There’s a problem with Snapchat’s valuation of $24 billion. The company doesn’t deserve the money. That goes for all social media that rely on user generated content. Pay the people, says DW’s Zulfikar Abbany. ...
The Nokia 3310, once the world’s most beloved phone, will be resurrected as a low-cost alternative in the smartphone-era. It will be sold by Finnish start-up HMD Global, which acquired the Nokia brand name in...
Several major tech companies will be presenting their mobile phone novelties at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona in coming days. Let’s have a preview of expected highlights. Tens of thousands of digital technology aficionados...
China already holds the two fastest supercomputers. Now it hopes to knock the USA off the third spot with the first ever exascale machine. Tianhe-3 will handle one quintillion calculations per second. Fast isn’t the...
German premium carmaker Daimler has announced a partnership with Uber to supply self-driving cars for the US ride-hailing company as the pair seeks to become leading players in the world of autonomous driving. In a...
A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in the messaging platform that allows third parties to intercept messages. Although notified in April, Facebook has failed to redress the security flaw. Tobias Boelter, a cryptography researcher...
Electronic ankle bracelets are not just devices worn around your ankles. They’re part of a complex system for monitoring the behavior of suspects or offenders – who have to comply for the system to work....
The lesson of CES 2017: Like smartphones in the past decade, virtual reality (VR) technology will change everyday human experience in the coming decade. It’s a hugely engaging, irresistible, and disruptive technology. The annual Consumer...
The virtual currency has continued its breathtaking rise surging past $1,000, after already winning the crown of the best-performing currency in 2016 by more than doubling its value in the course of the year. Bitcoin...
Video game maker Nintendo is launching “Super Mario Run” for the iPhone, marking the company’s first ever smartphone game. With this move, the Japanese pursue a double strategy, market analysts say. Japanese video game publisher...
The massive servers required to process your tweets and videos are set to cause more carbon emissions than aviation. This week, Google pledged to power all its servers from renewables. Believe it or not, when...
The fear is that robots will replace humans in the workplace. But engineers at Technical University Dresden think robots and humans can collaborate – via wearable technology for humans to train robots. DW: How does...
