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Samsung has launched its highly-anticipated Galaxy Note 9, the latest phone in its premium range, as well as a new Galaxy Home smart speaker to challenge the likes of Apple’s Home Pod and Amazon’s Echo. The 6.4-inch screen Note 9 will start at £899 for the 128GB variant and £1,099 for the …

Facebook already has a hand stuck in your data for the larger cause of ‘connecting people’ that it so proudly espouses, the Khaleej Times said on Wednesday. “Not our words, but the social media giant’s, which many believe is now in an act to further its business, which is anyway …

The chipmaker for Apple has warned shipments of the new iPhones could be delayed after its production line was hit by a computer virus. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which also produces the chips for other Apple devices, was forced to close down several of its factories over the weekend …

Apple has become the world’s first $1 trillion company. How did it get here – and which other firms could soon be worth as much? – Video journalist: Jeremy Howell BBC

hatsApp will begin to charge companies for responding to customer queries through its app. Parent company Facebook, whose user growth has begun to stagnate, is hoping the move will make Whatsapp the firm’s next big moneymaker. The app will allow businesses to send out messages to customers and to automate sales …

The Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, in Dubai has launched Apple Pay feature enabling customers using iPhones to process the payment of several fees in a quick and safe environment via RTA Dubai app. The RTA has thus become one of the first government departments in the emirate to use …

Almost $5bn (£3.8bn) has been wiped off the market value of Twitter after the social media service reported a drop of 1 million users following its action to delete fake and offensive accounts. Twitter’s shares fell by 15% when Wall Street opened on Friday before recovering slightly to be down 16% after …

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg was facing pressure to abandon his dual role as chairman and chief executive after over $120 billion was wiped from the value of the group in the single biggest one-day loss of value for any company in US market history. The Silicon Valley giant, which for years has served as …

Facebook has pledged to proactively lock children’s accounts if it suspects they are under the age of 13 after a documentary exposed failings in its content moderating system. The social media giant said it will double the number of people working on its safety and security teams to 20,000, after Channel 4  exposed …

The EU has opened a new front in its increasingly bitter war with Silicon Valley by hitting Google with a record-breaking monopoly abuse fine. Margrethe Vestager, the European competition chief, ordered the American internet giant to pay a €4.34bn (£3.9bn) penalty after finding it had illegally bound smartphone manufacturers to …