JOHN HENNESSY, THE chair of Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., was recently asked whether Google providing a search engine in China that censored results would provide a net benefit for Chinese users. “I don’t know the answer to that. I think it’s — I think it’s...

Eight apps with a total of more than 2 billion downloads in the Google Play store have been exploiting user permissions as part of an ad fraud scheme that could have stolen millions of dollars, according to research from Kochava, an app analytics and attribution...

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort met secretly on multiple occasions with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London over several years, including one meeting in 2016 just months before Wikileaks published Clinton associate emails...

Demand for iPhone XR may well be weaker than Apple and analysts expected. I don’t know. But I will say this: you can’t judge this from poor-mouthing from Apple’s Asian suppliers. Every year, right around now, reports appear that Apple suppliers are claiming Apple has...

A few days ago, Apple released a new ad for the iPad Pro that gives five reasons it can be ‘your next computer.’ While I thought the ad was well done, I did come away from it frustrated. While I’ve been a big proponent of the iPad for a long time (I’ve bought 500+...

Popular computer accessories maker Logitech may be looking to purchase Plantronics, a company that specializes in Bluetooth earpieces and headsets. According to a report from Reuters, this would be Logitech’s largest acquisition by far to date. This would also help...

Wombats are curious creatures. Chubby and short-legged, the marsupials are unusual even before you consider their unique ability to produce cube-shaped poo. Now, scientists in the US may have discovered how and why the phenomenon occurs. Dr Patricia Yang, a fluid...

In a Tuesday interview with CNN, Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook's handling of recent scandals and his own leadership of the company. He flatly rejected calls to give up his position as the chairman of Facebook's board and said he had no plans to fire his top...

To capture the perfect lighting, Rasmus Furbo directed Spider-Man to crouch on top of a queen-size bed. The web-slinger sat there, facing the end of the bed, against a black studio-like backdrop for the hero’s classic red and blue suit. The photo shoot was not for...

IT WASN’T Donald Trump who said he opposed the nuclear deal with Iran because “we will be worse off with this agreement than without it,” while lying about the contents of that deal. It wasn’t Mike Pence who said that “since the Palestinians in Gaza elected Hamas … to...

Nigerian police say false information and incendiary images on Facebook have contributed to more than a dozen recent killings in Plateau State - an area already torn by ethnic violence. When BBC Africa Eye got in touch with Facebook, the company disabled the account...