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Will iPhones cost more because of Trump’s tariffs on China?
Posted on | CommentThe world’s most popular gadgets – phones, laptops, tablets, smartwatches – could be about to get a lot more expensive in the US. Many of them are made in China, which now faces a 125% tariff on its goods imported … Read more →
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Apple’s Tim Cook calls for Chinese chip story retraction
Posted on | CommentApple chief executive Tim Cook has called for the retraction of a story alleging Chinese infiltration in its and other major firms’ infrastructure. Bloomberg’s Businessweek published a story which said malicious chips were built into servers that had been manufactured … Read more →
Twitter quietly fired suspected Saudi Arabian spy in 2015 – Report
Posted on | CommentWe’ve all seen what can happen when nefarious interests weaponize a social media platform like Twitter. Now imagine how much worse it would be if some foreign agent actually got a job at the company. That’s what happened in 2013, apparently. … Read more →
Facebook hires former deputy PM Sir Nick Clegg
Posted on | CommentFacebook has hired former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg as head of its global affairs and communications team. The 51-year-old politician was leader of the Liberal Democrats and formed a coalition government with David Cameron and the Conservatives in … Read more →
Facebook sued over video viewing figures
Posted on | CommentFacebook was aware of inaccuracies in the way it measured how many people viewed video on its site for a year longer than it has previously admitted, court documents have claimed. Newly released papers that are part of a US … Read more →
China to launch artificial ‘moon’ into orbit to light up city
Posted on | CommentChina is to launch a fake “moon” into space that it hopes will illuminate one of the country’s biggest cities. Officials in Chengdu, a city of 14 million people in China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, announced plans to place a satellite in orbit by … Read more →
Japanese Nano Technology Company to establish plant in Ghana
Posted on | CommentM-TEchX Inc, a Japanese Nano Technology Company, is to establish a plant in Ghana to produce Nano fibre for oil and gas and medical cleaning. The company would partner Waste Management companies to collect the plastic waste generated as a … Read more →
Periscope broadcasters can now assign their own chat moderators
Posted on | CommentIt’s going to be harder for trolls to disrupt Periscope broadcasts. The Twitter-owned live-streaming app has offered chat moderation capabilities for years, but it has so far relied on group moderation. That means when users flagged a comment as abuse, spam … Read more →
Facebook tool makes UK political ads ‘transparent’
Posted on | CommentFrom today, if you want to advertise a political cause on Facebook in the UK, you’ll have to obey new rules. You will need to prove your identity and location to the company, and each ad will carry a message … Read more →
Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies At 65
Posted on | CommentPaul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft, has died aged 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He had revealed the disease’s return only two weeks ago, after previously being treated for it in 2009. He had said he and his doctors were … Read more →
How to Use Hashtags for Efficient Marketing
Posted on | Comment4.021 billion people worldwide are internet users, among which 3.196 billion use networks. Social media appears to be the best platform for influencing potential customers. Many business owners are already making a profit of it, creating accounts to promote goods … Read more →
Underwear that kills fart smells launched
Posted on | CommentA new line of underwear that stops your farts smelling has been released. British company named Shreddies launched a flatulence-filtering line of discreet pants and clothes that are available in black and grey and can be used in the car, … Read more →
Dubious Apple Watch link to journalist ‘killing’
Posted on | CommentThere is a story going around that Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist missing presumed killed, recorded exactly what happened inside Saudi Arabia’s Istanbul consulate on his Apple Watch. It strikes me as extremely unlikely. The story was first reported in the … Read more →
Facebook shuts ‘spammy’ politics pages
Posted on | CommentFacebook has removed more than 800 pages and accounts that sought to profit from politically themed spam. In a blog, Facebook said the 559 pages and 251 accounts abused the network to try to make people visit sites that make money from … Read more →
Man divorces wife after seeing her with another man on Google Maps
Posted on | CommentA Peruvian man has divorced his wife after discovering intimate photos of her with another man on Google Maps. The man had been researching the best way to reach a popular bridge in Lima, the capital of Peru, when he spotted a … Read more →
Apple hires engineers from UK company Dialog
Posted on | CommentApple is adding 300 computer chip engineers to its team after striking a deal to hire them from one of its British suppliers. It is paying Dialog Semiconductor $300m (£227m) for the acquisition, which also includes some of the Reading-based … Read more →
Huawei Moves Up On Forbes Most Valuable Brands Of 2018
Posted on | CommentHuawei is the only Chinese company to feature in the annual ranking of the world’s Most Valuable Brands 2018 compiled by Forbes. Huawei has been included in the list for the second consecutive year ranking 79th with a brand value … Read more →
Social media – Mind your Ps and Qs
Posted on | CommentWhen Naomi got an internship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), she was obviously excited. That was an opportunity most people would die for. But her tweets later may have left a sour taste in her mouth. According to … Read more →
Microsoft’s new Battery Limit feature places a strict cap on charging
Posted on | CommentMicrosoft has introduced a new ‘Battery Limit’ feature for Surface users, which is designed to “prolong [the devices’] longevity”. The feature is currently only available to Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4 users ? coming to more devices in … Read more →
New Apple patent suggests iPhones could warn against spam calls one day
Posted on | CommentA new Apple patent could finally give iPhone owners some relief from spam calls by automatically recognizing a fake call and warning users accordingly, via AppleInsider. As the patent claims describe, Apple’s system would try to analyze the technical data … Read more →
Nearly $13 billion wiped off cryptocurrency market as major coins plunge
Posted on | CommentThe price of major cryptocurrencies plunged on Thursday with nearly $13 billion of value being wiped out in a matter of hours. At around 10:23 a.m. HK/SIN, bitcoin had fallen nearly 5 percent to $6,303, while XRP and ethereum both tanked over 10 percent, according to … Read more →
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