Mobility

YouTube Denies Slowing Down Mozilla Firefox

Alphabet's YouTube insists it is not slowing down Firefox, after complaints videos are taking extra long to load on the…

1 year ago

Amazon Cuts Hundreds Of Jobs In Alexa Division

More job layoffs again at Amazon's Alexa division, on top of the 27,000 jobs already let go in the past…

1 year ago

White House Joins Threads, Amid X Extremist Content Row

US political leadership including the President, White House, and others creates accounts on Meta's Threads platform

1 year ago

Global Smartphone Market Grows After Two Year Slump – Counterpoint

Global smartphone market returned to growth in October after a slump of more than two years, new research from Counterpoint…

1 year ago

IBM Pulls Advertising From X/Twitter, Amid Nazi Content Row

Another big name suspends advertising on X (aka Twitter), after its ads appeared next to posts praising Adolf Hitler and…

1 year ago

Samsung Confirms Hackers Compromised Customer Data – Report

Customers of the Samsung UK Store are being notified of a data breach that exposed their personal information

1 year ago

Apple To Add RCS To Improve Texting Between Android, iPhone

Cross platform texting improvement on the way, as Apple says it will add support for RCS messaging in 2024

1 year ago

GM’s Cruise To Withdraw All Vehicles From Public Roads

Confirmation from Cruise that all its autonomous cars have now been withdrawn from all public roads in the United States

1 year ago

Meta Says App Stores Should Get Parental Approval For Under-16 App Installs

As the US Senate examines Meta's protection children, firm calls for federal law for App Stores to approve app downloads…

1 year ago

Apple To Allow European Side Loading Of iPhone Apps – Report

EU legislation could mean Apple will allow European iPhone users to 'side load' apps from outside of Apple's official app…

1 year ago

China Still Acquiring Chip-making Equipment, Despite US Ban

Report finds Chinese companies, despite White House ban, are still purchasing US chip-making equipment for advanced semiconductors

1 year ago

Wikileaks Founder Says X (Twitter) ‘Overrun By Trolls, Lunatics’

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales says “a lot of thoughtful and serious people are fleeing Twitter” since Elon Musk takeover of platform

1 year ago

Alphabet Pays Apple 36 Percent Of Safari Search Revenue

CEO Sundar Pichai confirms Google pays Apple 36 percent of Safari search revenue, as part of its default search agreement

1 year ago

Government Tells Delivery Apps To Tighten Account Controls

Government calls delivery apps Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat to round table discussion over issue of illegal account sharing

1 year ago

Huawei Ramps 5G Smartphone Production Amidst Strong Demand

US-sanctioned Huawei ramping up production of popular 5G smartphone as it gets around US sanctions to achieve chip breakthrough

1 year ago

Google, Microsoft Will Not Challenge EU DMA Gatekeeper Designation

Google, Microsoft say they will not challenge EU's designation of their services as 'gatekeepers', but other appeals likely on the…

1 year ago

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Confirms ‘Minor Stroke’

Steve Wozniak is back home in the US, after he was rushed to hospital in Mexico City, after suffering minor…

1 year ago

Omegle Shuts Down After Misuse Complaints

Founder announces Omegle shutdown after years of complaints by child campaigners about risks of random chats with strangers

1 year ago

Apple Setback In EU $14 Billion Tax Row

Legal setback for Apple as it seeks to avoid to paying over $14 billion in back taxes, after EU clampdown…

1 year ago

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Rushed To Hospital

Health concerns for Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, after reports of him being rushed to hospital with possible stroke

1 year ago

ChatGPT Back Online After “Major Outage”

OpenAI's ChatGPT service is back online after “major outage” on Wednesday afternoon that lasted just short of two hours

1 year ago

Amazon Includes Medical Discount With Prime Membership

Amazon Prime membership is being enhanced for customers in the US, with discount for Medical One healthcare service

1 year ago

Meta Restricts AI Tools For Political Ads In Deepfake Clampdown

Next year Meta says advertisers will have to disclose when AI tools are used for political, social or election related…

1 year ago

Bumble Chief Whitney Wolfe Herd To Step Down

Whitney Wolfe Herd, chief executive and founder of women-first dating app Bumble, to step down after nearly 10 years

1 year ago

Epic And Google Go To Court Over App Store Fees

Epic Games takes Google to court with antitrust claims over Play Store fees, arguing company faces 'no meaningful competition'

1 year ago

Apple Disappoints As FY23 Results Decline

Declines for Mac, iPads and wearables, home and accessories, plus gloomy holiday season outlook, dents Apple's Q4 and full year…

1 year ago

Europe Expands Ban On Meta’s ‘Behavioural Ad’ Practices

Ban on Meta's 'behavioural advertising' practices has been expanded by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)

1 year ago

Apple Watch To Include Blood Pressure, Sleep Apnoea Detection – Report

Forthcoming Apple Watch to include two notable healthcare functions, with coaching and health services also reportedly in the mix

1 year ago

Vodafone To Exit Spain With Sale Of Spanish Arm To Zegona

Mobile giant confirms it will sell Vodafone Spain to Zegona for $5.3 billion (£4.4bn), in another restructuring move by new…

1 year ago