Technology

News Hour: At the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Huawei Consumer Business Group has announced the launch of the new HUAWEI P10 and P10+, co-engineered with Leica, which bring professional studio-like effects to enhance portrait...

News Hour: Spotify has reported via Twitter that it now has 50 million paid subscribers, a rise of 25 percent in less than six months, and extending the music streaming service’s lead over its closest rival,...

News Hour: Uber on Friday acknowledged the use of a secret software program to steer drivers away from trouble, including sting operations by local authorities to catch lawbreakers. In the latest in a streak of damaging...

News Hour: UNICEF and Telefonica, one of the largest European telecommunication companies, will work together on UNICEF’s “Magic Box” initiative – an innovative use of data to inform and plan humanitarian responses to emergency situations. Magic...

News Hour: Twitter Inc on Wednesday launched a wider effort to use algorithms to identify accounts as potentially engaging in abusive behavior, a departure from its practice of relying on users to report accounts that should...

News Hour: Microsoft Corp’s Xbox division said on Tuesday it would launch a $9.99-per-month subscription service that will allow gamers to play over 100 Xbox One and “backward compatible” Xbox 360 videogames. The service, “Xbox Game...

News Hour: Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence and update its tools and services to help prevent suicides among its users. The world’s largest social media network said it plans to integrate its existing suicide prevention...

News Hour: YouTube on Tuesday unveiled a streaming television service offering bundles of live channels, in a direct challenge by the Google-owned network to traditional cable and pay TV. YouTube TV was tailored for younger generations...

News Hour: Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi Inc announced its first in-house designed chipset on Tuesday, as it works to streamline production, lower prices, and gain greater control over handset design to counter the impact of slowing...

News Hour: Scientists led by a team at Caltech have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds from gas and diesel fuel. Sulfur compounds in fuels such as gasoline and diesel create...