November 3, 2016
Drones may soon protect your homes.
A new startup wants to turn drones into guardian angels for our homes. Sunflower Labs, with headquarters in Silicon Valley and Zurich, Switzerland announced a new security system on Thursday that detects possible threats and investigates them with a…
October 16, 2016
Google News launches fact check label
Google has launched a new feature, fact check, which will add a label next to news stories in search results. Fact check will appear with other news organisations in Google News and will, Google says, "shine a light on its efforts to divide fact…
October 11, 2016
Facebook Launches Business Version
Social media giant Facebook has launched a separate version of its network platform aimed at businesses, called Workplace. Facebook hopes the new product will replace businesses' previous internal communications tools, such as intranet and mailbox.…
October 11, 2016
Pokemon Go Might Lengthen Your Life
Forget fitness trackers and fitness apps. Researchers say the augmented reality game Pokemon Go could have added 2.83 million years of life expectancy by simply getting people off the couch to hunt for virtual monsters. The study was done by…
October 11, 2016
Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7
South Korean electronics giant Samsung says it will no longer manufacture its troubled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after numerous reports around the globe of overheating. The company announced Tuesday it was shutting down production for good in the…
September 23, 2016
Yahoo ‘state’ hackers stole data from 500 million users
Yahoo says "state-sponsored" hackers stole data on about 500 million users in what could be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history. The breach included swathes of personal information, including names and emails, as well as…
September 19, 2016
Samsung’s Note 7 Battery Problem Expands to China
Samsung's smartphone problems expanded Monday to China's populous market, where the South Korean tech giant was looking into reports two Galaxy Note 7 handsets exploded in a country where it earlier said its units were safe and didn't need to be…
August 30, 2016
Whats App News
Introducing WhatsApp's desktop app Today we're introducing a desktop app so you have a new way to stay in touch anytime and anywhere - whether on your phone or computer at home or work. Like WhatsApp Web, our desktop app is simply an extension of…
August 24, 2016
Is Wikileaks putting people at risk?
Whistle-blowing site Wikileaks has been criticised for not doing enough to screen sensitive information found in documents released via the site. An investigation by the Associated Press has found the names and addresses of teenage rape victims,…
August 18, 2016
Is Russia hacking the US election?
Huge leaks of data from US organisations have been attributed by some to Russia, so has the former Soviet state launched cyberwar on the US elections? Hacking tools allegedly developed by the US National Security Agency (NSA) were dumped online by a…