The head of Google and parent company Alphabet has called for artificial intelligence (AI) to be regulated.Writing in the Financial Times, Sundar Pichai said it was "too important not to" impose regulation

Amazon has fired a number of employees for breaking company policy by sharing private customer data with a third party on the heels of another privacy scandal involving its Ring doorbell cameras.The

After recently announcing that they will be ending support for the Windows 7 Operating System, Microsoft released a statement this week suggesting that its nearly 400 million users still on Windows 7 switch

The bushfires ravaging Australia have killed dozens of people, destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate. Millions of acres are burnt. More than a billion animals are feared dead.

Mercedes-Benz has gotten into the habit of bringing some rather forward-looking concept cars to CES. Two years ago, the company gave some of us late night rides down the Las Vegas Strip in

CES may be flooded with new tech coming out soon, but it's also a place for companies to show off new things that may (or may not) become a reality in the future.

Samsung envisions a world filled with AI assistants, but not the sort of chatbot-powered assistants we’ve become accustomed to. In a press release late this evening, the Seoul-based company unveiled Neon, a

Do you ever feel as if your voice assistants – whether Siri, Alexa, or Google – don’t understand you? You might repeat your question a little slower, a little louder, but eventually you’ll

The new Pax Era Pro vaporizer packs a host of improvements and brings increased transparency to the user. Pop in a pod, and the smartphone companion app displays a wealth of information generally

Oyo, a start-up that offers budget hotel rooms, has grown into one of India’s most valuable private companies and aims to be the world’s largest hotel chain by 2023.But at

The U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Friday will likely lead to retaliatory cyberattacks against America, security authorities say.That means the power and electricity you use,

Google says it records interactions with connected devices like the Google Home speaker only when we use the "wake word," of "Hey, Google," or "OK, Google."But when using many of the Google

(Bloomberg) -- China’s tech industry enters a new year after weathering unprecedented turbulence in 2019, when giants emerged in social media and artificial intelligence only to bear the brunt of Washington’s

New York (CNN Business)Uber and Postmates are suing California over its controversial law to require that many so-called "gig workers" be considered employees rather than independent contractors.The companies filed suit in

Know Your Stuff is a new column that unlocks the hidden secrets about the everyday products you own.The start of a new year is the perfect time to rehabilitate bad habits. While

The platforms say they're taking measures to remove pressure and tackle harassment, but the motives aren't so clear.Katie Santamaria, 21, remembers the pressure she'd feel as a young teenager sharing content on

The first new phones of the year are coming up fast. Here are the most important features and specs they'll bring.Phones just had a hell of a year. 2019 was the staging

Gizmodo reports that Stern Pinball is upping its game with next year’s selection of Stranger Things tables. Stern is the last major pinball company in the world, and it’s used Stranger

Sonos is facing a backlash for encouraging customers to get rid of their old speakers when there may be nothing wrong with them.The US speaker giant offers customers a 30% discount on

As 2019 splutters to a close, it's time for our annual lookback at our most-read tech stories, and to ask: "What happened next?".Facebook and its family of apps dominates this year's list

WITH record fines dished out over tech firms’ use of personal data, and their public images becoming increasingly tarnished, this was the year the world started to turn against its tech giants.At

Once again, the Apple iPhone ended the year as the best-selling tech product, with sales of some 185 million units, according to Wedbush Securities.That's down from previous years, which had topped 200

New York (CNN Business)Ford is no longer taking orders for the first edition of its new electric Mustang, the Mach-E.The company will still be taking pre-orders for other versions of the

Tesla has delivered its first cars made in China, marking a major milestone for the electric vehicle maker.Fifteen Model 3 sedans were handed over at the company's so-called "Gigafactory" near Shanghai.It

Chinese start-up Mobike has announced that it lost more than 200,000 bikes in 2019.The company said in a blog that 205,600 "dockless" bikes were lost to theft and vandalism.In