The US State Department said it would deny visas to five people, including a former EU commissioner, for seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into suppressing viewpoints they oppose."These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states - in each...Read more
Fake adverts for weight loss drugs by a company pretending to be health and beauty retailer Boots have been removed from TikTok after the firm complained.The adverts for prescription-only weight loss drugs appeared to show smiling healthcare professionals from the British retailer - but in...Read more
A top Amazon executive has said the US technology giant has blocked more than 1,800 job applications from suspected North Korean agents.North Koreans tried to apply for remote working IT jobs using stolen or fake identities, Amazon's chief security officer Stephen Schmidt said in a...Read more
They work 24/7 at high speeds and get searingly hot - but data centre computer chips get plenty of pampering. Some of them basically live at the spa. "We'll have fluid that comes up and [then] shower down, or trickle down, onto a...Read more
They work 24/7 at high speeds and get searingly hot - but data centre computer chips get plenty of pampering. Some of them basically live at the spa. "We'll have fluid that comes up and [then] shower down, or trickle down, onto a...Read more
Vince Zampella, who co-created the widely-popular video game Call of Duty, has died in a car crash in California, aged 55.Zampella's death was confirmed by Electronic Arts, which owns Respawn Entertainment, a game studio he co-founded.The influential video game developer died after his car...Read more
Chinese robotaxis could be set to hit UK roads in 2026 as ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft announce partnerships with Baidu to trial the tech.The two companies are hoping to obtain approval from regulators to test the autonomous vehicles in London.Baidu's Apollo Go...Read more
Millions of people will be able to set their own contactless card payment limits or even have no limit at all, a regulator has confirmed.Banks and card providers will be given the power, from March, to set a maximum - or unlimited -...Read more
TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance has signed a deal with investors to run its business in the US.But what does this mean for the over 170 million Americans (or so the social media platform claims) who use the app?The key may lie...Read more
TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements with US and global investors to sell the majority of its business in America, TikTok's boss told employees on Thursday.Half of the joint venture will be owned by a group of investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake...Read more
A stream of hot caramel runs through the Thomas Tunnock factory just outside Glasgow.From the second floor where it is made, it runs along conveyor belts down to the first floor, bringing a a sweet, warm aroma to the building.But working...Read more
Millions of people will be able to set their own contactless card payment limits or even have no limit at all, a regulator has confirmed.Banks and card providers will be given the power, from March, to set a maximum - or unlimited -...Read more
The UK government says it will ban so-called "nudification" apps as part of efforts to tackle misogyny online.New laws - announced on Thursday as part of a - will make it illegal to create and supply AI tools letting users edit images...Read more
The UK government says it will ban so-called "nudification" apps as part of efforts to tackle misogyny online.New laws - announced on Thursday as part of a - will make it illegal to create and supply AI tools letting users edit images...Read more
One in three adults in the UK are using artificial intelligence (AI) for emotional support or social interaction, according to research published by a government body.And one in 25 people turned to the tech for support or conversation every day, the AI Security...Read more
