Huawei reportedly helped to build North Korea’s internet
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei worked together with the North Korean government to build and maintain its Koryolink commercial wireless network according to a…
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Microsoft to shell out $25 million to settle bribery charges
Microsoft agreed Monday to pay more than $25 million, including an $8.7 million criminal penalty, to settle charges that it bribed government officials in…
Adobe brings Alexa integration to its XD prototyping tool
Adobe XD, the company’s increasingly popular prototyping and design tool, is getting support for testing Amazon Alexa voice experiences on devices like the…
Microsoft joins XR Association in ‘significant milestone’
Microsoft has joined the XR Association (XRA), joining Facebook, Google, HTC Vive, Samsung and Sony as members.
The trade association, which represents…
Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI in new multiyear partnership
Microsoft is making a $1 billion bet on OpenAI, the company formed by notable founders including Elon Musk and Sam Altman three years ago with the aim of…
AlipayHK granted license to expand coverage throughout mainland China
China’s central bank has approved the expansion of Ant Financial’s independent AlipayHK e-wallet throughout mainland China, allowing for visitors from Hong…
Google Chrome 76 will stop websites from seeing users in Incognito Mode
Google Chrome 76, scheduled to roll out on July 30, will fix a loophole that allows websites to detect visitors who are Incognito Mode, a move that will affect…
UAE jumps 16 places globally to rank 25th in fastest fixed broadband speed…
UAE has jumped 16 places to rank 25th in fixed broadband speed and connectivity globally, according to Ookla’s Global Speed test Index conducted in June this…
Chinese court recognizes Bitcoin as virtual property, a first
In the ruling of a property dispute case involving Bitcoin on Thursday, the Hangzhou Internet Court recognized that cryptocurrency assets have the attributes…
G7 urges tight regulations for digital currencies, agrees to tax digital…
Digital currencies such as Facebook’s planned Libra raise serious concerns and must be regulated as tightly as possible to ensure they do not upset the world’s…