Sci & Tech

In the latest installment of the ongoing saga of Russia-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab and the US government, the company has a new date with Congress. Rescheduling a hearing originally…

French-American business convention Game Connection has offered a luring incentive to Iranian game developers to attend the event.

Game Connection is an international marketplace to be…

Millions of Iranians live outside the country with a substantial number of relatively well-to-do living in North America and Europe -- a vast clientele that Simia, a local…

Google’s single-lensed Pixel2 and Pixel2 XL phones have shot straight to the top of DxOMark’s camera benchmark charts, beating the iPhone 8 Plus and the Galaxy Note 8, both of which feature dual…

China said on Thursday it has approved HP Inc’s $1.1 billion purchase of Samsung Electronics’ printer business with certain restrictions, citing concerns about the US firm’s dominance of the…

Georgia and Iran are set to hold a joint business-to-business forum on technological cooperation in Tbilisi on October 18-19.

The event is sponsored by Iran's Presidential Office for…

The third edition of Sharif University of Technology’s national programming competition ‘Code Cup’ opened on Friday. During the initial stage, programmers from across the country compete online…

As Iran woos the big international players in the high-tech, information and telecom sectors, Tehran is taking the initiative to a higher level in the fall. Two major ICT conferences will be…

US government requests to Google for individuals’ data reached a six-year high in the first half of 2017, the company says.

A report published last week said the Trump administration had…

Iran’s Telecoms Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi and his South African counterpart Siyabonga Cwele held talks to promote ties and explored venues to expand partnership in the key ICT sector…

A UK-based business reMarkable on Monday started shipping what might best be described as an “untablet” — a device that is, essentially, an electronic piece of paper. The company is proud of its…

A local startup dubbed ‘Sanjagh’ has launched a new service that provides users  housing services.

The race to Mars is heating up. Elon Musk recently announced his plans to colonize the Red Planet, but he is not the only one. Lockheed Martin and NASA have their own plans for a manned Mars…

If it wasn’t already clear that Canada is becoming a hotbed for AI research, it is now: Samsung has opened an AI lab at the Université de Montréal.

The fifth edition of Europol-Interpol Cybercrime Conference was held at Europol headquarters in The Hague from September 27 to 29. A representative from Iran attended.

Apple Inc. has released its latest mobile operating system iOS11 which is packed with several undesired surprises.

Released on September 19, iOS11 boasts some impressive new features,…

The ninth round of International Micro Air Vehicles Conference and Flight Competition was held in Toulouse, France from September 18-21, where teams from Iranian universities made their way to…

ITU Telecom World 2017 kicked off on Monday in Busan, South Korea, where global ICT leaders meet. Like the previous rounds, telecom companies and senior officials are attending the event during…

Technology stocks including Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet dropped sharply on Monday, increasing worries that the top-performing sector is falling out of favor as investors look elsewhere for…

The University of Tehran is set to hold a three-day startup weekend ‘UT Let’s Start’ from October 11 to 13.

According to the university website, the event will be held at the Faculty of…

A legislator has castigated the government and local operators for not paying enough attention to the underdeveloped telecom infrastructure in rural areas.

In a talk with CITNA, Ali…

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi sent a sobering, self-reflective email to employees on September 22 following the London transport authority’s decision not to renew the company’s license.

An Iranian startup has launched a platform integrating social media and e-commerce services. Biziket.com (Business Market) is a sales and auction website which also offers social networking…

Apple’s new handsets iPhone 8 and 8 Plus arrived in Tehran on Saturday, less than 24 hours after official sales of the two devices were globally launched.

Iran’s second largest mobile operator, MTN Irancell, and Sweden’s Ericsson jointly conducted a test of 5G connection in Tehran over the weekend.

The transmission systems — which were as…