Tech

A year after it launched in the US, Facebook is taking its Watch video platform international. The company announced in a blog post that the platform will be available globally, meaning partners can now reach an audience of billions of people across countries and languages. That’s a massive audience addition, and it gives …

The Department of Health Abu Dhabi, DoH, the regulator of the healthcare sector in Abu Dhabi, has issued a recommendation for parents to limit their children’s gaming hours to up to two hours per day under supervision, provided the gaming content is educational and interactive. As recommended by the American …

Apple will hold an event on September 12, expected to be the annual unveiling of its new iPhones. On Thursday the company invited journalists and analysts to an event at its California headquarters in two weeks’ time. Apple is expected to unveil three new iPhone models, as well as a new Apple …

Donald Trump has suggested Google, Twitter and Facebook may be breaking the law by favouring left-wing views. The president said the White House was “going to see” whether the companies needed to be regulated, as he continued his attack on Silicon Valley. Mr Trump also claimed that he was losing …

Millions of Fornite gamers may have allowed hackers to download malicious apps onto their phones without ever realising. A serious flaw in the first Fortnite installer – an app that helps users download the game on their Android phones – allowed any app on a user’s phone to silently install other apps. …

“Flawless” lab-grown diamonds are up to 50pc cheaper and almost indistinguishable from the real thing. Now, one Japanese company is hoping to sell its man-made gems with the help of blockchain technology in an effort to crack the consumer market. Tokyo-headquartered Pure Diamond Lab will use blockchain to track the production, refinement and appraisal …

Facebook and Twitter have taken down hundreds of fake accounts and pages linked to Iran and Russia after finding a series of campaigns aimed at meddling in UK and US politics. The Iranian accounts targeted internet users in Britain and America and were followed by more than one million people. They bought …

Apple is reportedly planning to launch a new, redesigned MacBook Air, answering fans’ demands for a new low-cost laptop more than three years after the last significant update. The company is likely to unveil the new model at an event in October, separate to its annual September launch of new …

Proud Geordies, Scousers and Glaswegians beware. Accents from all the corners of Britain are under threat from the rising popularity of personal digital assistants, according to new research. People with strong regional twangs and lilts are finding themselves reverting to received pronunciation when talking to voice assistants like Alexa, Siri or Google in order to be better …

In an editorial on Tuesday, the Khaleej Times said we may be cyber savvy but are we cyber secure? “With the virtual world leading the real by the hand, people often fail to distinguish between friend and foe and are busy making connections without due diligence while saying what comes …