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‘Lessons to be learned from Facebook’s WhatsApp deal’
PARIS (Reuters) – Facebook’s $22 billion buyout of WhatsApp six years ago should have been blocked, the boss of…
Instagram tests direct messaging on web
Six years after the feature launched for the mobile app, Instagram has started bringing direct messages on the web.…
PUBG launching Season 6 with impressive new map
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is launching its Season 6: Shakedown with an impressive new map, Karakin,…
PUBG Skin Contest: Choose how you want the visuals, voting started
Finalists for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) skin contest have been decided. Now, it’s time for players to…
Jack Ma, Grab eye opportunities in Singapore digital bank battle
SINGAPORE: Singapore is opening up its banking industry to digital lenders in a reform that could shake up the…
Pakistan, world to witness first lunar eclipse of 2020 tonight
KARACHI: The first lunar eclipse of the year 2020 will be witnessed in Pakistan on night between Friday…
LinkedIn makes big announcement
DUBLIN: Microsoft’s LinkedIn became the latest technology company to establish a new campus in Dublin on Friday…
How Big Tech is helping transform cars into smartphones
LAS VEGAS: Technology companies transformed smartphones and televisions into continuous fountains of revenue.…
China opens up oil and gas exploration, production for foreign, domestic firms
SINGAPORE/BEIJING: For the first time, China will this year allow foreign companies to explore for and produce…
Twitter to test a new feature to combat online abuse
Twitter said on Wednesday it will test new features early this year that would allow users to control who can reply…
Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G phones in 2019
South Korea’s Samsung announced that the company shipped more than 6.7 million Galaxy 5G smartphones globally in…
Delta wants to use tech to improve flying experience
Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian said on Tuesday the company plans to use technology to shift employees…
Facebook bans deepfake videos but says parody clips still OK
Facebook will ban deepfake videos ahead of the US elections but the new policy will still allow heavily edited…
WhatsApp to introduce new feature for images
Facebook-owned message-sharing app, WhatsApp, is mulling to introduce a new feature, ‘Reverse Search Tool’, in…
Samsung to draw line under lacklustre 2019 with chip revival in store
SEOUL: With Samsung Electronics expected to suffer its biggest annual profit drop in at least a decade,…
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s pay dropped 26% in 2019
Apple chief Tim Cook saw his annual pay slip to $11.6 million in 2019 after the company registered a weaker…
Did a dwarf species of Tyrannosaurus rex really once exist?
For three decades, paleontologists the world over have been split over a provocative finding: did a dwarf species…
Xiaomi to invest $7 billion in 5G
BEIJING: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp will invest more than 50 billion yuan ($7.18 billion) in artificial…
After more than a century, Russian capital gets ‘no snow’
Known for it’s snowy Christmas celebrations, Moscow isn’t very white this year as 2019 capped off and a new decade…
India approves third moon mission, months after landing failure
BENGALURU: India has approved its third lunar mission months after its last one failed to successfully land on…