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Cyber crooks claim to hit two big Canadian banks
The bank was contacted by fraudsters as they were in possession of the personal and financial information of customers
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Tencent pulls investment in content start-up after online backlash
The company also said it would continue to respect and protect original content with enhanced measures
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Alibaba injects pharmacy assets into healthcare unit in $1.4 billion deal
It will buy Ali JK Nutritional Products which also controls sales of medical devices
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Apple knew iPhone 6 more likely to bend
iPhone 6 was 3.3 times more likely to bend than iPhone 5S
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Tencent chairman pledges to advance China chip industry
After ZTE was banned from buying US technology components for seven years for breaking an agreement
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France, Germany push for EU funding for technology start-ups
Europe has long been seen as a laggard in developing new technologies compared with the United States
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Chipmaker Qualcomm to meet China regulators to clear $44 billion deal
The acquisition has been caught in the crosshairs of rising US-China trade tensions
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Country needs to modernise manufacturing sector: IPR
Risks being left behind permanently if it does not focus on science and technology
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Austrian data privacy activist takes aim at 'forced consent'
Austrian Max Schrems filed complaints against Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
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South Africa investigates $80 million bitcoin scam
The fraud investigation involves a company named BTC Global
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Apple sees steep increase in US national security requests
The company has received as many as 16,249 national security requests affecting up to 8,249 accounts
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US reaches deal to keep China's ZTE in business
The reported deal involving China’s second-largest telecom equipment maker ran into immediate resistance in Congress
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National Australia Bank hit by technology outage
Customers took to social media to vent their frustrations
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T-Mobile says ex-Trump campaign manager advising on Sprint merger
Lewandowski is among those advising the number 3 wireless company on its deal as it bolsters its defenses
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Tesla seeks to dismiss securities fraud lawsuit
The challenges the company faced with Model 3 were frank and in plain language
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Review: TCL P6, 4K leads the way
The TV offers HDR 10 support which generally intertwined well with the Linux OS interface
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Criminals stole $1.2b in cryptocurrency since 2017
The estimates were part of the non-profit group’s research on cryptocurrency and include reported and unreported theft
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Samsung to pay big for copying iPhone design
The panel agreed that one of the design patents -- the grid of colored icons -- did represent the whole phone
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Facebook launches searchable archive of US political ads
The archive tool will also be rolled out to other countries in coming months
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Oregon family finds Amazon's Alexa has a mind of her own
String of events made Alexa send an audio recording of the family to one of their contacts randomly
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US launches criminal probe into bitcoin price manipulation
Federal prosecutors are working with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Google tries to ease tensions on eve of new EU privacy law
Organisations must have transparent justification for processing personal data
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Apple blocks Steam's plan to extend its video games to iPhones
The company is serious about protecting its ability to take a cut of digital purchases made on its mobile devices
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Ride-hailing giant Uber valued at $62b
Uber also reported a one-time gain of $2.5 billion, income that came largely from selling its business units
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Mobile payment firms struggle to dethrone cash in Southeast Asia
More than 70 per cent of the region’s 600 million-plus people do not use banks
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Instagram finally lets you mute accounts
Normally, users would block such accounts but the photo-sharing giant has finally provided a less extreme option
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China's ZTE estimates at least $3.1 billion loss from US sanctions
The report also said the company is hopeful to remove the ban soon
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Amazon under fire for supplying police with facial recognition tool
After an ACLU investigation found the company had been working with a number of US law enforcement agencies
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'I'm sorry', Facebook boss tells European lawmakers
Zuckerberg is also due to meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris
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Seeing growth potential, retailers invest more in e-commerce
3G/4G introduction gives a big boost to e-commerce in Pakistan
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Twin sportscar-sized satellites to chase water changes on Earth
The new pair of satellites will pick up where the first mission left off, having completed its 15-year mission in 2017
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Uber set to enter Japan with first taxi-hailing pilot
The US firm has found it difficult to penetrate the Japanese market
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Robots can replace pesticides in AI revolution
The Swiss robot is one of new breed of AI weeders that could disrupt the $100 billion pesticides and seeds industry
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Adobe to buy Magento Commerce for $1.68 billion
Shares of Adobe rose about 1 per cent in extended trading
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Microsoft, Google find fresh flaw in chips, but risk is low
The Meltdown and Spectre flaws can allow passwords and other sensitive data on chips to be read
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Exports likely to cross $5 billion
A ministry official said the ICT sector can become the driver of change and growth in the next few years
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Amazon taps former NBC executive to help run TV programming
The action bolsters the ranks of Amazon’s original content division
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Coca-Cola's new machine lets you mix drinks using Bluetooth
It will feature a 24-inch touchscreen with Bluetooth connectivity and will let consumers connect to the mobile app
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Cement, extreme cold experiments to launch on Orbital cargo ship
The Cygnus delivery is the ninth in a series of launches by Orbital ATK
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Britain to tackle 'Wild West' internet with new laws
Better regulating social media companies has long been an aim of a government
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With CPEC, climate favourable for growth of IT start-ups
Public and private sectors are increasingly opting for software to run their systems
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Samsung, Apple at loggerheads over iPhone design
The three design patents in the case apply to the shape of the iPhone's black screen with rounded edges and a bezel
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Google pushes artificial intelligence for news app
While the app will enable users to get "personalized" news, it will also include top stories for all readers
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Germany calls on chip and hardware makers to tackle processor flaws
The BSI agency said its analysis showed the new flaws
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Apple pays Ireland first tranche of disputed taxes
The European Commission ordered the company to pay the taxes it ruled it had received as illegal state aid
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Revamped YouTube Music aims to better appeal to local audio tastes
Music programmers in countries such as France and Brazil are among the top investments
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Proxy adviser ISS recommends votes against two Tesla directors
Also backed two shareholder resolutions to be voted on at the car maker’s annual meeting on June 5
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RED's hydrogen phone with full 'holographic display' set to launch
The Android device will be the first handset to offer a 4-View (4V) holographic mode
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PayPal buys payments startup iZettle for $2.2b
The company said that its biggest acquisition to date would strengthen its platform for handling payment transactions
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Calculating the gender gap in the technology sector
Since all of the Silicon Valley companies have a predominately male workforce