The European Union has said it will impose a universal charger for smartphones. The switch to a standard USB-C cable would represent a blow for US tech giant Apple. The European Commission on Thursday proposed...
The People’s Bank of China moved to bar all cryptocurrency transactions Friday. Overseas exchanges providing cryptocurrency services to mainland China will be considered illegal. China’s central bank has made all cryptocurrency transactions illegal in mainland China, the...
Millions of people around the world have received the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19. Now the team behind BioNTech is receiving Germany’s biggest award for medicine. Three scientists from BioNTech, the German biotechnology company behind one...
A US federal court has ordered Apple to accommodate developers when it comes to payments for apps and services. The ruling came in the legal tussle between Apple and Epic Games. California federal court judge...
Ireland’s privacy regulator has fined WhatsApp a record amount for breaking European Union data protection rules. It said the company had failed to give users transparency about how their data would be used. Ireland’s Data...
South Korean lawmakers have unanimously passed legislation making it impossible for Apple and Google to force app developers to use the tech giants’ payment systems. The move could trigger similar steps elsewhere. South Korean parliamentarians...
The US government is investigating Tesla’s partially automated driving system after crashes that left one person dead and 17 people injured. Authorities in the United States have opened a formal probe into Tesla’s driver assistance...
The Nokia 9000 Communicator — “the office in your back pocket” — was a smartphone even before the word was invented. It has been 25 years since it revolutionized the market. Nokia presented its 9000...
Two of the richest Poles want to develop nuclear power: one with small reactors from the US, and another with large reactors from Russia. Geopolitics will play a part in which project succeeds — if...
Apple, Microsoft and Google’s parent company Alphabet have seen a surge in revenue. The results are attributed to the coronavirus pandemic — but also the easing of lockdowns. Tech companies Apple, Microsoft and Google owner...
Facing cluttered sidewalks, reckless drivers and now the first known fatality in Europe, cities are threatening to kill the e-scooter. But fans of the e-mobility option say the criticism is misplaced. They have a low...
It doesn’t get any safer than surfing with the Tor browser. But authoritarian regimes are strengthening their hacking skills. The open source software browser now protects itself with longer addresses. People who value a high...
