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Facebook ads that let employers target younger workers focus of US lawsuit
Companies including T-Mobile US, Amazon and Cox Communications imposed age limits
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Google VP vows 'vigilance' after US net neutrality rollback
He believes that the decision to overturn the rules was not the last word on the matter
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Apple wins big with US tax bill but faces snag on foreign patents
Other provisions of the bill, namely the cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 per cent to 21 per cent
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Facebook, Universal Music strike multi-year licensing deal
The social media company will no longer have to require users to take down videos featuring music from Universal
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Goldman Sachs to set up cryptocurrency trading desk: Bloomberg
The Wall Street bank aims to get the business running by the end of June
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Bitcoin suffers fresh plunge, falling to $13,000
Bitcoin dropped briefly from around $16,500 in late trading on Thursday
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Alphabet's Eric Schmidt to step down as executive chairman
He will continue to serve on the Alphabet's board of directors and act as an adviser
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Online, but can't ditch paper? You may be future-proofing yourself
Google VP highlights advantages of paper
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Huawei gives Nokia full hand of smartphone patent deals
The Finnish company said on Thursday it would start booking revenue including a one-off catch-up payment
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In Silicon Valley, much-feared tax bill pays dividends for workers
California has the highest state income tax in the nation
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Govt developing first-ever higher education database
PHEC chairperson says decision to develop student-teacher database will be helpful
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Farmers to get updated soil analysis report through smartphone
Official says motorcycles and soil sampling kits being provided to field staff
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Singapore cryptocurrency cafe launches as regulators sound warnings
Singapore's concerns echo those expressed by regulators in other jurisdictions such as Australia and South Korea
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Apple slows some older iPhones because of flagging batteries
The company released a feature for iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone SE to smooth out the instantaneous peaks
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Bitcoin suffers dramatic price plunge in Asia
US authorities on Tuesday suspended trading in a popular Bitcoin-related stock
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Taxi or app? Uber faces big EU court decision
It comes the same week as one of its drivers admitted to the attempted rape and murder of a British embassy worker
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SEC halts trading in crypto firm after eye-popping rise
The suspension will remain in place until January 3
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UPS reserves 125 Tesla semi-trucks, largest public pre-order yet
While it is trying to convince the trucking community it can build an affordable electric big rig
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Facebook to notify users when photos of them are uploaded
The company said in a statement that it was making the feature optional to allow people to protect their privacy
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Be careful of lithium ion batteries, Europe warns Christmas air travellers
They are seen as a fire risk and there are concerns that if a fire were to start it could not easily be extinguished
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South Korea's Samsung develops 'world's smallest' DRAM chip
Widening its technical lead on competitors as it tracks toward a record operating profit in 2017
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US says Facebook, Microsoft disabled North Korean cyber threats
Bossert did not provide details on the actions by the two American tech heavyweights
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Bitcoin gift of choice for tech savvy Indian couple
The newlyweds plan on selling the Bitcoin they have received to fund educational projects for underprivileged children
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CPLC, Karachi police arrest three people for iPhone hacking
The suspects were involved in unblocking and unlocking iCloud accounts of iPhones
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Ride app Ola buys Foodpanda India
In return Germany's Delivery Hero Group will get an undisclosed amount of stock in Ola, statement says
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Cyber attacks net North Korea millions in virtual currencies, say researchers
North Korea has rejected accusations that it has been involved in hacking
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2017: The year the bitcoin craze reached Wall Street
The cryptocurrency's rise is also pushing regulators to consider taking action after years of simply urging caution
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Kaspersky Lab asks court to overturn US government software ban
It came amid mounting concern among US officials that the software could threaten national security
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Glass protegee finds music's emotion in technology
Wearing a dress made of 100 speakers might be a fashion statement, but for Pauchi Sasaki, the aesthetic goes deeper
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Uber's license in UK city Cambridge extended for five years
The decision comes a week after the northern English city of York refused to renew the Silicon Valley’s license
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French privacy watchdog raps WhatsApp over Facebook data sharing
The CNIL said it did not have the legal basis to share user data with Facebook
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Ride-hailing firm Grab launches services in Cambodia
The firm said it signed a memorandum with Cambodia’s Ministry of Public Works to support infrastructure development
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Facebook reveals data on copyright and trademark complaints
The ninth transparency report also showed that government requests for information about users increased
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Digital force: e-Filing to trickle down to police stations
DIG says these stations are the backbone of the police force
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US blames North Korea for 'WannaCry' cyber attack
The White House was expected to follow up on Tuesday with a more formal statement blaming Pyongyang
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Twitter to put warnings before swastikas, other hate images
The step is one of several that the site said it would take to crack down on white nationalists
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Samsung might reveal the Galaxy S9 in March
The foldable Galaxy X might also be launched next year
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Faring badly: Uber struggles to make inroads in Japan
They also pointed to safety issues as being among the reasons it had not enjoyed the same success as it has elsewhere
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French finance minister calls for bitcoin regulation debate at G20
Bitcoin’s prices have risen more than 1,700 per cent since the start of the year
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Oracle to buy Australia's Aconex for $1.19 billion
They said in a statement its directors unanimously recommended the offer
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Toyota to make over 10 battery EV models globally in early 2020s
It will subsequently sell the models in Japan, India, the United States and Europe
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China's Tencent, JD.com invest $863 million in online retailer Vipshop
The deal represents a major alliance in China’s e-commerce market where competition has grown increasingly fierce
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Siemens sees scale, data privacy as winners in digital race
The race is still wide open and being first to gather a critical mass of software developers
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Thales agrees 4.8 billion euro Gemalto takeover to trump rival French bid
The bidding contest for Gemalto has come after a difficult year for the Franco-Dutch group
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Second bitcoin futures debut could lure volume to wild market
The future launch is seen as another step towards big institutional investors warming up to a volatile asset
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Uber should have given court an ex-employee's letter about 'fraud and theft' in Waymo case
A report on Friday stated the company should have produced the letter and was wrong in keeping it from the court
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EU court rejects US intervention in Apple's Irish $15 billion tax case
The US intervention was filed in April, a move to which the Commission objected
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False paradise? EU is no haven of Net neutrality, say critics
Such regulations allow access to applications ranging from social media to music streaming
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North Korean hackers behind attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges, South Korean newspaper reports
It also included the leaking of personal information from 36,000 accounts from Bitthumb
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Facebook defends itself against critics of social media
The company released a statement that former executive was unfamiliar with the company’s recent efforts to improve