Mobility

IBM Patents Coffee Delivery DroneIBM Patents Coffee Delivery Drone

IBM Patents Coffee Delivery Drone

The drone system makes use of complex AI and sensors to detect when caffeinated beverages are required

7 years ago
Huawei, ZTE Banned From Providing 5G Gear In AustraliaHuawei, ZTE Banned From Providing 5G Gear In Australia

Huawei, ZTE Banned From Providing 5G Gear In Australia

The ban arrives amidst tighter restrictions on the Chinese telecoms equipment giants in Australia and elsewhere

7 years ago
Verizon Admits Throttling Firefighter Internet Access During California BlazeVerizon Admits Throttling Firefighter Internet Access During California Blaze

Verizon Admits Throttling Firefighter Internet Access During California Blaze

The company said that effectively cutting off firefighters' internet access was a customer support mistake, as US states demand the…

7 years ago
Google Slapped With Location Tracking LawsuitGoogle Slapped With Location Tracking Lawsuit

Google Slapped With Location Tracking Lawsuit

That didn't take long. Last week's revelation that Google tracks users’ location even if tracking is turned off, prompts US…

7 years ago
Apple Removes Thousands Of Apps From China App StoreApple Removes Thousands Of Apps From China App Store

Apple Removes Thousands Of Apps From China App Store

Cost of doing business? 'Illegal' lottery and gambling apps the latest to be purged from Apple's China App Store

7 years ago
US Government Pressures Facebook Over Messenger EncryptionUS Government Pressures Facebook Over Messenger Encryption

US Government Pressures Facebook Over Messenger Encryption

Officials want Facebook's help to crack encryption, so they can listen to suspect's voice conversations

7 years ago
Apple Network Hacked By Australian TeenagerApple Network Hacked By Australian Teenager

Apple Network Hacked By Australian Teenager

Trouble from the land down under for iPhone maker, as Aussie fanboy breaks into Apple's main network

7 years ago
Google Staff Demand Answers Over Censorship Search AppGoogle Staff Demand Answers Over Censorship Search App

Google Staff Demand Answers Over Censorship Search App

Search engine for Chinese market still a long way from launching says Alphabet boss, amid staff concern

7 years ago
New Australian Law Requires Tech Firms To Help Cops Crack EncryptionNew Australian Law Requires Tech Firms To Help Cops Crack Encryption

New Australian Law Requires Tech Firms To Help Cops Crack Encryption

The newly proposed measures would levy fines of up to £6m for organisations that fail to comply

7 years ago
Google ‘Tracks Users Even With Location History Switched Off’Google ‘Tracks Users Even With Location History Switched Off’

Google ‘Tracks Users Even With Location History Switched Off’

An AP investigation found a number of Google services tracked users even when they had explicitly switched off location tracking

7 years ago
Sainsbury’s Trials Till-Free Shopping In ClaphamSainsbury’s Trials Till-Free Shopping In Clapham

Sainsbury’s Trials Till-Free Shopping In Clapham

The trial allows shoppers to scan items as they shop using a smartphone app, then check out via Apple Pay

7 years ago
Apple Defends Privacy Practices To US LawmakersApple Defends Privacy Practices To US Lawmakers

Apple Defends Privacy Practices To US Lawmakers

Apple insists it is 'radically different' on privacy from the likes of Google and Facebook, but not all are convinced

7 years ago
Samsung £120bn Investment Plan Targets AI, 5GSamsung £120bn Investment Plan Targets AI, 5G

Samsung £120bn Investment Plan Targets AI, 5G

The three-year strategy aims to find new growth areas as semiconductors and smartphones stall

7 years ago
Samsung S7 Smartphones Vulnerable To Meltdown ExploitSamsung S7 Smartphones Vulnerable To Meltdown Exploit

Samsung S7 Smartphones Vulnerable To Meltdown Exploit

Researchers warn that Samsung smartphones are vulnerable due to the Meltdown flaw with Intel chips

7 years ago
Microsoft Extends Life Of ‘Classic Skype’ After BacklashMicrosoft Extends Life Of ‘Classic Skype’ After Backlash

Microsoft Extends Life Of ‘Classic Skype’ After Backlash

'Customer feedback' persuades Microsoft to backtrack and extend support for Skype 7.0...for now

7 years ago

Google Tailors Android 9 Pie To Enhance User Experience

Google's latest version of its mobile operating system includes time limiting options and night-time screen adjustment

7 years ago

EU Regulators Mull Action On Universal Smartphone Chargers

Frustrated at lack of progress towards universal phone charger, EU to consider whether to take action

7 years ago

Computer Virus Infects iPhone Chip Maker

Concern that chip production for next Apple iPhone may be impacted by virus infection at TSMC

7 years ago

Qualcomm Expects $1bn From IoT Sales This Year

Qualcomm's figures underscore the rapid expansion of connected gadgets into all areas of life, even as smartphone sales level off

7 years ago

Apple Reaches $1 Trillion Valuation In Market First

Apple is the first publicly traded US company to be worth $1tn, following ten years of stellar smartphone expansion

7 years ago

Google Plots China Return With Censorship Software – Report

Do No Evil? Google reportedly building search engine for China that allows for content to be censored

7 years ago

Ofcom Study Reveals Extent Of Our Tech Addiction

Its good to talk? Not according to Ofcom study, as messaging apps overtake number of mobile calls

7 years ago

Uber Doesn’t Rule Out Return To Self-Driving Trucks

The ride-hailing company has shuttered its self-driving trucks unit, which grew out of the troubled acquisition of start-up Otto two…

7 years ago

Samsung Profits Slip As Galaxy S9 Misses Sales Targets

Smartphone slowdown. South Korean giant feels the pressure from cheaper Chinese handsets

7 years ago

T-Mobile US And Nokia Sign £2.7bn 5G Network Deal

The multi-year deal, one of the world's first major 5G contracts, aims to deploy the US' first nationwide next-generation services

7 years ago

Pentagon Circulates Software ‘Do Not Buy’ List

The US Defence Department is ramping up its efforts to eliminate Russian and Chinese influence from US government tech

7 years ago

Samsung Gets US Approval For Bendable Screen

Bendable smartphones on the way? Samsung says unbreakable, flexible screen passes US safety tests

7 years ago

Qualcomm Abandons Bid For NXP After Chinese Refusal

Announces massive share repurchase program and agrees to halt pursuit of Dutch chipmaker

7 years ago

Bluetooth Pairing Bug To Be Repaired

Update coming for Bluetooth after pairing vulnerability could see attacker intercept communications

7 years ago

Microsoft Underscores ‘AI First’ Strategy At Partner Conference

At Inspire in Las Vegas, Microsoft outlines how it plans to weave AI and cloud computing into 'the fabric of…

7 years ago