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Google will learn if it faces a record fine over its Android operating system in the coming hours. The European Commission has claimed the US tech giant’s mobile device strategy unfairly strengthened its dominance of search. The regulator can fine the firm up to 10% of its annual revenue – which amounts to $11.1bn …

Twitter Inc suspended more than one million accounts a day in recent months to reduce the flow of misinformation on the platform, the Washington Post reported. Twitter and other social media platforms such as Facebook Inc have been under scrutiny by U.S. lawmakers and international regulators for doing too little …

Samsung Electronics forecasted its first profit decline in seven quarters on Friday, with analysts pinning the blame on weak sales of its smartphones. The Korean giant issued profit guidance on Friday of 14.8 trillion Korean won (£10bn) in operating profit for the April-June quarter, down from 15.6 trillion in profit from …

From robot police officers to medical scan pods, Dubai is integrating AI into everyday life, and Emiratis are becoming more and more exposed to artificial intelligence. Watch the video below for CNN’s report on Dubai’s integration of AI:

Facebook continued to share data with more than 60 companies despite concerns about the quiz app commissioned by Cambridge Analytica. The social network gave 61 companies a year to wean themselves off the rich data provided by Facebook through its API, including Nike, UPS, dating app Hinge, a social marketing service, …

The lights were dimmed in an auditorium packed with doctors on Wednesday night at London’s Royal College of Physicians. They were there to find out how AI might fundamentally change the way they work. On stage Dr. Mobasher Butt, a director at digital healthcare startup Babylon Health, stood before a podium …

Etisalat today announced it is offering a six month free access to ‘Apple Music’ for its postpaid customers, giving them access to tens of millions of songs via iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Mac, as well as PC or Android. Etisalat said its postpaid plans (New postpaid, Smart …

Transport for London refused to hand Uber a new licence to operate in London in September, and the company is now appealing the decision in court. The company has millions of riders in London, but it has come under fire for the ways its business has been run. Uber is now …

A 15-year-old boy is set to be diagnosed with internet gaming addiction in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the NHS. The teenager from North London has been off school for a year after becoming so addicted to gaming that he has lost confidence to …

A new copyright law from the European Union would lead to the banning of memes on the internet, campaigners are warning. The EU Copyright Directive intends to protect the intellectual property rights of people who upload their material to the internet. However, campaigners are warning the law will require “all …