All Woman Space Walk Begins
US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir became the first all-female pairing to carry out a spacewalk Friday, a historic milestone as NASA...
Facebook’s Zuckerberg criticizes TikTok
WASHINGTON: Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday attacked the rapidly growing Chinese short-video app TikTok, saying it censored political protest, including in...
Protests after move to tax calls on messaging apps
Hundreds of people took to the streets across Lebanon on Thursday to protest dire economic conditions after a government decision to tax calls...
Samsung to address Galaxy S10 fingerprint flaw
A flaw with Samsung’s top-end Galaxy S10 fingerprint system that allows the smartphone to be opened by a third party will soon be...
Ericsson earnings top forecast as 5G takes off
STOCKHOLM: Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson beat quarterly earnings expectations on Thursday and lifted its market forecast for this year and its sales target...
Uber and Lyft won’t testify before US Congress
WASHINGTON: Uber Technologies and Lyft have declined to appear at a U.S. House of Representatives hearing on Wednesday on issues relating to the...
Huawei’s revenue rises 24.4% in first three quarters of 2019
SHENZHEN: Huawei Technologies, the Chinese technology giant blacklisted by the U.S. government, said revenue grew 24.4% in the first three quarters of 2019...
Google in smartphone push with motion-sensing Pixel 4
Google stepped up its smartphone ambitions Tuesday with updated Pixel handsets, touting a move toward computing with a simple hand wave or spoken...
Minister IT inaugurates ‘Durust Daam’ App in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Tuesday inaugurated mobile App “Durust Daam” at National Information Technology...
Flipkart adds original content to video service
MUMBAI: Walmart’s Indian unit Flipkart is adding original shows to its newly minted video platform, the company said on Tuesday, as it competes...