BEIJING -- A Chinese company says it has developed the country’s first facial recognition technology that can identify people when they are wearing a mask, as most are these days because of the coronavirus, and help in the fight against the disease.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter Inc. has used its new “manipulated media” label for the first time on a video clip of US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden that was retweeted by President Donald Trump.

WITH MORE people working from home to avoid coronavirus, will the internet break? The short answer is probably not. The longer answer is that there will be disruptions.

APPLE Inc. has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched new models, to induce owners to buy replacement phones or batteries.

HUAWEI Technologies Co., the Chinese technology giant barred from doing business with US suppliers, is finding a way around the strict limits imposed by the Trump administration.

INTERNET SECURITY firm Kaspersky said the Philippines climbed to fourth place from 11^th in its 2019 ranking of countries with the highest number of web threats.

CONSUMERS could be forgiven for assuming that shopping online has a lower carbon footprint than buying in-store. For many, the online option saves them a trip in the car, and it stands to reason that logistics companies would be good at generating efficient delivery routes. There’s some evidence to back up the notion. But new research published in Environmental Science and Technology focused on UK shoppers not only suggests the reverse, but concludes that there’s a third, even cleaner option.

IN 1981, Milton Bradley Co. released what may be the most Generation X board game ever. The Dark Tower -- a fantasy adventure with flashing lights and sound effects emanating from a titular plastic tower -- was a huge hit with kids. It even had its own, slightly weird television commercial featuring Orson Welles.

HUAWEI unveiled an upgrade to its folding smartphone on Monday, hoping that a faster phone with higher-quality display will encourage consumers to spend as much as $2,700 for the top-of-the-range version.

THE Game Developers Association of the Philippines (GDAP) wants to create higher-skilled jobs in the outsourcing industry amid the threat of automation.

GOOGLE Philippines has launched a campaign creating a teaching module for high school students nationwide in order to “deepen its ongoing commitment to online safety and responsibility,” according to a press release.

INTEL CORP. on Monday launched new microprocessors, including a second generation Xeon processor for data centers and a 10nm chip for wireless 5G base stations.