Mobility

Apple To Scan Children Messages In UK For Nudity

Nudity blurring Messages feature to protect children will roll out to additional countries, including the UK, Canada, Australia and NZ

3 years ago

Musk Secures $46.5 Billion Funding For Twitter Takeover

World's wealthiest man Elon Musk puts up $33.5 billion of his own money, as he readies for boardroom battle over…

3 years ago

Pixel Watch Render Suggests Fitbit Integration

After years of rumours about potential Google’s Pixel Watch, render from respected leaker is revealed, touting name from the Lord…

3 years ago

EU Committee Agrees Common Charger For Mobile Devices

Apple not happy. Protracted effort by European Union to create universal charger for mobile devices nudges one step closer

3 years ago

Netflix Subscribers Fall For First Time In Ten Years

Streaming giant Netflix reveals loss of subscribers for the first time in ten years, and mulls lower-cost subscription plan with…

3 years ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Digital Security for Remote Workforces

Learn how businesses can develop robust security for their remote workforces. Also, businesses are re-drawing their digital transformation roadmaps to…

3 years ago

Uber, Lyft Drop Mask Requirement In US

Masks now optional. Riders and drivers of ride hailing services Uber and Lyft will now longer be forced to wear…

3 years ago

US Court Rules Data Scraping On Public Websites Is Legal

User privacy blow. Scraping data from online LinkedIn profiles is legal, Appeal Court in the United States tells Microsoft

3 years ago

Downing Street, FCO May Have Been Infected By Pegasus Spyware

Citizen Lab says UK's number 10 and Foreign Office network was suspected to have been infected with Pegasus spyware, with…

3 years ago

Windows XP Still More Widely Used Than Windows 11, Says Lansweeper

At least it is beating Vista! Despite Windows 11 adoption almost tripling during Q1, overall uptake remains slow and lags…

3 years ago

Apple Staff In Flagship NY Store Begin Steps To Unionise

Trouble for Tim? Staff at Apple's flagship New York store at the Grand Central Terminal begin process of unionising, say…

3 years ago

Apple Testing New M2 Processors In Macs – Report

Several new Mac models are reportedly being tested internally at Apple, featuring the next generation M2 chip from the tech…

3 years ago

Most Common Ways Brits Damage Their Phones Revealed

Ewww. Research from phone insurance specialist, insurance2go, reveals at least 739 people per year drop their phone down toilet

3 years ago

Twitter Adopts Poison Pill To Fend Off Elon Musk

Unwanted advances. Unsolicited takeover offer from Elon Musk sees Twitter board last week adopt a poison pill to thwart his…

3 years ago

Elon Musk Hints At Plan B, If Twitter Board Refuses Offer

Tesla boss admits he is not sure he will actually buy Twitter, but teases he may have a “plan B”…

3 years ago

WhatsApp Gains Approval To Double Indian Payment Service – Report

Regulatory approval for Meta's WhatsApp, to more than double the number of users of its payments service in India to…

3 years ago

Russian Users Sue Netflix For Market Withdraw – Report

Disgruntled Netflix users in Russia have launched a class action lawsuit against streaming giant for leaving the Russian market

3 years ago

Investor Sues Elon Musk Over Late Share Disclosure

Twitter shareholder sues Elon Musk for failing to disclose his substantial stake in a timely manner, which impacted platform's share…

3 years ago

Nokia To Withdraw Completely From Russian Market

Ukraine consequence. Finnish telecoms giant Nokia announces total withdrawal from Russian market, affecting 2,000 local jobs

3 years ago

Two iPhone Factories In China Suspend Production

Surging Covid-19 infections and strict government response, forces Taiwan's Pegatron to halt iPhone production at two Chinese factories

3 years ago

Apple Faces Extra EU Antitrust Charge Over Music Streaming – Report

European Commission is reportedly mulling an additional antitrust charge, amid its ongoing music streaming investigation of Apple

3 years ago

Chip Shortage To Last Into 2023, Warns BMW CEO

No end in sight this year for the global chip shortage, warns CEO of BMW Oliver Zipse, with car industry…

3 years ago

Elon Musk Will Not Join Twitter Board, CEO Confirms

Last minute u-turn from Elon Musk, as Parag Agrawal confirms Musk will not, after all, join the board of directors…

3 years ago

Intel Latest Tech Firm To Suspend Operations In Russia

Chip giant Intel condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine and suspends all operations in Russia, after previously halting chip shipments

3 years ago

Arson Damages Part Of Openreach Network In Kent

Not again. UK carrier Openreach confirms 7,400 premises impacted by malicious damage to its network, caused by an arson attack…

3 years ago

Russia Retaliates Against YouTube Over Ukraine Invasion ‘Fakes’

Pot calling kettle black? Roskomnadzor to take punitive measures against YouTube over 'fake' images about Russia's invasion of Ukraine

3 years ago

Twitter Confirms Development Of Edit Button

Worse kept secret? Twitter finally confirms it is developing an edit button so users can change their tweets after posting…

3 years ago

USAID Sends Ukraine 5,000 Starlink Terminals From SpaceX

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) partners with SpaceX to send 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine

3 years ago

Spain Plans $12.4bn Chip Sector Investment

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says Spain will spend 11 billion euros to boost the country's semiconductor and microchip industry

3 years ago