Facebook Joins the Battle to Combat COVID-19
In an effort to combat COVID-19 Facebook has launched an information centre, It’s common these days to find fake news on social media especially as…
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Huawei signs MOU with Sri Lanka’s Moratuwa University to enhance ICT knowledge transformation
Huawei Sri Lanka and University of Moratuwa (UOM) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable the educated and talented youth in Sri Lanka…
Cyber-crime profits reached $3.5bn in 2019, says FBI
Criminals netted $3.5bn (£2.7bn) from cyber-crimes reported to the FBI alone in 2019, according to the service’s internet crime complaint centre (IC3). It received 467,361 complaints…
Android co-creator’s phone company Essential to close
Essential, the phone company launched by Android co-founder Andy Rubin, has announced its closure. Established in 2015, it had planned to release several phones, a…
Dialog launches the innovative Apple Watch Series 5 in Sri Lanka
Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider and the only 4G VoLTE and VoWiFi mobile network, authorized reseller and partner network for Apple devices,…
Samsung surprises with Galaxy Flip Z Oscars reveal
Samsung gave the first glimpse of its Galaxy Z Flip smartphone in a surprise teaser during the Academy Awards. The device was revealed ahead of…
Man who helped the Queen send her first email dies
A computer scientist who helped the Queen send her first email – in 1976 – has died aged 86. Peter Kirstein, dubbed “the European father…
Bill Gates ‘not buying our hydrogen yacht’
Billionaire Bill Gates has not commissioned a hydrogen-powered superyacht from designer Sinot, the firm has told the BBC. It has been widely reported that Mr…
UK 5G concerns ‘a witch-hunt’ says Chinese ambassador
China’s ambassador to the UK, Liu Xiaoming, says Tory politicians opposed to Huawei playing a role in the UK’s 5G network are conducting “a witch-hunt”.…
Tech Tent – has Silicon Valley still got it?
For decades it has been the beating heart of the tech industry, the place where the future is created and where anyone who wants to…