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Following its Note 7 nightmare and the recall of about 2.8 million exploding washing machines last year, Samsung no doubt shudders when it hears the word “fire” these days. The company will be hoping to put its flame-filled past behind it with the unveiling of the Galaxy S8 (which you can watch  here ). But in what could be a bad omen, one of its stores caught fire yesterday.

Uber has pulled its self-driving cars from the roads after an accident which left one of the vehicles on its side. Pictures posted online showed the car on its right side on an Arizona street, next to another badly damaged vehicle. The car - a Volvo SUV - was in self-driving mode at the time of the crash, on Friday, Uber said. No one was hurt.

Twitter has started surveying users to check their interest in a new enhanced version of its TweetDeck product, raising the possibility that the company is considering a paid version of its service.

Microsoft will enable Windows 10 users to choose when security updates are installed once they arrive rather than enforcing them straightaway. Users have complained that the reboots required for some updates, which cannot currently be deferred, are disruptive. People using Windows 10 devices will now be able to schedule an update within three days of receiving notification, the firm said in a blog. However, delaying security updates can be risky, experts say. Source

you rely heavily on your computer to get your jobs done. If anything happens to it, you may lose all your important files and other essential documents. This is why you should be careful with what you do both in terms of hardware and software with your computer.

South Africa’s MTN expects to add 8.3 million new users in the 2017 financial year, a document handed out at the firm’s results presentation showed on Thursday. However, MTN shares rose nearly 10 percent after Africa’s largest mobile network operator said it would pay a total dividend of 700 cents a share in spite of the loss, compared with 1,310 in 2015. The company had agreed to pay a fine of $1.1bn to Nigerian government which was reduced from $5.2bn in June 2016 over missing a deadline to cut off unregistered SIM cards. The fine on MTN wiped $768m per share from the firms in 2016 headline earnings, South Africa’s main measure of profit. Source

YouTube has launched a $35-a-month TV subscription service that will rival US cable networks. The live TV service will carry more than 40 channels, including some of the country's biggest networks including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN. The service will also include a "cloud DVR" that will let users record and store programming. Source