Huawei Mate 30 phones launch without Google apps
Huawei has launched its latest smartphones without many of the apps typically pre-installed on Android handsets.
The Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro both lack YouTube, Google Maps and Gmail...
Instagram clamps down on diet and cosmetic surgery posts
Instagram has announced stricter measures on posts related to weight loss products and cosmetic surgery.
Some posts will be hidden from under 18s while others promoting "miraculous" weight loss products...
Facebook unveils its plan for oversight board
Facebook has unveiled its plan to create an independent "oversight" board to make decisions over how the network is moderated.
The firm insisted the panel, which will hear its first...
Facebook to use Met Police videos to recognise shooters
Facebook is to use footage from police body cameras to train its algorithms to recognise videos of real-life shootings.
The technology giant will give the cameras to Metropolitan Police Specialist...
Amazon launches HD music streaming
Amazon Music has become the first of the "big three" streaming services to offer music in CD-quality audio.
The service, which costs £5 more than a standard Amazon subscription, will...
Instagram posts and IGTV videos can now be scheduled through Facebook
Facebook has officially released a new update for its Creator Studio which lets business account holders schedule their Instagram posts and IGTV broadcasts up to six months in advance....
Zipline appoints new board member
The Zipline Technology, the world’s first medical drone delivery service, has announced the appointment of Paul David Hewson, popularly known in the showbiz industry as "Bono", to its board...
App that cancels subscriptions launches in UK
A service which automatically cancels subscriptions at the end of the free trial period has launched in the UK.
It was developed by Josh Browder, who as a teenager developed...
Huawei chief offers to share 5G know-how for a fee
Huawei's chief executive has proposed selling its current 5G know-how to a Western firm as a way to address security concerns voiced by the US and others about its...
Twitter suspends government-run accounts in Cuba
Twitter has suspended several accounts run by the Cuban government including those of state-run media and of officials including the daughter of Communist party leader Raul Castro.
The social media...
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Africa
Nigeria shuts Action Against Hunger aid group ‘for feeding militants’
Nigeria's army has stopped the work of international NGO Action Against Hunger accusing it of supplying a militant Islamist group with food and drugs.
The...
Free Trade Agreement must serve African interests
The Paramount Chief of Akwamu Traditional Area, Odeneho Kwafo Akoto III, has called on leaders to ensure the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA)...
World
Global climate strikes kick off ahead of UN summit on climate change
As world leaders prepare to meet in New York for a UN Climate Summit next week, millions of young people all over the world...
Tunisia’s former president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has died, lawyer confirms
Former Tunisian president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has died, his lawyer, Mounir Ben Salha, confirmed to Euronews by telephone.
Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia...
