One of the largest investors in the UK has committed £5bn of new money to invest in transport, property and digital technology. The Middle Eastern state of Qatar said that it was optimistic about the future of the British economy. It made it clear that the UK leaving the European Union had little bearing on … Read more
The EU on Monday approved a $130 billion mega-merger of US agri-chemicals giants Dow Chemical and DuPont, paving the way for major consolidation in a sensitive sector for farmers and the environment. The decision by antitrust regulators was subject to Dupont selling “major parts” of its global pesticide business, said the European Commission, the EU’s … Read more
The British government said Sunday that its security services must have access to encrypted messaging applications such as WhatsApp, revealing it was used by the killer behind the parliament attack. Khalid Masood, the 52-year-old Briton who killed four people before being shot dead in a rampage in Westminster on Wednesday, reportedly used the Facebook-owned service … Read more
Westminster attacker Khalid Masood acted alone and there is no information to suggest further attacks are planned, Scotland Yard has said. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said: “There is a possibility we will never understand why he did this.” Four people died and 50 were injured when Masood drove his car into pedestrians before stabbing … Read more
Global technology giant Google will scale up mentorship programs targeting Kenyan innovators to enable them to grow their technology start-ups into formidable enterprises, executives said on Friday. John Kimani, Google’s Head of Developer Ecosystem in East and Francophone Africa, said that mentorship is key to enabling young techpreneurs to acquire skills needed in the expansion … Read more
Search giant Google and security firm Symantec have clashed over the way websites are kept secure. Google claims Symantec has done a poor job of using standard tools, called certificates, that check the identity of thousands of websites. It will change its Chrome browser to stop recognising some Symantec certificates, causing problems for people who … Read more
The feud sparked by Google’s failure to remove extremist content from its site Youtube could lead to the end of automated ad placement, experts have warned. Household names including Marks and Spencer and McDonald’s have pulled advertising from Google’s YouTube as part of a growing international boycott. Now analysts have predicted that brands could turn … Read more
Google’s money-making foundation is strong enough to endure a current boycott by advertisers, but the movement could rattle the practice of software “programmed” ad placement, analysts said on Thursday. The internet giant’s core business of serving up advertising along with online search results appeared to be safe from the boycott, motivated by companies seeking assurances … Read more
The next TECNO Camon Smartphone will be launched globally a few days from now. Tecno Camon Lines are camera-centric smartphones that boast of quality selfie camera and state of the grade back camera. TECNO impressed us with the first iterations of the Camon series especially the Camon C8 and C9. The Camon C8, for instance, … Read more
Google has responded to major companies withdrawing online adverts by promising to take “a tougher stance on hateful, offensive and derogatory content”. Philipp Schindler, the firm’s chief business officer, said Google would also tighten advertising safeguards. He added that as well as removing content, its YouTube team would revisit the guidelines on allowable videos. The … Read more
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest billionaires, while US President Donald Trump slipped more than 200 spots. Gates, whose wealth is estimated at $86 billion, led the list for the fourth straight year. He was followed by Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett – with an estimated … Read more
Google’s European boss has apologised after adverts from major firms and government agencies appeared next to extremist content on its YouTube site. It came after Marks and Spencer became the latest firm to pull its online ads over the issue, joining others such as Audi, RBS and L’Oreal. Google’s European chief, Matthew Brittin, promised to … Read more
Google painted a bleak picture of cybersecurity trends Monday, saying the number of websites hacked rose 32 percent last year, with little relief in sight. “We don’t expect this trend to slow down. As hackers get more aggressive and more sites become outdated, hackers will continue to capitalize by infecting more sites,” Google said in … Read more
A top Google executive on Monday apologised after UK company and government adverts appeared alongside extremist content on its Internet platforms. The apology from Matt Brittin, president of Google’s Europe, Middle East and Africa division, came after UK banks HSBC and RBS, along with major retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S), decided to suspend their adverts … Read more
Marks and Spencer has become the latest firm to pull its online advertising from Google’s platforms over fears it is appearing next to extremist content. It follows a UK government decision to remove its adverts from YouTube – which is owned by Google – after it emerged they had appeared alongside content from supporters of … Read more
Google has removed audio about the movie Beauty and the Beast which played out unprompted on Google Home. “By the way, Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast opens today,” the smart speaker said after listing the time, weather and travel update. In a video posted on Twitter, it then talked about the plot and … Read more
Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging suitcases, clutching their pinging cellphones and one-way tickets to Italy. They practise random Italian words in a schoolyard in the Lebanese capital’s eastern Geitawi neighbourhood, waiting for the buses that will take them to the airport, … Read more
A Nigerian man has told CNN he was surprised to learn that US President Donald Trump had read a few lines of his poetry at an event marking St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday. “My sister just brought the news to me. I didn’t want to believe what she said initially,” Albasheer Adam Alhassan, a Nigerian … Read more
If there’s anything the lovable nerds in Silicon Valley have taught me, it’s that compression technology is indeed sexy. Who am I kidding? It’s not, but compression technology is very practical. Take Google’s new open source JPEG algorithm called Guetzli — it can dramatically reduce the size of JPEG images without loss of quality, according … Read more
President Donald Trump sparked web derision for himself on Thursday as he tried to impress visiting Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny to the White House, with an Irish proverb. But what he quoted was neither Irish nor even a proverb. “As we stand together with our Irish friends, I’m reminded of that proverb … And … Read more