Category: Technology

Uber has built a “private-label” version of its delivery platform to help the United Nations deliver food and water supplies to war-torn areas of Ukraine. The tech firm is working with the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP). It’s difficult for large delivery trucks to access some parts of Ukraine because of structural damage and the […]

The UK Cinema Association – which includes Cineworld, Odeon, Shwocase Cinemas and Vue – are partnering with digital ID firm Yoti. The free app will be accepted as proof of age, providing a safe and convenient way to show ID. It is hoped the move will tackle abuse against cinema staff too. Yoti harnesses the […]

A number of Apple services experienced outages on Monday, Apple’s support page has confirmed. The areas affected included the App Store, iMessage, Maps, Apple Arcade, the iTunes store, podcasts and Apple TV+. Apple’s system status page now shows that all of its services are back up and running. Some of Apple’s network was down for […]

A case led by Norfolk County Council against Apple has been granted class-action status by a judge in California. The Council claims a pension fund it runs lost money after Apple allegedly misled shareholders in 2018 about the performance of its business in China. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers’ decision means Apple could face significantly larger damages […]

Binance, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency firms, will take a $200 million stake in Forbes in the latest twist for the 105-year-old media brand. Forbes, known for its ranking of billionaires, said the deal would help make it a leader supplying information about digital assets, like Bitcoin. But news of the investment sparked questions […]

Japanese technology giant Sony said it will buy video game developer Bungie in a deal worth $3.6 billion. US-based Bungie, best known for the Destiny and Halo games, said it would help it to “reach billions of players”. Halo is one of the games that contributed to the popularity of Microsoft’s Xbox. Earlier this month, […]

Apple has released an updated safety guide amid ongoing concerns over the company’s AirTag devices.the company quietly released the safety portal on Monday. The Personal User Safety Guide offers advice on how people can keep themselves and their data safe. AirTag are designed to locate items using Apple’s powerful ‘Find My’ network. They are small […]

Google is being sued in the US over accusations it deceived people about how to control location tracking. The legal action refers to a widely reported 2018 revelation turning off one location-tracking setting in its apps was insufficient to fully disable the feature. It accuses the tech company of using so-called dark patterns, marketing techniques […]

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global has seen its losses deepen after Beijing ordered online stores not to offer the company’s app. The firm reported an operating loss of $6.3 billion for the first nine months of year as revenues in China fell by 5% in the third quarter. The Chinese crackdown came just days after […]

The market for transitions in the Metaverse is expected to reach $46.1-billion (R97.1billion) this year, as tech giants like Meta (formerly Facebook), aim big on the VR/AR-based technology to bring deeper immersive experiences to billions in the future. The global Metarvese market is forecast to hit nearly $42-billion globally by 2026, according to research firm […]