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EU seeks AI champions: Five things to know
From translation apps to facial recognition, artificial intelligence is becoming a major part of everyday life
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SpaceX announces partnership to send four tourists into deep orbit
A mission that could take place by 2022 and easily cost more than $100 million
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New data indicates Instagram might be more profitable than Facebook
Facebook has been smart enough to acquire majority of its competition
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Samsung poised to benefit from China virus woes afflicting Apple, other rivals
Half of Samsung’s smartphones are now made in Vietnam, where the coronavirus that has crippled the China operations
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New Twitter filter deletes nudes from messages
Plugin was developed Kelsey Bressler after she received an unwanted nude picture from a man
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Samsung offers phone delivery service for test use to ride out coronavirus impact
The move highlights efforts made by the global smartphone industry
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Amazon's Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to battle climate change
The Bezos Earth Fund will try to safeguard the world from the effects of climate change
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SpaceX re-useable rocket misses landing ship
The private company founded by billionaire Elon Musk has revolutionised spaceflight
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Bodywork: Russia's 'biohackers' push boundaries
The lifestyle trend involves implanting technology under their skin
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Apple to miss revenue forecast as iPhone supply hit by coronavirus
iPhone supplies worldwide would also be impacted
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Aviation industry tries to go green
Aviation industry has pledged to reduce its net carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2050
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YouTube most dominant platform in online streaming, says report
The reason for such popularity is a wide variety of available content
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Singapore orders anti-govt website to warn readers of falsehoods
The law gives ministers in the tightly-regulated city powers to order internet platforms
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Apple mulls developing its own 5G antenna for 2020 iPhones
5G smartphones require multiple mmWave antennas
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Google may start paying publishers for displaying news
Negotiations between the internet giant and news outlets were said to be in the early stages
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Facebook allows US political candidates to run sponsored content
Political campaigns and groups can now use the social media company’s branded content tool
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Mother 'reunites' with departed daughter using virtual reality
In an emotional video, the mother and daughter are having a sad yet beautiful interaction
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Robot waitress serves up smiles in war-torn Afghanistan
The robot is designed to look vaguely like women wearing a hijab
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These are the top grossing dating apps worldwide for January
Online dating has transformed into a multibillion-dollar industry
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Google now lets you customise emojis
Emoji Kitchen lets you combine your favourite emojis into customised stickers
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Facebook offers more data for research on impacts of social media
The company said monthly users of its core social network climbed 8%
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Apple to finally introduce 'eye-roll' Memoji in iOS 13.4 update
The company is releasing nine new Memoji
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Court rules Apple must pay California workers during bag checks
The decision means that the tech giant will have to pay millions of dollars to more than 12,000 hourly workers
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Huawei, Meng face new US charges of trade secrets theft
Huawei called the latest charges "unfounded and unfair"
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Tech firms must do more on child abuse
Governments globally are wrestling over how better to control the content on social media platforms
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Amazon wins suspension of $10 bn 'JEDI' contract to Microsoft
Amazon claimed the process was tainted by politics
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US accuses Huawei of stealing trade secrets, assisting Iran
It also contains new allegations about the company’s involvement in countries subject to sanctions
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No marriage, no problem: Indian apps offer couples privacy for a price
A new raft of Indian apps that offer rooms to unmarried couples
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Will Facebook Dating swipe online lovebirds out of digital nest?
As online dating becomes the virtual norm
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Pentagon expected to back additional Huawei restrictions
The reversal would make it harder for US companies to get around the effective ban on exports to Huawei
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Britain to make social media platforms responsible for harmful content
Governments globally are wrestling over how to better control the content on social media platforms
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Facebook starts fact-checking partnership with Reuters
US intelligence agencies said that social media platforms were used in a Russian cyber-influence campaign
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WhatsApp defends encryption as it tops 2 billion users
WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in 2014, has grown into one of the most widely used services
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Google vs EU: A decade-long saga goes to court
The Silicon Valley juggernaut is appealing a $2.6 billion fine from 2017
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China retreats online to weather coronavirus storm
Millions of Chinese flocking to online working options
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Snapchat introduces mental health tool
App will prompt users with helpful resources when they search for topics like anxiety, depression, suicide
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PayPal funds academic research on illegal firearms transactions
The research aims to help financial companies and law enforcement
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FTC demands data on small buys by Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft
Much of the criticism has focused on massive deals
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Space explorers wanted: NASA seeks the next generation of astronauts
The privileged few will join the 500 or so people who have ventured into space
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The dark side of web: Upsurge in social media killings
Fatima Khan who was labeled as the ‘Snapchat Queen’ was found guilty for killing her boyfriend Khalid Safi
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Samsung unveils compact foldable phone, 5G Galaxy S20
The smartphone will retail at $1,380 and be available from Friday in purple, gold, and black
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TikTok’s new rival Byte wants to pay content creators
Byte aims to reward content creators based on viewer figures
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Google Chrome will soon start blocking insecure downloads
All the mixed content download and non-secure files coming through a secure site will be blocked
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Apple's main iPhone maker Foxconn to resume some Chinese production
Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker
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Amazon wants Trump to testify on ‘order to screw Amazon’ in Pentagon deal
Pentagon awarded a contract for cloud computing to rival Microsoft
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Robot with coronavirus advice hits Times Square
Curious passersby stopped, filled out a short questionnaire on an iPad-like touch screen
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Google HR chief stepping aside as worker activism rises
One of the workers fired was connected to a petition condemning Google for working with the US custom
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Elon Musk flames Zuckerberg with '#DeleteFacebook' tweet
Sacha Baron Cohen, a prominent comic and writer called the social media platform out
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These are the 10 most-downloaded mobile games of the decade
Pokemon GO didn't make it to the top 10
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Solar Orbiter launches on mission to reveal Sun's secrets
Scientists say the craft is expected to provide unprecedented insights into the Sun's atmosphere