Tech

A court has denied an arrest warrant request for Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, after he was accused of accounting fraud and stock manipulation. The ruling provides at least temporary relief for the de facto head of the South Korean conglomerate. But Mr Lee isn’t completely in the clear yet as …

Google is continuing to build more helpful new features into Google Maps to assist people trying to navigate around cities that have begun emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. When you look for public transit directions, you’ll now see “relevant alerts” from transit agencies about mandatory precautions you’ll need to take …

The de facto leader of Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, appeared before a South Korean court on Monday, awaiting a ruling on whether new allegations including accounting fraud and stock manipulation will send him back to jail after more than two years of freedom. Prosecutors on Thursday asked the court …

Popular game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) Mobile’s new version outraged Muslim players all over the world over its new ‘Idol Worshipping’ feature. As one of the most famous mobile video games in the world, PUBG Mobile boasts almost 750 million active players, 33 millions of whom are in the Muslim world, …

The carmaker Bentley has announced plans to slash up to 1,000 jobs, warning the coronavirus crisis has hit its sales hard and it had run out of other ways to cut costs. The company, headquartered in Crewe, said it had informed its 4,200-strong workers of its “voluntary release programme” and …

Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp said on Friday it would launch a new China joint venture with Chinese auto companies to develop fuel cell systems. Toyota said it will launch the Beijing-based venture with FAW Group, Dongfeng Motor, Beijing Automotive, GAC, and Beijing SinoHytec. The total investment amount will be …

Facebook will start labeling Russian, Chinese, and other state-controlled media organizations, and later this summer block any ads from such outlets that target U.S. users, it said on Thursday. Russia’s Sputnik, Iran’s Press TV, and China’s Xinhua News are on the list of organizations that will receive the label from …

Twitter has accused the US president of making false claims, in one of the app’s own articles covering the news. The move – which effectively accuses the leader of lying – refers to a tweet by Donald Trump about his first defence secretary. Mr Trump had tweeted that he had …

Snapchat will no longer promote President Donald Trump’s account on its platform in the wake of his controversial comments on ongoing protests across the US, the company announced Wednesday. Trump’s account is regularly spotlighted in Snapchat’s “Discover” feature, which also highlights content from celebrities and news organizations. “We are not …

Google has taken down an Android service that helped people delete other apps made in China. Remove China Apps had been downloaded more than a million times in the first 10 days after its launch. It had proved particularly popular in India, where tensions with China are high over a …

Google has been sued in the US over claims it illegally invades the privacy of users by tracking people even when they are browsing in “private mode”. The class action wants at least $5bn (£4bn) from Google and the owner Alphabet. Many internet users assume their search history isn’t being …

Twitter has suspended hundreds of accounts for spreading claims about a Washington DC “blackout” which never happened. Amid widespread civil unrest in the US, thousands to tweets using the #DCBlackout hashtag claimed that communications had been blocked in the capital to cripple protests. But there was no evidence of this. …

The world’s largest cryptocurrency rallied above $10,000 once again amid optimism digital assets will continue to benefit in the wake of unprecedented global fiscal and monetary stimulus. Bitcoin rose about 5% on Tuesday to trade around $10,168 as of 10:05 a.m. in New York. The rally catapulted the coin to …

Facebook employees critical of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to act on President Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments about U.S. protests went public on Twitter, praising the rival social media company for acting, and rebuking their own employer. Many tech workers at companies – including Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google, and …

It is a scene repeated the world over: pedestrians glued to their phones while walking, causing collisions and sometimes accidents. No more, says one Japanese city. Officials in Yamato city, near Tokyo, on Monday, submitted a bill to the city assembly to stop people from using their phones while walking. …

Facebook Inc and Snap Inc became the latest U.S. companies condemning racial inequality in the United States as violent protests flared up across major cities over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis last week. The two tech companies stood …

It is just the latest in a series of spectacular failures of prototypes of the Starship heavy-lift rocket. The Starship was being used in ground tests at the company’s South Texas test facilities, as part of an attempt to rush the large metal rocket into flight. The explosion occurred hours …

Twitter has attached an unprecedented warning to a tweet by Donald Trump, accusing him of “glorifying violence”. The message has been added to a tweet that appears to threaten that people caught looting will be shot amid civil unrest in Minneapolis. Twitter’s warning came just hours after Trump said he …

Facebook Inc is launching Facebook Shops, a service that will allow small businesses to display and sell their products on the social network’s platforms, Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday.

Amazon is accusing two companies of “widespread tech support fraud” targeting users of its Alexa virtual assistant and smart speakers. In a lawsuit filed last week in a US District Court in Seattle, Amazon alleges the two companies — Robojap Technologies in Washington state and Quatic Software Solutions in Punjab, …