “stronger entity”, named Trellix, to thwart cyberattacks and fight sophisticated criminals, the new...

Global shipments of personal computers dropped by almost 5 per cent annually in the fourth quarter of last year, marking an end to a sales...

The metaverse – the new digital space that allows those in it to communicate and move using three-dimensional avatars or digital representations – is slowly...

“Connection gives purpose and meaning to our lives.”This famous quote by American professor and author Brene Brown is the motivation behind Wasta, a Dubai-based technology...

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and Facebook parent company Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg personally approved a secret advertising deal in 2018 that reportedly gave...

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor unveiled its first foldable smartphone, the Magic V, as it mounts a challenge in a next-generation sector projected to gain traction...

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that U.S. regulators' reworked anti-trust case against Facebook can go ahead, saying the complaint was more robust and detailed...

Artificial intelligence will be the common theme in the top 10 technology trends in the next few years, and these are expected to quicken breakthroughs...

Social media has become an integral part of everyone’s life but not all platforms are created equal. In Japan, those who want to stay in...

India has set its sights on the booming semiconductor manufacturing sector amid surging global demand for consumer electronics and a chip supply crunch. While the...

South Korea's Samsung Electronics is poised to record its biggest fourth-quarter financial results, based on preliminary earnings guidance it provided on Friday, owing to strong...

Google's Android operating system is warning users of Samsung devices against installing certain Galaxy Store apps that apparently contain malicious code.The issue, first flagged by...

Abu Dhabi Digital Authority has teamed up with the UAE's biggest telecom operator Etisalat and security software company Trend Micro to launch a programme aimed...

The global semiconductor industry, which was beset by supply challenges in 2021 owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, is poised for a big rebound this year,...

Apple's stock-market value briefly rose above $3 trillion on Monday, shattering yet another record and underscoring how the pandemic has turbocharged Big Tech’s decades-long rise.The...

Big-tech powered US stocks to a third straight winning year in 2021, as companies such as Apple and Microsoft continue to see strong demand almost...

Tech Guide has just landed in Las Vegas for the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show where the major electronics companies will reveal the flagship products we’ll...

China's Huawei said on Friday its annual revenue had fallen by nearly a third from the previous year, as it continued to be weighed down...

The price of Bitcoin hit record highs in 2021, thanks to support from traditional finance, but cryptocurrency specialists are struggling to predict next year's outcome...