Uber Technologies will end the practice of showing fake versions of its app to government officials suspected of conducting sting operations on drivers. The programme, which is sometimes referred to as “Greyball”, blocks users who
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For a company that has been mired in negative headlines for months, just about the last thing Samsung Electronics needed was news its smart TVs could be used to spy on users. According to documents released by WikiLeaks, that is exactly what
The writers who craft songs for artists from Garth Brooks to Beyonce plan to tell a panel of US judges this week that the increasing popularity of music streaming services like Spotify will destroy their profession unless
Online luxury retailer Yoox Net-a-Porter said it’s developing technology to allow well-to-do customers to buy products directly through WhatsApp as the e-commerce market for Prada and Versace goods
Kenya’s government opposes using regulation to force East Africa’s biggest mobile operator, Safaricom, to be broken up, after a draft study found the company is dominant in the country’s telecommunications industry, ICT secretary Joseph Mucheru
South Korea’s special prosecutor accused Jay Y Lee and other Samsung Group executives of conspiring to create fake documents to mask millions of dollars in bribes funnelled to a confidante of the nation’s president. Lee, the de facto head of
Spotify has surpassed 50m subscribers, extending its lead over rivals Apple Music, SoundCloud and Google as the world’s largest paid music streaming service. The service, owned by Stockholm-based Spotify, has been growing
Snap, maker of the disappearing photo app that relies upon the fickle favour of millennials, jumped in its trading debut after pricing its initial public offering above the marketed range. Shares opened at US$24 and
Artificial intelligence boosters predict a brave new world of flying cars and cancer cures. Detractors worry about a future where humans are enslaved to an evil race of robot overlords. Veteran AI
Amazon.com’s cloud computing service was beset by errors on Tuesday, disrupting thousands of online services from project management and expense reporting tools to commuter alerts. Amazon Web Services