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Scientists develop message display fabric
Wearable electronics have advanced significantly in recent years
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Nokia signs patent license pact with Samsung
The deal comes months after rival Ericsson filed a lawsuit in the United States against Samsung
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Apple starts iPhone 12 assembly in India
Apple has been shifting some areas of production from China to other markets as it navigates the trade war
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Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet
Minerals and rock deposits at Salda are the nearest match to those around Jezero Crater where the spacecraft landed
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Verkada surveillance cameras at Tesla, hundreds more businesses breached
A small group of hackers viewed live and archived surveillance footage from hundreds of businesses including Tesla
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Russia, China sign memorandum on lunar research station
Moscow and Beijing will draw up a roadmap to establish the station and cooperate closely on planning
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PayPal brings its 'buy now, pay later' offer to crowded Australia
The arrival of PayPal presents a serious new competitor for Afterpay and Zip Co Ltd
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Instagram working on Clubhouse-like audio rooms, end-to-end encryption in chats
The concept of live audio chat rooms has become popular after the launch of the Club-House app
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Facebook tests feature in India to share Instagram reels on its news feed
Instagram’s reels feature is the company’s version of ByteDance’s TikTok
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How Toyota thrives when the chips are down
Toyota has been unscathed by global shortage of semiconductors following a surge in demand for electrical goods
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Here are all the Alexa commands you can use
Alexa can tend to tasks such as ordering goods, finding information, playing music, mapping routes, or reading email
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Tesla loses a third of its value for the third time in a year
Tesla’s stock extended losses and is now down by a third from its January record high
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Bitcoin mania triggers fundraising rush by Chinese players
Ebang plans to use its new capital to expand into cryptocurrency mining in its own right
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Toyota VC invests in AI startups, firms that refine everyday processes
Toyota has so far invested in 36 early-stage startup
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Chinese beauty app Meitu shares surge after cryptocurrency investment
Meitu is the latest company to say it will hold cryptocurrencies as part of its treasury operations
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Indian app allows users to talk in local languages
Koo wants 100 million users by the end of 2021
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Did WhatsApp fail us during the pandemic?
Misinformation tends to stay on WhatsApp four times longer than authentic information
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Here's how to stop emails from quietly tracking you
Marketing agencies argue that this type of tracking and data collection helps analyse consumer patterns and interests
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You can poison the data that Big Tech uses to monitor you
The data is stored on machine-learning algorithms which sent ads and recommendations according to your preference
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Panasonic to buy Blue Yonder for $6.5 billion in biggest deal since 2011
The move comes as the Japanese company aims to expand hardware that combines software
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PS5 and Xbox Series X out of stock?
Electronics retailers are facing stock shortages for consoles as well as the new graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD
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First independent digital banking platform launches in UAE
YAP, like other neobanks which do not have physical branches, does not offer traditional banking services
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Twitter's Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia
The post, sent from Dorsey’s account in March of 2006, received offers that went as high as $88,888.88 within minutes
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Mars rover Perseverance takes first spin on surface of red planet
NASA displayed a photo taken by the rover showing the wheel tread marks left in the reddish, sandy Martian soil
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More than 20,000 US organisations compromised through Microsoft flaw
Microsoft blamed the initial wave of attacks on a Chinese government-backed actor
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Twitter working on a way to 'undo' fresh tweets
Twitter is mulling an option allowing users to 'undo' a tweet within a window of a few seconds before it is posted
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Online learning platform Coursera files for US IPO
Online education provider Coursera filed for a stock market listing with US regulators
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New self-driving robot tank can parachute out of a plane
Type-X combat vehicle is equipped with features such as follow-me, waypoint navigation, and obstacle detection
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Qualcomm takes aim at Apple with line of wireless audio chips
Qualcomm announced a new line of chips for connecting wireless speakers and headphones designed to help Android phones
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GameStop spikes as investors eye cryptic tweet by shareholder
Shares of Reddit-darling GameStop increased more than 20% at one point in yet another unexplained move
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Japan supercomputer shows doubling masks offers little help preventing viral spread
Japanese supercomputer simulations showed that wearing two masks gave limited benefit in blocking coronavirus
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Alien 'super-Earth' may offer clues about atmospheres on distant worlds
Scientists have spotted a planet orbiting a star relatively near our solar system
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WhatsApp introduces private, secure calling from the desktop
WhatsApp calls have increased over 50% compared to previous year
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China to increase annual R&D spending by more than 7%
China will also establish more national laboratories to research quantum information and artificial intelligence
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Facebook to end ban on political ads in United States
Facebook has had a months-long freeze on political, electoral, and social ads
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Asthma does not raise severe Covid-19 risk, reveals study
Asthma itself is not a risk factor for hospitalization or more severe Covid-19
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Parler sues Amazon for trying to 'destroy' its business
Parler went dark when Amazon suspended its web-hosting services following the Capitol attack
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US researchers find way to read sealed historic letters
The method involved an automated computational flattening algorithm that was used to read an unopened letter
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Romanian blockchain unicorn Elrond plans new features for money app
Led by a sharp rise in Bitcoin, digital asset markets rose above $1 trillion in early 2021
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South African scientists find antibodies from variant may offer cross-protection
South Africa has recorded by far the most Covid-19 infections and deaths on the African continent
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Reliance Jio splashes out $8 billion in Indian airwaves auction
Both Jio and Bharti said the additional airwaves will help them to serve hundreds of millions of new users
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Japanese billionaire seeks 'crew' for moon trip
Yusaku Maezawa launched a search for eight people to join him on a trip around the moon with SpaceX
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Bats and the origins of outbreaks
Changes in the environment are driving displaced species of animals into new habitats
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SoundCloud to be first music app with 'fan-powered' artist payments
SoundCloud will start directing subscribers' fees only to the artists they listen to
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Intel loses US patent trial, ordered to pay $2.18 billion to VLSI Tech
Intel must pay a technology rival $2.18 billion after a federal jury decided that the company infringed on its patent
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India woos Tesla with offer of cheaper production costs than China
India wants to boost local manufacturing of electric vehicles to cut costly imports and curb pollution
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Disney CEO says households without kids have boosted streaming success
Strong interest from adults who do not have kids at home has increased subscriptions to Disney+ streaming service
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Betting on death of petrol cars, Volvo to go all electric by 2030
The Swedish carmaker said 50% of its global sales should be fully-electric cars by 2025
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Lawsuit accuses Amazon of 'systemic' racism in corporate offices
A manager at Amazon sued the online retailer for discrimination, saying it hires Black people for lower positions
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Israel offers tracking bracelet to incoming travelers
The pilot program began with 100 tracking systems available at Ben Gurion Airport