Germany launches 5G auction amid row with US over Huawei

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Germany launches its auction Tuesday for the construction of an ultra-fast 5G mobile network as a transatlantic dispute rages over security concerns surrounding giant...

China’s Huawei sues US over federal ban on its products

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Tech giant Huawei on Thursday opened a legal front in its counter-offensive against US warnings that it could aid Chinese intelligence services, filing suit...

France tries to set trend with internet tax bill

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France will introduce a bill Wednesday to tax internet and technology giants on their digital sales, and thus curb efforts to pay global levies...

Ride-hailing firm Grab secures $1.5 billion in funding

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Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab said on Wednesday it has secured $1.5 billion in fresh financing from a fund run by Japan's SoftBank and...

China’s Huawei steps up charm offensive, rejects security fears

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Chinese telecom giant Huawei insisted on Wednesday its products feature no security "backdoors" for the government, as the normally secretive company gave foreign media...

Swiss bank UBS faces French court ruling on fraud charges

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A Paris court will rule Wednesday on whether Swiss banking giant UBS illegally tried to help French clients hide billions of euros from French...

Apple rushes to fix FaceTime ‘eavesdropping’ bug

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Apple has acknowledged a flaw in its FaceTime software that allowed for brief eavesdropping - even if the recipient did not pick up. In some...

SL and World Bank partner to improve healthcare services

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Sri Lanka and the World Bank yesterday (23) signed a $200 million loan agreement to help increase the use and the quality of Sri...

US in criminal probe of China’s Huawei: report

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US authorities are in the "advanced" stages of a criminal probe that could result in an indictment of Chinese technology giant Huawei, a report...

A Russian startup wants to launch tiny satellites into low-Earth orbit...

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Russian startup StartRocket says it wants to display enormous billboard-style advertisements in the night sky using arrays of cubesats, a vision it illustrates in...