University of Tehran and the University of Putra Malaysia (UPM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide the grounds for joint research projects with a focus on social responsibility. During a meeting between UT’s Vice President for Research, Mohammad Rahimian, and the Senior Vice President of UPM, Renuganth Varatharajoo, in Tehran on Tuesday, […]

A bomb threat prompted authorities on Tuesday to evacuate a building at the Silicon Valley headquarters of Facebook Inc (FB.O), police said, but gave the “all clear” after an hours-long search turned up no sign of a device. The New York Police Department had received an anonymous tip about a bomb threat regarding Facebook’s campus […]

Google struggling social network Google+ will be shut down sooner than previously announced after a new security vulnerability that briefly exposed personal data of some 52.5 million Google+ users. The bug, which was introduced to Google+ in November, allowed developers to access personal profile information including name, birthday, gender, nickname and more even if those […]

 Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace said that it is essential for Instagram to have a responsive representative in Iran. Abolhassan Firouzabadi made the remarks on Sunday on the sideline of an IT-related project inauguration ceremony in Tehran. According to a regulation passed by the Supreme Council of Cyberspace, every foreign-based messaging app which […]

Users on Reddit reported over the weekend that at least two highly rated Apple apps abused the iOS Touch ID feature to swindle users out of sums of more than $100. The offending “Fitness Balance app” and “Calories Tracker app” promised to calculate body mass index, monitor calorie intake, and provide other health-related services. With […]

Iranian researchers won prizes at the 10th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2018), which was held from November 28 to 30 in Qingdao, China. Robotics teams from 15 countries including Spain, Qatar, Italy, Japan, Australia, France and South Korea competed in two categories; Innovation in software, applications and interaction modalities and innovation in hardware, […]

The vice presidency for science and technology plans to address coordination among interdisciplinary fields as a main challenge in the field of science of technology in the country, VP Sourena Sattari announced, IRNA reported on Saturday. He made the remarks in the closing ceremony of the 3rd National Festival and the International Congress on Stem […]

A group of Blockchain experts from Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology is developing a startup which is to introduce the first Iranian Blockchain-based taxi app, Shanbepress reported this week. The startup aims to launch Initial Coin Offering (ICO), its founder Amir Abbas Emami said. ICO is a type of funding using cryptocurrencies. In an ICO, […]

Google might finally put an end to Hangouts in 2020. The legacy messaging app will shut down for consumers after next year, according to sources familiar with Google’s roadmap. No specific timeframe was mentioned. This shouldn’t really come as a surprise — in March 2017, Google announced Hangouts would split into two enterprise-focused apps: Hangouts […]

According to a report in today’s Wall Street Journal, earlier this year Apple investigated its supply chain, looking for misconduct among its suppliers. The U.S. based tech giant reportedly shook up its suppliers in China by looking for evidence of kickback schemes and bribes. The investigation also rattled Apple’s own employees in China since any […]