Tech

Alipay was downloaded from Apple’s US app store and Google Play 207,000 times in 2020

More than 1.4 billion voice and video calls were made on New Year’s Eve 2020 globally

Solar PV project is expected to reduce Abu Dhabi’s CO2 emissions by more than 2.4 million metric tonnes per year

Alibaba Group moves marks a step back from its ambitions to push into China’s entertainment industry

FCC chairman said he would move to set new rules to define protections for social media firms under Section 230

Amazon also said it would acquire podcast startup Wondery, aiming to beef up non-musical content on its app

Increased cleaning by people with asthma during the pandemic may be triggering flares of their disease

While 2020 saw some remarkable breakthroughs in tech there were also some epic failures

Huawei was insisting on a 50% cut of Tencent’s game sales on the app store

Tesla reported better-than-expected 2020 vehicle deliveries, driven by a steady rise in electric vehicle adoption

Adobe Flash Player is popular computer software that enabled users to stream videos and play online games

Tencent and Huawei failed to reach an agreement on revenue sharing

High technology and telecommunications companies surged to a 23% share of deal value

Preorders for PS5 will begin on January 12 and will be available for orders at major retailers

Bitcoin’s potential for quick gains, as well as expectations it could become a mainstream payment method

Hacking group behind the SolarWinds compromise was able to break into Microsoft and access some of its source code

Including the 39,000 games, Apple removed more than 46,000 apps in total from its store

Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine is the country’s first approved shot for general public use

Amazon is relatively a late entrant to the booming podcast space

Ticketmaster will pay a $10 million criminal fine to avoid prosecution on US charges

Trump’s administration has cited national security concerns in its targeting of TikTok

China's Chang'e-5 probe retrieved about 1,731 grams of samples from the moon

Hyundai will introduce an electric vehicle-only platform early next year that will cut production time and costs

Apple accused the startup of essentially replicating iOS to create 'virtual' iOS-operated devices

The tool, called GeNose C19 detects Covid-19 infection through the patient's breath

Amazon’s drone service received federal approval allowing retailers to begin testing commercial deliveries

ARK Innovation ETF posted the best overall returns with a gain of 143.8%

A surge in technology and internet-related shares helped lift US indexes to record highs this year

Atari will soon be launching its new gaming console the VCS, a hybrid device that's both a console and a PC

Pompeii is one of Italy’s most popular attractions and a UNESCO World Heritage Site

China’s market regulator launched an antitrust investigation into Alibaba last week

These Pakistanis excelled in their fields, ranging from gaming to cell-biology

Belsky predicts that cryptocurrency will now be incorporated into businesses in the coming year

SolarWinds released an update to fix the vulnerabilities in its flagship network management software Orion

Remote learning and working have upturned the computer market during the coronavirus pandemic

Remote learning and working has upturned the computer market during the coronavirus pandemic

Senior US officials and lawmakers have alleged that Russia is to blame for the hacking spree

The probe is part of an accelerating crackdown on monopolistic behavior in China’s booming internet space

Mastercard has permanently terminated the use of its cards on Pornhub

Universal mask-wearing would reduce the global death toll by 400,000

Polish video game maker CD Projekt SA said it sold more than 13 million copies of its Cyberpunk 2077 game

It is not yet known whether the smartwatch will run Google’s Wear OS or not

Research has confirmed that reading books can benefit both your physical and mental health

Around 2022, China aims to complete a multi-module, inhabited space station

Elon Musk had reached out to Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook during the 'darkest days of the Model 3 program'

World’s largest social network also plans to expand Facebook Protect-its security program for high-profile accounts

PM aide appreciates MNC’s plan to start BSS operations in Pakistan

New short-video apps Moj and Josh have been installed on more than 50 million devices each

US governments and cybersecurity experts in several countries are still struggling to get their arms around the breach

NSO’s phone-hacking technology had been deployed to hack three dozen phones belonging to journalists and producers