Sci & Tech

Yahoo Inc said on Thursday that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014 by what it believed was a state-sponsored actor, a theft that appeared to be the world’s biggest known…

Smuggled iPhone 7s changing hands in Iran’s gray electronics market are still working and their access to Iran’s communication network has not yet been blocked.

Three days after the initial…

Tiny bundles of stem cells built in the laboratory using microscopic magnets could pave the way to revolutionize the treatment of repairing bone, cartilage, ligaments and tendons.

The…

Iran’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology has issued a new report on Iran’s Internet infrastructure.

According to the report, currently 31 million Iranians are connected…

Xiaomi has launched the Mi Purifier 2 in India, the first product from its range of Mi Ecosystem devices to be launched in the country.

Norway-based technology company Opera Software has launched a free and unlimited virtual private network feature as part of its main desktop browser.

Indonesia has launched an investigation into Google, following allegations that the company refused to cooperate with tax officials.  The US-based company faces a bill of over $400 million if…

Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization announced that the maritime radio system used on Kharg Island have been updated to comply with international standards.

Deep space travel could take a number of years to reach a distant destination and humans simply are not made for that type of travel. However, aerospace company SpaceWorks, with funding from the…

Telecommunications Company of Iran will unveil five services in the upcoming Iran Telecom 2016 fair.

Mohammad Reza Bidkhah, a spokesman of TCI, also said voice message, VDSL2, public Wi-Fi…

Smuggled iPhone 7 smartphones, which have entered Iran in the past week, will not be registered and operators will not provide services to them, according to a new diktat.

Three days after…

An Iranian delegation headed by Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi visited Stockholm this week.

Vaezi and representatives of several ICT companies…

As Iran’s webscape continues to expand in different directions, a unique online service has popped up. Called Gandoom.com (meaning wheat in Persian), the new service does exactly what it sounds…

Over the past few years, the fashion industry has glittered in Tehran.

Iranian fashionistas are no longer settling for the custom designs and wish to embrace the best of the…

Telecommunications Company of Iran is to seal a mega-merger with Iran’s oldest mobile phone firm, Mobile Telecommunications Company of Iran (MCI), for creating Iran’s biggest…

Members of the National Center of Cyberspace discussed solutions for protecting children online.

Iran’s cyberspace is generally safe for children, considering many obscene websites are…

Nokia Corp. and the representative of Iranian LTE-TDD (4G) service providers’ consortium have signed a memorandum of understanding.

Sweden’s Minister of Housing and Digital Development Peter Eriksson expressed his country’s interest in having a more active presence in Iran’s information and communications technology market in…

The 17th International Exhibition of Telecommunications, known as “Iran Telecom 2016”, will be held at Tehran’s Permanent Fairground from Sept. 25-28. Many Iranian telecom firms from both the…

Iran’s Customs Administration has launched a website and SMS service that enable cellphone buyers to identify contraband phones.

A vast majority of mobile phones used in Iran are currently…

Samsung Electronics said a remote deactivation is not happening or something that the company has stated.

This followed reports that Samsung will switch off faulty Galaxy Note 7 phones to…

An Iranian tech official called on civilians and the private sector to collaborate with the state in establishing cybersecurity.

Abolhassan Firouzabadi, the head of Iran’s High Council of…

Iran’s Telecommunications Infrastructure Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (German Commercial Internet Exchange or DE-CIX).

DE-CIX…

An indigenous URL shortener service has been launched called Edo.ir.  The online application converts a regular URL (the web address that starts with http://) into its condensed format. The…

The Third Independent Iranian Game Makers Festival, one of the most prestigious videogame festivals held in Iran, has invited contestants.