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Apple calls for more data oversight after Facebook breach
While IBM chief Virginia Rometty said users should have more agency over their own data
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Uber sells Southeast Asia business to Grab
The deal is the industry’s first big consolidation in Southeast Asia and puts pressure on Indonesia’s Go-Jek
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Zuckerberg apologises to Britons with newspaper apology ads
World’s largest social media network is facing growing government scrutiny in Europe and the United States
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Waymo CEO claims to have handled Uber self-driving incident safely
John Krafcik says that company was well on its way to its goal of decreasing motor vehicle fatalities
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MIT researchers create prototype that extracts water from dry air
The device can improve scarce levels of water in regions that get bare minimum rainfall
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Automakers launch online tool to look up car recall
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers have tied up with vehicle information provider Carfax to provide the service
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Qualcomm re-elects board of directors with tepid support
The company has been under pressure to defend its decision to take Broadcom’s bid for review
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US lawmakers formally ask Zuckerberg to testify on user data
The world’s largest social media network is under growing pressure from governments, investors, and advertisers
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Spotify to list shares in direct offering
The company expects shareholders to sell up to 55.7 million ordinary shares
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Elon Musk deletes Facebook pages for Tesla, SpaceX
He had begun the exchange by responding to a tweet from WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton on the #deletefacebook tag
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Emerging Pakistan
Science and technology has not gained traction in our educational system at all levels
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Ireland chooses investment firms to manage Apple cash
Both are saying the iPhone maker’s tax treatment was in line with Irish and European Union law
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Zuckerberg loses status as guardian of Facebook users
The latest crisis laying siege to the leading online social network has led to him losing the control of his creation
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Dropbox prices shares at $21 for Friday market debut
Strong expected demand shows not all tech companies have been hit by the events of this week
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China gives Baidu go-ahead for self-driving tests after US crash
The accident Arizona was the first death attributed to a self-driving car operating in autonomous mode
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Facebook dropped from Australian Ethical ETF
The social media giant is under scrutiny following allegations that it helped influence the 2016 US election
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Alibaba eyes China 'listing' as early as mid-year
The country has been looking for ways to lure home its offshore-listed tech giants
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Toshiba's $18 billion chip unit sale faces tight deadline
The conglomerate agreed last year to sell the world’s second-biggest producer of NAND flash memory chips
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Pakistan acquires another communication satellite
Islamabad signs a deal with Beijing for meeting future challenges
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Car makers can use AI to detect drivers mood
Albeit helpful, the software does have a creepy touch to it
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Ex-England footballer Michael Owen to launch own cryptocurrency
The announcement came as he invested in the Singapore-based exchange and unveiled the 'Owen Coin'
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Twitter, Google security executives to leave companies
Facebook’s chief information security officer is also departing in August over disagreements
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Data mining abandoned by Commonwealth Games after Facebook scandal
The wifi feature would be amended to allow users to access it without having to log in to the social media platform
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Charity fundraising after Facebook's data breach: risks but little choice
Facebook plays up its status as the go-to fundraising tool
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Zuckerberg apologises for Facebook mistakes in data scandal
He tells Facebook users the firm had a responsibility to protect its data
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Mistakenly sent WhatsApp message leads couple to get married
The couple married on December 7
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China to become top patent filer within three years: UN
Record 243,500 international patent applications filed in 2017, 4.5 per cent more than year before, reveals report
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Indian minister delivers 'warning across the Atlantic' over social media misuse ahead of elections
India is due to hold a national election in 2019 and there are several states electing new assemblies this year
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BMW raises R&D spending for electric cars
In its annual report the carmaker also warned of a possible impact from trade barriers in US
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Psychometrics: How Facebook data helped Trump find his voters
Trump campaign collected data on personal info, likes, places, pictures, and networks of 50 million Facebook users
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Twitter failing women as online abuse flourishes
Abuses ranged from ‘doxing’ to posting nude pictures, the rights group said
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WhatsApp co-founder asks users to delete Facebook
Amid its involvement in the Cambridge Analytica controversy
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Arizona says not time to rein in self-driving cars after Uber fatality
Meanwhile, Toyota Motor said it will pause autonomous vehicle testing following Sunday’s accident
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Amazon is now second most valuable US-listed company
While Alphabet lost 0.39 per cent trimming its stock market value to $762 billion
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Spotify CEO to sell up to $2 billion stake in public listing
The company said it expected current shareholders to sell up to 55.7 million ordinary shares
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Google boosts efforts to help news organisations get more paid subscribers
Internet giant describes Google News Initiative as part of an 'effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age'
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Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO amid fresh revelations
Recordings of Nix emerges in which he boasts about company's role in Donald Trump's presidential campaign
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Data scandal threatens Zuckerberg vision for Facebook
Zuckerberg took an idea hatched in his Harvard dormitory and created a network connecting more than two billion people
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UK MPs ask Facebook's Zuckerberg to testify on data row
Collins set Zuckerberg a deadline of March 26 to reply
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Social media applications are 'tools of Chinese hacking', Indian army warns soldiers
In just a couple of months, this is the second warning the officials have issued in 'general interest of public'
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BlackBerry must face revived US lawsuit over BlackBerry 10
While an earlier version of the case was dismissed in March 2015
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Dropbox IPO oversubscribed
While investor appetite looked encouraging with three days to go before final pricing
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Mark Zuckerberg's fortune falls $4.9 billion after latest scandal
The social media company's market valuation fell by roughly $40 billion on Monday
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Apple grabs two-year lead in 3D sensing race
The technology is expected to enhance the next generation of phones
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Teenage girl killed after cellphone explodes during usage
The cause of the explosion is not clear yet
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Facebook is a ‘surveillance company’ rebranded as 'social media'
Facebook rebranding as 'social media' is the most successful deception, says Edward Snowden
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Nine-year-old boy kills teenage sister over video game in US
The Sheriff said he wasn’t sure what charges would be filed
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Facebook shares slide after reports of data misuse
After media reports that a political consultancy gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook users
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EU lawmakers to investigate alleged misuse of Facebook users' data
Antonio Tajani urged the social media giant to take more responsibility
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G20 watchdog focuses on rules review, holds fire on cryptocurrencies
Interest in cryptocurrencies surged last year as prices rocketed only to tumble in recent months

















































