Edward Snowden, together with the Freedom of the Press Foundation and Guardian Project, has created Haven – an open source app that can run on any Android phone and turn it into a surveillance system.
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Over 80% of UAE centennials are mobile gamers: study
The global gaming market will reach over $115 billion in 2018. At over $50 billion, the mobile gaming industry accounts for nearly half of all the global gaming revenue.0 4291
Alphabet’s Eric Schmidt to resign as executive chairman
Alphabet Inc. has announced that executive chairman Eric Schmidt will retire from his role, ending a 17-year-stint where he played …
Google to open China AI research hub
Google has recently announced that it will be opening an artificial intelligence centre in China.
Microsoft sets up internal AI university to combat skill shortage
As part of the programme, Microsoft employees will be given detailed insights into different concepts that are important to the development of AI.
Qualcomm announces support for Android Oreo Go edition
Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has announced support for Android Oreo (Go edition), an optimised experience for smartphones …
Snapdragon 845 specs revealed: Immersive tech, AI & ‘secure vault’
Snapdragon 845 has been designed with Qualcomm Technologies’ wireless heterogenous compute expertise to deliver a platform for immersive multimedia experiences.
Google stops YouTube access on Amazon’s streaming devices
Alphabet Inc.’s Google withdrew support for its YouTube video service from Amazon.com’s streaming-media devices, because the online retailer had not made …
Google crowned best place to work in 2017: survey
Over half a million employees from over 30,000 large US companies provided three million ratings in order for Comparably to compile the list.
China says its ‘open’ internet accounts for a third of economy: report
China’s digital economy accounts for nearly a third of gross domestic product, according to a report released at an annual …
Gemalto’s SafeNet Data Encryption Solutions available to Google customers
Google customers can use Gemalto’s SafeNet Data Encryption Solutions to bring their own encryption keys to secure their sensitive data …