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66% organisations ready to switch to 5G networks by 2020, says Gartner

These expect 5G networks to be mainly used for Internet of Things (IoT) communications and video

Did Facebook give tech giants access to people's data? Yes, show documents

Internal Facebook records describe data-sharing deals that benefited more than 150 companies

Elon Musk unveils underground tunnels in Los Angeles, offers rides to VIPs

Guests boarded Musk's Tesla Model S and rode along Los Angeles-area surface streets about a mile away to what's known as O'Leary Station

New artificial intelligence system mimics how humans identify objects

Current computer vision systems are not designed to learn on their own

Facebook junks hundreds of pages with hidden links to Myanmar military

Facebook said Wednesday some 425 pages, 17 groups, 135 accounts and 15 Instagram accounts had been removed

Facebook-owned Instagram became favoured tool of Russian trolls after 2016

A look at posts from the Internet Research Agency reveals that the group used Instagram for several distinct purposes

Facebook, Twitter, Google held back Russia data from lawmakers: Report

Facebook, Google and Twitter all initially played down or denied the Russian activity on their platforms

Marketers learn to work with the machines

Brands have to give up enough control while still setting limits in turning to AI to reach customers - and that's just one challenge

Welcome to the future! Alibaba opens first hi-tech hotel in China

FlyZoo Hotel in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, where Alibaba has its headquarteres, is known as the company's first 'future hotel'

Facebook, Instagram tighten screws on political ads ahead of 2019 elections

Anyone placing a 'political' ad on Facebook or Instagram will undergo an authorisation process

France to slap digital tax on Google, Facebook, Apple, Amazon from Jan 1

The French government's 'GAFA tax is being introduced to combat attempts by the firms to avoid paying what is considered a 'fair share' of taxes in the country

Google to invest $1 bn to build new offices in New York; hire 7,000 workers

The announcement comes weeks after both Amazon and Apple made known their individual expansion projects in the Big Apple

Auto-rickshaw travel in Delhi just got simpler, thanks to Google Maps

The new Auto-rickshaw feature will reflect fares based on the official fare model shared by the Delhi Traffic Police, Google said

Your bank details, social media profiles may be selling at just Rs 3,500

According to cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab that investigated Dark Web markets to find out how much personal data is worth, cyber criminals can sell one's complete digital life for less than $50

How technology can help old people fight loneliness during Christmas

Without more efforts to remedy the crisis of loneliness and isolation in the elderly, the festive season may still be anything but a season of cheer for many

The future of audience measurement is hybrid data, says Julien Rosanvallon

Four screen measurement is about plugging into the media ecosystem and getting all the players on board, Julien Rosanvallon tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar

Google follows Microsoft, decides not to offer face recognition tech

Earlier this month, Microsoft President Brad Smith said that given the potential for abuse of the fast advancing facial recognition technology

How smartphone screen affects your kid's brain and why you should worry

The blue light emitted by electronic screens tricks our brains into thinking it's still daytime

How wireless recharging works but truly cordless future is still far away

To date, a major problem has been how little power is able to cross even short distances of a few centimeters between transmitter and receiver

Facebook discovers bug that may have affected up to 6.8 million users

Facebook says the problem has been fixed but that it may have affected up to 1,500 apps built by 876 developers.