Tech Pro-poll regime trolls counter Algeria protest activists Social networks set alight the months-long protest movement against Algeria's establishment, but as a contentious presidential poll looms, bots... on 8 December 2019
Tech UK election : parties take battle for ideas to social media At a dingy office space in north London, around 60 Labour activists busied themselves recently with the basics of modern campaigning before next... on 7 December 2019
Tech Russia hands anti-Putin blogger surprise suspended sentence Russia on Friday handed an unusually lenient three-year suspended sentence to a student convicted of making calls for extremism on a video blog... on 6 December 2019
Tech Off the radar : Russian TV ignores PM wife’s plane scandal Russians posted plane emojis and angry comments on Thursday as journalists and TV stars interviewing Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev failed to... on 5 December 2019
Tech Google bans political ads in Singapore as elections loom Google has banned political ads in Singapore ahead of elections, an opposition party said Wednesday, sparking accusations the tech giant was... on 4 December 2019
Tech Tencent, Nintendo to launch Switch console in China Chinese internet giant Tencent and gaming titan Nintendo on Wednesday announced plans to launch the Japanese company's popular Switch console... on 4 December 2019
Tech Iran videos hit internet revealing scope of crackdown Videos showing harrowing scenes of bleeding protesters, burning roadblocks and snipers on rooftops have emerged after Iran lifted a near-total... on 3 December 2019
Tech EU to check how Facebook, Google use data : spokeswoman The European Commission said Monday it had begun a "preliminary investigation" into how Facebook and Google collect personal data and what they... on 2 December 2019
Tech Facebook corrects post under Singapore disinformation law Facebook published a correction on a user's post Saturday following a demand from Singapore, the first time a tech giant has complied with the... on 30 November 2019
Tech German Amazon workers strike on ‘Black Friday’ More than 2,000 Amazon workers in Germany walked off the job as the US online retailer kicked off its "Black Friday" sales bonanza, escalating... on 29 November 2019
Science Shooting stars : TikTok’s explosive and rocky ride to fame He's no Bollywood star, but school dropout Israil Ansari has found fast fame on TikTok with two million followers glued to his oddball dancing... on 28 November 2019
Tech Bytedance : The Chinese company behind global TikTok craze The Chinese billionaire behind teen phenomenon TikTok is a 36-year-old tech guru whose eye for youth trends and pioneering use of AI has blasted... on 27 November 2019
Tech US says received 20,000 messages from Iran protests The United States said Tuesday it has received nearly 20,000 messages from Iran about protests including photos and videos after appealing to... on 26 November 2019
Tech Google tensions deepen over firings of ‘Thanksgiving Four’ Google on Monday fired four employees on the grounds they had violated data security policies, but the tech titan was accused of persecuting... on 26 November 2019
Tech Former Trump advisor accuses White House of blocking Twitter access Former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton said the White House denied him access to his Twitter account after his dismissal in early... on 23 November 2019
Tech US sanctions Iran minister over internet censorship The US Treasury slapped punitive sanctions on Iran's communications minister, Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Friday after the Tehran regime blocked... on 22 November 2019