Tech

Anyone who has lived in Los Angeles knows how treacherous it can be when stuck on the 405. While sitting in traffic after a long day of work, have you ever wondered: “I wish I could just fly home.” According to Uber, your wish may become true as soon as 2020 when testing for flying […]

$1,000,000,000,000. 12 zeros. Apple is on pace to become the 1st trillion-dollar company after its market value was estimated at $908 billion. The increase in value also comes only a week after Warren Buffett announced his company Berkshire Hathaway had purchased an additional 75 millions shares of Apple stock in the 1st quarter, making it […]

Children are now getting cell phones on average at the age of ten, and as a result, they’re becoming glued to their smartphones at a younger and younger age. Smartphones are changing family and school dynamics, and many are witnessing their negative impact. Movements to reduce screen time, like “Away For The Day” & “Wait […]

According to a report by ScreenRant, the “Black Panther’s” Vibranium technology may be closer to reality than many people think. While there may not yet exist a magical metal that can absorb and redistribute energy, modern science offers several materials that share certain outstanding properties with the make-believe Marvel metal. One of which is the […]

Google has announced it is suspending adverts related to Ireland’s upcoming referendum on abortion, amid concerns about the influence online platforms are having on elections. The temporary ban comes into force on Thursday, May 10 and will affect adverts on both Google and YouTube, Google confirmed in an email. It will remain in place until […]

On May 7, consumer credit reporting agency, Equifax, submitted an update revealing more accurate numbers of their data breach, as compared to their first report on Sept. 7, 2017. The new report indicates that 146.6 million U.S. consumers were affected, compared to the 143 million originally reported. Personal information including names, birthdates, addresses, and social security […]

Dallas is moving closer to becoming one of the world’s first cities with Uber’s flying taxi service. The city’s mayor gave an update on his ambitions for the city to become the first to host the new UberAIR flying vehicles on May 8, reported Fox 4. UberAIR currently plans to get its first vehicles airborne […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday ordered one of the biggest management shakeups in the history of the social network, giving more responsibility to his chief product officer and launching a blockchain division. The shakeup appeared to consolidate power at the sprawling internet company, although it included no firings or outside hires […]

SEATTLE—Slack Technologies Inc on Tuesday announced it has added another 1 million paid users as the company begins to face increased competition in the workplace collaboration software market. The San Francisco-based company, which competes directly with Microsoft Corp, said it now has more than 70,000 paying organizations, more than 8 million daily active users and […]

It is a great time to be a tech entrepreneur in Canada, says Erin Bury, startup aficionado and managing director of creative communications agency Eighty-Eight in Toronto.

The Pentagon has ordered U.S. military bases around the world to pull all smartphones made by Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE from stores, so as to avoid compromising the security of U.S. military service members. Last week The Epoch Times reported that Chinese-made Huawei smartphones were among the electronic products being sold at the Army […]

SAN JOSE, California—Facebook Inc is entering the dating game, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday, planning a dating service to matchmake millions of people on the world’s largest online social network and nudge them into spending more time there. The service, which Facebook had considered offering for over a decade and will launch soon, […]

More evidence has emerged to support the widely held suspicion that China’s most popular messaging app, WeChat, is recording private messages between users, data which is then accessible by the Chinese regime, despite the app’s insistence that it is not spying on the 1 billion people worldwide who use it. In a WeChat public post […]

SAN FRANCISCO—The co-founder of WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook, with more than 1 billion daily users, said on Monday, April 30, he was leaving the company, in a loss of one of the strongest advocates for privacy inside Facebook. Jan Koum’s plan to exit comes after clashing with the parent company over WhatApp’s […]

Trailblazing research from the University of Minnesota opens up completely new possibilities for 3D printing on human skin. Researchers have successfully printed objects directly onto a human hand. “You can be a soldier out in the field and you need a chemical biological warfare sensor or solar panel, so now you just take your printer out […]

WhatsApp has announced it will ban people under the age of 16 from using its service in the European Union. Following changes in European data privacy rules coming into force next month, European users will now be asked to confirm they are at least 16 years old when they agree to new terms of service. […]

Uber is responding to their passenger’s lack of safety by releasing a new passenger safety feature.“Helping keep people safe is a huge responsibility, and one we do not take lightly. That’s why as CEO, I’m committed to putting safety at the core of everything we do,” wrote Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi in a newsroom post. […]

Taiwan prosecutors have filed charges against a former employee at the world’s largest contract chipmaker, alleging that he stole technology with the intention of providing it to a state-owned firm in mainland China. The case brings to light China’s ambition to acquire semiconductor technology by any means necessary. The chips are essential for making most […]

A company funded by Bill Gates and other prominent investors plans to deploy a “large constellation” of hi-tech satellites to provide a real-time video feed of pretty much all of the Earth, all the time. EarthNow, a spin-out from Intellectual Ventures, states in a press release that their goal is to “connect everyone visually with the […]

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Facebook on Tuesday released a rule book for the types of posts it allows on its social network, giving far more detail than ever before on what is permitted on subjects ranging from drug use and sex work to bullying, hate speech, and inciting violence. Facebook for years has had “community standards” for […]