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Meta Delays Office Reopening, Orders Booster Shots For Staff

Facebook parent delays office reopening and mandates all returning staff to provide proof of receiving Covid-19 booster vaccinations, amid Omicron…

3 years ago

Roblox To Rebuild China App After Pulling Plug

Roblox says it will construct new version of China version of platform after removing it from app stores as it…

3 years ago

India Opens Probe Into Google After Publishers Complain

India's competition regulator launches investigation into Google's market power following complaint by country's digital news media

3 years ago

Instagram Criticised After Blocking Memorial Hashtag

Instagram says it blocked hashtag commemorating victims of Iran airline disaster 'by mistake' as social media giants face growing regulatory…

3 years ago

Bitcoin Slumps To Lowest Level In Four Months

Crypto volatility. Bitcoin slumps to its lowest level since September, having lost over 40 percent of its value from its…

3 years ago

Trump’s ‘Truth Social’ App To Launch Next Month

App store listing reveals Donald Trump is to launch his 'Truth' social media app in February, after his Twitter, Facebook…

3 years ago

Mafia Fugitive Captured After 20 Years, Thanks To Google Street View

Italian police arrest a leading mafia fugitive in Spain after he spent 20 years on the run, thanks to an…

3 years ago

Power Blackouts Sees Kosovo Ban Crypto Mining

Landlocked Kosovo has officially banned cryptocurrency mining as it grapples with soaring energy prices and electricity blackouts

3 years ago

Google Faces French 150m Euro Fine For Cookie Breach

French regulator imposes 150 million euros ($169m) fine on Googe, and 60m euros fine on Meta, over complexity about refusing…

3 years ago

UK Police Forces Seize £300m In Cryptocurrencies – Report

New Scientist investigation reveals British police have seized more than £300m in cryptocurrencies during criminal investigations

3 years ago

China Central Bank Pilots Wallet App For Digital Yuan

Pilot version of a wallet app launched by China's central bank to expand usage of its own digital currency, the…

3 years ago

Twitter Permanently Suspends Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene

Personal Twitter account of congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene goes the way of her idol Donald Trump, and is permanently suspended

3 years ago

LinkedIn Overcharging Lawsuit Dismissed By US Judge

Lawsuit alleging Microsoft's LinkedIn division had inflated its advertising metrics for video ads watched is dismissed by US judge

3 years ago

TikTok Beats Google To Top US Traffic Spot

Social media app TikTok for first time replaces Google as site with most US visitors in 2021, as pandemic pushes…

3 years ago

Merry Christmas To Readers Of Silicon UK

Silicon UK once again wishes our readers a very merry Christmas, in what has proven to be another eventful year…

3 years ago

Meta Appeals Against UK Order To Sell Giphy

Facebook parent Meta is appealing against UK order to sell-off Giphy, after regulator rules the deal harms advertising competition

3 years ago

Jack Dorsey Blocked On Twitter By Netscape’s Marc Andreessen

Web3 dustup. Bad blood between Twitter co-founder and Marc Andreessen over Web3 deepens, after venture capitalist blocks Dorsey on Twitter

3 years ago

Russia Hits Twitter With Fine For Banned Content

Latest financial penalty against US tech firms sees Moscow court fine Twitter for not deleting so-called 'banned content'

3 years ago

Amazon Staten Island Workers Refile Union Vote Request

Here we go again. Group of Amazon workers in New York called the 'Amazon Labor Union' file request for vote…

3 years ago

Amazon Brings Back Masks For Warehouse Workers

All Amazon warehouse workers in the United States are once again required to wear masks at work, amid Covid infection…

3 years ago

OnlyFans Founder Steps Down, Appoints Female Boss

CEO and founder of British tech platform OnlyFans, best known for hosting adult content, steps down and female boss takes…

3 years ago

CES 2022: Amazon, Meta, Twitter Pull Attendance

Big name tech firms announce decision to pull teams from upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, over Omicron…

3 years ago

Meta Warns 50,000 Users Targeted By Surveillance Firms

Surveillance-for-hire firms have spied on 50,000 Facebook users that includes journalists and activists, as Meta bans seven companies

3 years ago

Russia Fines Meta, Twitter and TikTok Over ‘Banned Content’

Campaign against US tech firms in Russia shows no sign of slowing, with string of financial penalties levied against multiple…

3 years ago

Bank Of England Issues Fresh Cryptocurrency Warning

Senior official once again sounds warning about risks associated with cryptocurrencies, and urges creation of crypto regulatory framework

3 years ago

Indian PM Modi’s Twitter Account Hacked – Again

Second time the charm? Bitcoin scam briefly compromises the personal Twitter account of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi

3 years ago

Online Safety Bill Changes Urged By MPs

Changes required. Major changes are being urged by joint committee of MPs to the draft of the UK's online safety…

3 years ago

Tech Industry Scrambles Over Log4j Vulnerability

Vulnerability found in Apache logging library Log4j exposes popular apps, websites and online services to attack and exploitation

3 years ago

Amazon Warehouse Flattened By Tornado, Killing Six Staff

Investigation begins as Amazon warehouse in Illinois collapses after it was struck by a tornado, killing six Amazon employees

3 years ago

Lawmakers Say Instagram’s Promises ‘Won’t Cut It’

US Senators say laws are needed to protect young people online, rejecting proposal by Instagram head Adam Mosseri of industry…

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