Month: February 2021

Company will remove posts with false claims and groups with repeated violations will be shut down Facebook has banned misinformation about all vaccines following years of harmful, unfounded health claims proliferating on its platform. As part of its policy on Covid-19-related misinformation, Facebook will now remove posts with false claims about all vaccines, the company …

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Elon Musk has helped to drive popularity of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and dogecoin Tesla, the electric car company run by the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, revealed on Monday that it had bought $1.5bn (£1.1bn) in bitcoin and said it might soon accept payment in the popular but controversial cryptocurrency. News of Tesla’s investment in …

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They’re not quite as good as new but the phones are cheaper, more sustainable and now available at the supermarket in Australia Buying new smartphones gets worse for the wallet every year. Back in 2008, the first generation iPhone cost about $700. The tenth generation started at $1,549. Today, the top-shelf iPhone 12 Pro Max …

Refurbished smartphones are widely available – so should you buy one? Read More »

Listing is result of firm’s takeover by British music tech startup MelodyVR Napster is to make its debut on the London stock market later this month, marking the first time the music streaming pioneer has had its own public listing in a chequered 22-year history. Napster, which will start trading on the Alternative Investment Market …

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Improved performance and battery life let down by weak vibrations, app and sustainability niggles Google’s TicWatch Pro 3 is the first Wear OS watch to use a newer, faster chip designed to breathe new life into the stagnant smartwatch line – but doesn’t do enough to manage the uphill task. Made by the Chinese tech …

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Gen Sir Patrick Sanders says rivals are using cyberspace to fuel conspiracy theories and sow division Britain’s enemies are attempting to use social media to tear the “fabric of society apart”, one of the country’s top generals has warned. In a candid interview about cyberwarfare, Gen Sir Patrick Sanders said the threat was not like …

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After investors caused havoc on the markets last week in a battle over the shares of a video-game chain, we explore the promise and pitfalls of the apps they used A year ago shares in struggling US video game store GameStop were worth just $3.25 a pop, yet at the end of last month they …

Are share-trading apps a safe way to play the markets? Read More »

Instagram posts of homely scenes are striking a chord with users taking a renewed interest in their outdoor environment At a time when domesticity and what’s inside the home makes up the majority of what most people encounter in their daily lives, the still life is having a resurgence on social media – from influencers …

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Technological advances mean taking humans to play among the stars is just one of the aims of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and a host of eager investors Later this year Jeff Bezos, the first person to have led a business from nothing to a trillion-dollar valuation, will step down from his job as head of …

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The Covid crisis has turbo-charged profits and share prices. But are the big six now too powerful for regulators to ignore? The coronavirus pandemic has wrought economic disruption on a global scale, but one sector has marched on throughout the chaos: big tech. Further evidence of the industry’s relentless progress has come in recent weeks …

Is big tech now just too big to stomach? Read More »