If you have an Android smartphone in your pocket you will soon be getting a huge free upgrade from Google that is designed to keep your data safe from prying eyes and curb potential fraud. The tech giant used its annual conference, Google I/O, to announce a raft of new security features – and the … Read more

WASHINGTON — Whether it’s tapioca balls or computer chips, Taiwan is stretching toward the United States and away from China — the world’s No. 2 economy that threatens to take the democratically ruled island by force if necessary. That has translated to the world’s biggest maker of computer chips — which power everything from medical … Read more

Compared to past years, I/O 2024 felt much more like a developer conference by spanning two days. There was in fact a third day of I/O, with Google hosting a new “Demo Slam” event just for employees today where an internal Gemini hackathon was announced. There was no I/O in 2020, with 2021 streamed in … Read more

Explosive charges are detonated to bring down the final sections of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge as they rest on the containership Dali on May 13 in Baltimore. (Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] WASHINGTON — The Port of Baltimore’s waterways are on track to being … Read more

Android 15 Beta 2 was announced at Google I/O 2024 on Wednesday, a day after the company’s annual developer conference kicked off. The latest beta version of its next major operating system (OS) update is now available to download on Google Pixel smartphones and is coming to select smartphones over the coming weeks. This year, … Read more

Share Tweet Share Share Email Dogecoin and Litecoin are showing positive market signs after spending much time in the dip. Amidst these developments, investors are backing BlockDAG as the best crypto right now. To celebrate its CoinMarketCap listing, BlockDAG has appeared at Piccadilly Circus in London. The project … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. OpenAI has struck a deal with Reddit to use content from the social media platform for its artificial intelligence chatbot, sending shares in the company up as much as 15 per cent in after-hours trading. … Read more

The European Union opened fresh investigations Thursday into Facebook and Instagram over suspicions that they’re failing to protect children online, in violation of the bloc’s strict digital regulations for social media platforms. It’s the latest round of scrutiny for parent company Meta Platforms under the 27-nation EU’s Digital Services Act, a sweeping set of regulations … Read more

Remember when streaming was supposed to let us watch whatever we want, whenever we want, for a sliver of the cost of cable? Well, so much for that. In recent years, streaming has gotten confusing and expensive as more services than ever are vying for eyeballs. It has done the impossible: made people miss the … Read more

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super is the best graphics card right now, balancing excellent performance with a (somewhat) reasonable price tag. But even if that’s not the right GPU for you, there are dozens at every price point and for every resolution. So, either way, we’ll help find the perfect GPU for your needs. … Read more