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Japan's android pets ease virus isolation
Smart home assistants such as Amazon's Alexa have found success worldwide
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China’s Huawei plans to make electric vehicles
Huawei is in talks with state-owned Changan Automobile to use its car plants to make its electric vehicles
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Toyota develops fuel cell system to cut carbon footprint
Toyota has developed a packaged fuel cell system module as the industry’s shift towards electric vehicles
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Australian lawmakers expected to pass amendments to Facebook, Google law
Facebook said it would restore Australian users’ access to news after it had reached a compromise with the government
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Policy interventions required to distribute connectivity benefits equally, says Jazz CEO
Pakistan needs to declare a state of digital emergency if it is to realize the Digital Pakistan vision: Aamir Ibrahim
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Biden rushes to address global computer chip shortage via latest executive order
The United States has been besieged by supply shortages since the onset of the pandemic
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Mars rover sends home movie of daredevil descent to landing on red planet
The footage was recorded by a series of cameras mounted at different angles of the multi-stage spacecraft
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Apple users may spend more on non-gaming mobile apps by 2024
Shares of companies such as Zoom and Match Group and other stay-at-home companies soared last year
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Pregnant women infected by Covid-19 at higher rate, reveals study
Pregnant women in non-white racial/ethnic groups were particularly vulnerable to coronavirus
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Hyundai Motor launches Ioniq 5 electric crossover
The launch of Ioniq 5 is the linchpin of Hyundai’s long-term goal to capture 10% of global EV sales by 2025
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Tesla rival Lucid Motors to go public in $24-billion mega SPAC deal
Lucid, run by an ex-Tesla engineer, is the latest firm to tap the initial public offering market
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Moscow goes green: Russian capital eyes fully electric bus fleet by 2030
Moscow plans to nearly quadruple the number of electric buses it operates in coming years
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YouTube AI blocks chess channel after mistaking 'black v white' discussion as racism
Radic suspects that the account may have been blocked because he referred to the chess game as 'Black against White'
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Mars rover sends back selfie from moment before landing
NASA scientists presented striking early images from the picture-perfect landing of the Mars rover Perseverance
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Covid-19 heart problems may persist for months, reveals study
Signs of heart injury in hospitalized Covid-19 patients could be precursors to longer-lasting heart problems
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Bitcoin hits $1 trillion market cap, surges to fresh all-time peak
The world’s most popular cryptocurrency jumped to an all-time high of $56,399.99
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SolarWinds hackers studied Microsoft source code for authentication and email
Microsoft had said before that the hackers had accessed some source code, but had not said which parts
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Apple adds 'BlastDoor' security feature to fight iMessage hacks
In 2016, former US government intelligence operatives hacked into the iPhones of activists, and rival foreign leaders
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Pakistan's PayPro receives USAID SMEA Innovation Grant
PayPro was launched in September 2019 to help MSMEs manage their business operations in different sectors
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Huawei turns to pig farming as smartphone sales drop
Tech giants such as JD.com and Alibaba, are already working with pig farmers in China
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Players in GameStop market drama make their case to lawmakers
Last month’s Reddit rally drove massive volatility in GameStop and other shares
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Hong Kong sees rush for burner phones as government pushes contact-tracing app
Contact-tracing apps have sparked similar privacy and trust issues around the world
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Apple lobbies for India incentives as it plans iPad assembly
Apple is angling to participate in a new scheme to boost India’s exports of computer products
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Mastercard launches numberless card in Pakistan with SadaPay
From online shopping for basic commodities to making online payments, financial transactions have shifted online
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Facebook building smartwatch with health features
Facebook’s smartwatch will work via a cellular connection, letting users send messages through its services
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Canadian regulator clears launch of world's first bitcoin ETF
Canada’s main securities regulator has cleared the launch of the world’s first bitcoin exchange-traded fund
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Mastercard to open up network to select cryptocurrencies
Mastercard's announcement comes days after Elon Musk’s Tesla revealed it had purchased $1.5 billion of bitcoin
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Samsung launches Hong Kong’s first 5G laptop
Samsung Galaxy Book Flex 2 effortlessly converts from a laptop to a tablet with just a turn
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Facebook faces new UK class action after data harvesting scandal
Facebook is facing class action over allegations it failed to protect the personal details of about one million people
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TikTok signs agreement with biggest music company in the world
Universal Music Group’s recording artists and songwriters will be compensated when their songs are used
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Apple partners with TSMC to develop micro OLED displays for AR devices
Micro OLED project with TSMC is currently at the trial production stage and will take years to achieve mass production
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Twitter says India's orders to block accounts inconsistent with local law
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has asked Twitter to take down more than 1,100 accounts
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Turkey aims to reach moon in 2023, Erdogan says
Erdogan spoke to Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk on possible cooperation in space technologies with Turkish companies
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Elon Musk loves it. So what's all the buzz about bitcoin?
Bitcoin has been rallying hard, jumping over 300% in 2020
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What is GameStop actually worth?
GameStop's shares soared more than 1,600% in January
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Facebook, Twitter outpaced by smaller platforms in fight against harmful content
Pinterest suspends accounts that continuously spread misinformation
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Hackers try to poison Florida town's water supply through computer breach
Hackers gained access to a software program, named TeamViewer, on the computer of an employee at the facility
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Reddit's valuation doubles to $6 billion after new $250 million funding
Reddit was valued at $3 billion following a funding round in February 2019
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China's smartphone shipments rebound to pre-pandemic levels in January
Shipments of smartphones within China jumped 94.3% annually to 39.6 million handsets in January
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Musk drives up bitcoin price with $1.5 billion purchase
Tesla's share surged nearly 500% to become the fifth most-valuable US company
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India asks Twitter to remove 1,178 accounts
India has asked Twitter to take down 1,178 accounts the country says are backed by arch-rival Pakistan
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Singapore plan to use monitoring app on students' computers sparks privacy fears
The government's scheme to ensure children have access to computers for home learning has raised privacy concerns
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Hyundai, Kia say Apple car deal is off, puncturing investor dream
Wiping $2.4 billion off its market value, Hyundai stock slumped 4.3%
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Police seize $60 million of bitcoin from a fraudster
Police have made repeated failed efforts to crack the code to access more than 1,700 bitcoin
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China releases space probe's first image of Mars
Tianwen-1 took the picture at a distance of around 2.2 million km from Mars
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China issues new anti-monopoly rules targeting its tech giants
China’s market regulator released new anti-monopoly guidelines that target internet platforms
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Robinhood lifts trading restrictions on all stocks, including GameStop
The trading limit on GameStop's shares was set at 500, while for AMC the limit was set at 5,500 shares
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PayPal to shut domestic payments business in India
PayPal was a payments options on many Indian online apps such as travel and ticketing service MakeMy Trip
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Samsung considers Austin for $17 billion chip plant
Samsung’s American customers for its contract manufacturing chip business include Tesla, Qualcomm, and Nvidia
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Google phone cameras will read heart, breathing rates with AI help
Cameras on Google Pixel smartphones will be able to measure heart and breathing rates starting next month