TECHNOLOGY

A group of hackers was able to defeat the iris scanner in the Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone using relatively common supplies, creating concerns that biometric logins may not be as foolproof a security measure as once believed. The German hacking collective Chaos Computer Club revealed Monday it was able to gain access to a user’s Galaxy S8 with a MacGyver-like ...

Microsoft has launched a “faster, more powerful” Surface Pro tablet, with a battery life of 13.5 hours. The device, which weighs 770g (1.69lb) and has a 31cm (12.3in) screen, will cost from $799 in the US and £799 in the UK. Microsoft Surface boss Panos Panay told the BBC it had been “completely redesigned inside out”, and would be more ...

Amazon may be bringing its futuristic ‘no queue’ grocery store to the U.K. after the online retail giant filed several trademark applications for Amazon Go, the app that allows consumers to bypass checkouts when they shop. The slogan “No Queue, no checkout. (No, seriously.)” was trademarked with the U.K. Intellectual Property Office Friday, hinting the company is ready to expand ...

As the leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, Huawei Technologies has launched the 2017 edition of their flagship Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Seeds for the Future in Ghana at a short ceremony at with the Ministry of Communications. This year’s edition will see 15 top university students travel to China to be trained in Beijing and Shenzhen, ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The body of an Indian climber was spotted on Mount Everest on Monday, the fourth fatality on the mountain during a busy and tragic weekend on the world’s highest peak. Sherpa rescuers spotted the body of Indian climber Ravi Kumar, but it was impossible to retrieve the body, said Thupden Sherpa of Arun Treks and Expedition. ...

Businesses in Ghana have been advised to invest in quality software to protect them from potential cyber-attacks. This comes in the wake of the WannaCry ransomware attack which affected over 10,000 organizations and 200,000 individuals in over 150 countries last weekend. A cyber-security expert and an ethical-hacker, Dr. Peter Tobin charged corporate organizations using “free and cheap software that you ...

The Mac and iOS software developer Panic has had the source code for several of its apps stolen. Panic founder Steven Frank admitted in a blog post that it happened after he downloaded an infected copy of the video encoding tool Handbrake. He said there was no sign that any customer data was accessed and that Panic’s web server was ...

Members of the Committed Drivers Association have called on government to ban Uber, a location based app that makes hiring an on-demand private driver easy. In an interview with Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, Chairman for the Committed Drivers Association, Charles Danso argued that there are road traffic regulations available to persons running taxi services in the country but ...

Raiders stole £86,000 from a cash machine attached to a Tesco branch while the shop was open. Burglars broke into the ATM next to the Express store in St Mary’s Street, Southampton, on Sunday afternoon. They entered through the store’s roof, police said, and would have needed to make several trips. Two men carrying large blue bags were seen running ...

If you follow tech news often, you’ll be more than aware of the promise offered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Often, though, it feels like a far-away goal. It will get there, but right now it’s primitive. At Google’s annual developer conference, held this week near its Mountain View headquarters, the company showed off some of the best ...