Technology

Twitter to label 'good' bot accounts

Twitter has announced a new feature allowing accounts to self-identify as bots, by adding a label to their profile. Twitter said the update was based on research that found that people wanted more context about non-human accounts. The company gives several examples of "good bots" including accounts that share vaccination updates, information about seismic activity ...

20:31 Et September 10, 2021

Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador

Bitcoin became legal tender in El Salvador on Tuesday. The Central American nation became the first country in the world to take the step as a law passed ...

16:30 Et September 7, 2021

Apple to let Netflix and Spotify offer alternative payment options

For years, Apple has forced users to sign up to subscriptions through its own App Store payment system, allowing the company to take a controversially high share of ...

14:30 Et September 6, 2021

Apple delays iPhone photo-scanning plan amid fierce backlash

Apple is indefinitely delaying plans to scan iPhones in the U.S. for images of child sexual abuse following an outcry from security and privacy experts who warned the ...

13:30 Et September 4, 2021

Google appeals $591M French fine in copyright payment spat

Google is appealing a 500 million euro ($591 million) fine issued by French regulators over its handling of negotiations with publishers in a dispute over copyright. The dispute ...

19:20 Et September 1, 2021

Tech companies pledge billions in cybersecurity investments

Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of dollars to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and to train skilled workers, the White House announced Wednesday ...

17:30 Et August 27, 2021

Report finds NSO Group's spyware used on Bahraini activists

Nine activists from Bahrain had their iPhones hacked by advanced spyware made by the Israeli company NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire firm, a cybersecurity watchdog reported ...

18:09 Et August 24, 2021

US agencies scrub websites to protect Afghans left behind

Multiple federal agencies that operated in Afghanistan and worked with Afghan citizens have been hastily purging their websites, removing articles and photos that could endanger the Afghan civilians ...

16:00 Et August 18, 2021

Tesla hopes to start production at Berlin factory in October

Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk said Friday that he hopes to start producing cars at its new factory outside Berlin in October. The U.S. company had originally planned to begin manufacturing its electric cars at the “Gigafactory” in Gruenheide, east of the German capital, in July. But legal challenges and problems getting official permits ...

16:00 Et August 15, 2021

Samsung aims to take folding phones mainstream

Samsung has said it is aiming to take foldable smartphones "mainstream" with the launch of its Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Fold 3. Typically costing more than £1,000, ...

19:00 Et August 12, 2021
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