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Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) self-driving car unit Waymo on Friday added a new patent claim to its intellectual property lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc and requested a preliminary injunction to stop the ride-sharing service from using what it says is proprietary information, a court filing showed. The two Silicon Valley companies are fighting over technology that is seen as part of the foundation of the future of transportation, […]

The Google Pixel XL is among the hottest Android smartphones currently available on the market, but it gets some serious competition from the newly unveiled LG G6. LG officially announced its latest flagship smartphone, the LG G6, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 on Feb. 26. The powerhouse comes with high-end specs and features all around, including a premium, waterproof build, a large HDR display and […]

Protect your device against water, dust, and shock damage starting at KD 1 monthly 11 March 2017 Kuwait – Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced the launch of a new innovative service to protect smart devices in partnership with Liquipel. The new service offers postpaid customers two unique options to protect their devices starting at KD 1 monthly. Zain is keen on introducing the latest […]

Alphabet’s Waymo is requesting for a preliminary injunction to keep Uber from pushing through with its self-driving car plans and thus stop the ride-hailing service from using allegedly stolen secrets. This move follows the lawsuit Waymo filed back in February against Otto, a self-driving truck startup, and Uber, the startup’s parent company. The case argues that the defending party has stolen more than 14,000 confidential documents, including info […]

Samsung Electronics has completed the acquisition of Harman International Industries in a deal worth $8 billion, the company announced. Harman stockholders will receive $112 per share in cash, and the deal was approved by the US firm’s stockholders and local and foreign regulators, the Korean company said. Harman will be 100 percent owned by Samsung, while Dinesh Paliwal will remain as Harman’s CEO. The company’s workforce, headquarters, […]

SEOUL Opponents of South Korea’s ousted leader, Park Geun-hye, demanded on Saturday that she be arrested a day after she was thrown out of office over a corruption scandal involving the country’s conglomerates. Park’s critics said they would rally in central Seoul, where they have been gathering every weekend for months, while the former president’s conservative supporters also planned protests, raising the risk of confrontation. The Constitutional […]

A joint venture led by Qualcomm and the Brazilian government will see the launch of a semiconductors factory producing high-complexity equipment. The consortium, which also includes semiconductor manufacturing firm ASE Group, is predicted to make a total investment of $200m in the initiative. The memorandum of understanding on the project was signed by the companies and the Brazilian Social Economic Development Bank (BNDES) on Wednesday (8). Exact […]

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By James Pearson and Ju-min Park | SEOUL SEOUL Many South Koreans ate chicken on Friday to celebrate the removal of President Park Geun-hye in a satirical nod to a derogatory nickname for the former leader. South Korea’s Constitutional Court forced Park from office over an influence-peddling involving one of her close friends and the country’s powerful “chaebol” conglomerates. Even before the scandal, Park’s opponents called her […]

By James Pearson and Heekyong Yang | SEOUL SEOUL When impeached president Park Geun-hye leaves South Korea’s presidential palace she will go back to her house in Seoul’s luxury Gangnam district surrounded by a high wall and bamboo. She may have to move again, next time to a cramped jail cell. South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a parliamentary decision to impeach Park, 65, over a […]

SEOUL South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye on Friday, removing her from office over a graft scandal involving big business that has gripped the country for months. Following are some details about the main figures in the graft scandal and the accusations they face. PARK GEUN-HYE, 65 Former president of South Korea Accused of violating constitutional duty as president. Special prosecutors said […]

SEOUL South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye on Friday, removing her from office over a graft scandal involving big business that has gripped the country for months. Park becomes South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office. A presidential election will be held in 60 days, according to the constitution. “We remove Park Geun-hye from office,” Lee Jung-mi, acting […]

The release of the Android 7.0 Nougat update for Samsung’s former flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge had been delayed according to an official announcement from Samsung, but now appears to be rolling out. Owners of other Samsung devices expected to receive the update, the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy A, J series and Galaxy Tab, are now wondering how the S6 delay will […]

SEOUL The head of South Korea’s Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, denies all charges against him, his lawyer said on Thursday, at the start of what the special prosecutor said could be the “trial of the century” amid a political scandal that has rocked the country. Lee has been charged with bribery, embezzlement and other offences in a corruption scandal that has already led to the impeachment […]

Apple says it is working fast to fix vulnerabilities in the iPhone and other products after WikiLeaks released material said to show the Central Intelligence Agency was stockpiling malware to break into devices. “While our initial analysis indicates that many of the issues leaked were already patched in the latest iOS [operating system for iPhones and iPads], we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities,” […]

Samsung Pay users can now directly purchase products from local online shopping malls in South Korea on the payment service’s app, Samsung Electronics has announced. Users don’t need to subscribe or log in to respective shopping mall sites separately while connected to their Samsung account, making it more convenient for online shoppers, the company said. Samsung The South Korean tech giant has partnered with local shopping malls […]

The inner workings of the CIA’s cyber-espionage operations were at risk of being laid bare on Tuesday, after WikiLeaks published what it claimed was the first part of a large trove of documents detailing the US agency’s techniques for hacking into smartphones, internet-connected TVs and other devices. The documents purported to reveal a stockpile of malware used by the CIA to break into some of today’s most […]

WASHINGTON WikiLeaks said on Tuesday it had obtained a top-secret trove of hacking tools used by the CIA to break into phones, communication apps and other electronic devices, and released documents related to those programs. If verified, the information would amount to yet another stunning breach of classified material stolen in recent years from U.S. intelligence agencies. WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy organization led by Julian Assange, said its […]

Samsung is one of the few companies which is known for making its own apps for their devices. These apps include its own calendar, e-mail and the company even has its own app store! The South Korean company has also been pre-loading its devices, which include both smartphones and tablets, with ots own web browser for some time. However, in most cases, users prefer to use other […]

We aren’t the world. The most talked-about brands of Mobile World Congress are almost entirely irrelevant to Americans. Some of that doesn’t matter, but the reasons for it are worth talking about. During the world’s biggest mobile conference, everybody was super excited about the Nokia 3310. I found the whole hullaballoo perplexing. But circa 2000, everybody in the UK owned this phone, and they have […]

The LG Stylo Plus 2 which was launched in April 2016 has been spotted on a benchmarking site running the Android 7.0 Nougat update, suggesting that it could arrive soon. A week ago the news of the LG smartphone receiving the Android update was in the air after network carrier T-Mobile confirmed that the LG Stylo Plus 2 would be getting the Android 7.0 Nougat update. However, later the network […]

If the Galaxy S8 leaks keep coming in at this rate, there won’t be anything left for Samsung to announce at its big March 29 launch event. The latest leak potentially reveals what it’ll be like to use the phone without a physical home button. Three images and a 5-second video posted by Slash Leaks show the Galaxy S8 in, uh, some of its glory. The first […]

Image: Nick Heath/TechRepublic One of the most useful things about the smartphone is how many different technologies and tools it has consolidated into a single device that fits in your pocket. It replaced the point-and-shoot camera, calculator, alarm clock, watch, MP3 player, radio, ebook reader, GPS, flashlight, compass, address book, photo album, airline ticket, and more. But even as our smartphones grow in size and barely fit […]

Apple has had a pretty good quarter so far, and they have plenty of reasons to be happy apart from their whopping $78.4 billion revenue. A large part of the massive revenue is thanks to strong demand for the iPhone 7 and its new features. What’s more, Apple saw not just upgraders from the older iPhones but also the highest number of switchers from Android to Apple […]

The Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017), the successor of the 2016 model, is in the news again and this time it has been spotted receiving Wi-Fi certification. The impending smartphone was spotted at Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) and its appearance has once again fueled rumors of a launch being in the pipeline. The Galaxy J7 (2017) was spotted on the WFA bearing the model number SM-JN30FM/DS, which suggests that […]

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