Drone shuts down Dubai International Airport
Noor Imtiaz
On Friday morning, a drone sighting forced authorities to ground flights to and from the Dubai International Airport. The halt remained in effect for half an hour. Between 10:13 to 10:45…
Instagram users lose followers due to bug
Several Instagram users woke up on Wednesday to see a follower count much smaller than the day before. Users initially believed Instagram had deliberately shut down dummy accounts, but Instagram…
Twitter CEO makes drastic statements in latest interview
Kara Swisher from Recode interviewed Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Tuesday and got some surprising responses to her questions. Several of Dorsey’s statements from the online interview, which took place…
Twitter shares quarterly earnings and loss in active users
Twitter reported on Thursday that its monthly active users had fallen from 326 million in the third quarter to 321 million. In its earnings report, the company also revealed that it…
Facebook faces a strict ruling in Germany
In Germany, a ruling on Thursday has declared that Facebook abused its dominance in the social media market. A German antitrust watchdog had been investigating Facebook for apparent violations of…
UK government issues report with new guidelines for autonomous vehicle testing
The UK’s Department of Transport said that it wants to test autonomous vehicles on roads in order to get the technology up and running by 2021. In a new report,…
The benefits of using AI to revamp agriculture
The agriculture industry needs to keep up with how fast the rest of the world is moving. Most nations that depend on agricultural products as the bulk of their GDP…
Somehow Facebook continues to grow, despite constant scandal
Facebook announced their quarterly earnings on Wednesday. The tech giant has been drenched in scandals that show no signs of slowing down. Their latest squabble with Apple over Facebook Research…
Google also has a data-collecting app, just like Facebook
After the shocking revelation on Tuesday about a Facebook app that collected web browsing and other sensitive data from its users, TechCrunch is back with a similar bombshell about Google.…
Apple blocks Facebook from running internal apps on iOS
Apple has responded to the Facebook Research app scandal with decisive action. Facebook was collecting data from teenagers in return for small payments, in open defiance of Apple’s official policy.…
Judge rejects Yahoo’s settlement offer over data breaches
On Monday night, a US judge rejected Yahoo’s attempt to pay its way out of explaining data breaches. Yahoo had been attempting to settle with victims of several data breaches…
Vodafone halts purchase of Huawei equipment amid Western bans
On Friday, Vodafone became the first major network to suspend the use of Huawei in its core networks. This comes after several major governments have banned Huawei. Vodafone is the…
Facebook looking to merge Instagram DM, WhatsApp, and Messenger
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has revealed plans to merge the messaging services of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. But this would not mean making these into one platform. Rather, it would…
We Are at the WeDo Technologies’ WeMeet Asia 2019
Our CEO & Founder Jazib Zaman and Editor-in-Chief Jessica Baron are both in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week to attend a two-day event hosted by WeDo Technologies. The event, called…
Is Facebook’s “10 Year Challenge” more than a meme?
When the #10YearChallenge began on social media a few days ago, it seemed like a harmless trend. The challenge was to post one recent picture alongside a photo from ten…
Shareholders ask Amazon to stop selling Rekognition software
Amazon shareholders have delivered a complaint to CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday. It lists their concerns over the company’s policy of selling Amazon’s facial recognition software, called Rekognition, to government agencies. Investors believe…
Facebook removes accounts linked to Russian-owned news agency
Facebook has labeled hundreds of pages linked to Russia as perpetrators of false news. Facebook claimed yesterday that the Russian Sputnik news agency was involved in serious misdemeanors that violated…
German antitrust watchdog goes after Facebook
The German newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday that the country’s antitrust watchdog The Federal Cartel Office will order Facebook to stop collecting user data. There is serious concern…
