Sci-Tech

Governments worldwide are stepping up the use of online tools, in many cases inspired by China's model, to suppress dissent and tighten their grip...

Britain could become the first major world economy to impose a specific tax on tech giants, as international negotiations to overhaul analogue-era...

Apple is investigating a factory in southwest China after a labour rights group said the tech giant's supplier forced student workers to work "like...

Huawei launched the much-hyped Mate 20 Pro in South Africa this week, a week after the global launch in London.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook said on Wednesday that the United States needed a federal privacy law because companies were using personal...

Italy’s competition authority has fined Apple and Samsung €10-million and €5-million respectively for the so-called “planned obsolescence” of their smartphones....

Brazil, like other countries, is facing a very electronic election. WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter are the weapons of choice to sway the country's...

From its birth in an anonymous, academic style paper to one of the world's most volatile and closely watched financial instruments, bitcoin has...

Not all of the side hustles of the average tech billionaire are batshit crazy. They are as varied as they are ambitious, and some are even...

Paul Allen, who founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in the 1970s and later went on to become an investor, philanthropist and sports team owner, died...

In a small town called Lysaker, on the outskirts of Oslo, lies Cisco’s research and development (R&D) facility, which houses more than 350...

Facebook this week launched a range of video-calling devices powered by artificial intelligence (AI), a strategic revolution for the social network...

The story of the space elevator is one you already know. Here is the executive summary: Jack, beanstalk, castle, giant, oh look a magic goose that...

With two Nobel prize winners in as many days, women scientists have welcomed the research community "waking up" to the feats of their female peers,...