E-sports will be featured for the first time in the Comex technology show this year, with the launch of the inaugural Esports Festival Asia (EFA)…

Read More Comex show to feature e-sports for first time

SEATTLE — If you followed Congress’s scrutiny of the technology industry this week, you would think that Amazon, Google and Facebook are the biggest tech…

Read More Microsoft Earnings: Sales Jump 12 Percent, Fueled by Cloud

TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp said on Friday its Seoul-based venture capital unit focusing on early-stage investments has raised a 317 billion won ($270…

Read More SoftBank raises $270 million via Seoul unit for early-stage investments

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cryptocurrencies are changing the U.S. currency system in ways that may facilitate illegal activity and instability in prices, St. Louis Federal…

Read More Fed's Bullard sees cryptocurrencies shifting U.S. financial system

A Chinese space station is just hours away from smashing into our planet to meet its fiery demise in the atmosphere of Earth. But there’s…

Read More A Chinese space station will fall to Earth today but you shouldn't panic

Members of the public have shared their personal memories of the Apollo 11 moon landings, as the world marks 50 years since the remarkable feat.…

Read More Brits share touching memories of the Apollo 11 moon landing

Chimpanzees enjoy watching movies together and get a sense of closeness and bonding through shared experience, scientists say. A study of apes watching videos suggests…

Read More Chimpanzees bond over watching movies together, research claims

Samsung’s Galaxy S10 series debuted back in February and initially released in three models: the standard Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10+. The South…

Read More Samsung reveals exclusive Galaxy S10 update and there’s even more exciting news for fans

Australia's fledgling 5G networks face an uphill battle to outpace 4G, with a global survey of maximum real-world mobile broadband speeds finding the existing mobile…

Read More Australia’s 4G speeds currently faster than its 5G, survey shows

It’s time to face the facts: Your texts with bae actually provide a wealth of insight into your relationship. Do your exchanges mostly consist of…

Read More What’s The Last Text You Sent Your Partner? 12 People Share Theirs & It’s SO Telling

Web masterminds can see what helps you masturbate. Facebook, Google and Oracle cloud are secretly tracking the porn you watch, according to a new joint…

Read More Facebook and Google can see what porn you’re watching

The Oakland City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to prevent city employees, including the police, from using or acquiring facial recognition technology. Amid increasing scrutiny…

Read More Oakland becomes third US city to ban facial recognition

Scientists and stargazers are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, which brought geologic samples back to NASA researchers on Earth. Now,…

Read More Apollo 11: NASA shares rare footage of scientists testing moon rocks

Lego is bringing out a new series of new building sets that combine traditional brick building with augmented reality. The Hidden Side range features eight…

Read More Lego Hidden Side ‘haunted’ sets combine brick building with augmented reality

Porn sites are collecting data about their users’ sexual preferences and passing this highly sensitive information onto companies who cannot necessarily be trusted with the…

Read More Porn sites are collecting your most intimate secrets and incognito mode won't protect you

A new framework and training plan for data protection officers (DPOs) has been developed by Singapore’s privacy watchdog to clarify their roles and develop their…

Read More New scheme for data protection officers

The moment that many Instagram users have been dreading is finally here, as the platform has started hiding like counts. Instagram announced the change back…

Read More Instagram will start hiding ‘like’ counts for millions of users today

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing said on Thursday it was proposing to relaunch its Hitch carpooling service with added safety features, almost…

Read More China's Didi plans to relaunch Hitch service with new safety features

Instagram has started hiding the number of likes a post gets as part of a trial aimed at removing ‘the pressure’ of the ‘gram. The…

Read More Instagram has started hiding likes to stop feeds 'feeling like a competition'

A giant Antarctic ice sheet could be saved from sliding into the sea and melting by covering it in trillions of tons of artificial snow.…

Read More Antarctic ice sheet could be saved from catastrophic meltdown by artificial snow

Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a are Google’s newest smartphones that, while varying in price and features, share much in common. Both phone lineups come in…

Read More Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a ultimate price crash ends this week

Vodafone announced the launch of 5G earlier this month and now the UK network has more news on this superfast signal. When the company switched…

Read More Vodafone update as more customers can now access this ultimate upgrade

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German payments company Wirecard AG said on Thursday it was teaming up with car-dealing platform AUTO1 Group to offer digital financial services…

Read More Wirecard deal with AUTO1 first fruit of SoftBank alliance

TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) founder and Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said on Thursday that there is a dearth of investment opportunities in…

Read More SoftBank's Son says Japan lacks investment opportunities, is AI 'developing country'

The rollout of the state-subsidised National Broadband Plan (NBP) will begin between October and December, the Government has announced. A statement from the Department of…

Read More Rollout of €2.9bn rural broadband 'will begin in October'

Victorians claiming the solar rebate are being used as unwitting "public beta" testers for the state government's new smartphone-based facial recognition system, with almost half…

Read More Face scanning falls flat as part of digital credentials push

CES is going back and forth on sex toys again. The giant Las Vegas trade show said this week that its yearly event in January…

Read More CES will include special sex-toy section at annual tech exhibition

Elon Musk is hoping patients with severe neurological conditions will be able to test wireless technology connecting the human brain to computers as soon as…

Read More How Elon Musk plans to hack your brain and hook it to a smartphone

ROME (Reuters) – Italy has bowed to pressure from Chinese telecoms equipment makers Huawei Technologies and ZTE and will drop emergency legislation strengthening state powers…

Read More Italy to drop emergency legislation on 5G golden powers

You’re probably too busy and glamorous to let a little old niggle like the grim inevitability of death darken your day. But people around the…

Read More 'It's a prophet of doom': FaceApp is plunging people into an existential crisis