The iPhone maker may be set to break market records, but it’s starting to look more and more like a one-gadget pony If Apple is to become the world’s first three-trillion-dollar company, the iPhone will play a key role in that feat. The tech firm unveils the latest iteration of its signature product on Tuesday, …
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The long view suggests we’re due a new era, whether it is that of metaverses, blockchain or quantum computing One of the challenges of writing about technology is how to escape from what the sociologist Michael Mann memorably called “the sociology of the last five minutes”. This is especially difficult when covering the digital tech …
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Jamie Henn, the founder of Fossil Fuel Free Media, on how advertising agencies help legitimise the fossil fuel industry Jamie Henn, a co-founder of the climate group 350.org, had for a long time noticed a gap in climate advocacy that many had overlooked: while the fossil fuel industry pours money into ad campaigns, much of …
As students gradually return to campus, many universities will be offering blended learning – mixing face-to-face lectures with the best of digital teaching The 2022 league table The past year and a half has been a learning experience for everyone in education. You might recall frustrating days battling your internet connection to log on to …
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Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using it for criminal means: it was run by the police The rain pattered lightly on the harbour of the Belgian port city of Ghent when, on 21 June 2021, a …
Sergei Ryabkov’s claim of interference in Duma vote believed to be reference to anti-Putin apps on Apple and Google The Russian foreign ministry has summoned the US ambassador, John Sullivan, to complain about alleged interference by “American digital giants” in Russia’s upcoming parliamentary election. According to a ministry statement on Friday, the deputy foreign minister, …
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Tech firm is ordered to remove restrictions on app developers steering buyers outside platform A US district judge has dealt a blow to Apple’s business model by ruling that it cannot prevent app developers from including links that allow users to buy items outside the Apple App Store. The App Store is highly profitable for …
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Documents show company dragged feet to correct disparity after learning it was failing to comply with laws in UK, Europe and Asia Google has been illegally underpaying thousands of temporary workers in dozens of countries and delayed correcting the pay rates for more than two years as it attempted to cover up the problem, the …
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Tech giant ordered to let developers steer buyers elsewhere Judge finds Apple engaged in ‘anticompetitive conduct’ A US judge on Friday ruled in a major antitrust lawsuit against Apple’s App Store, striking down some of Apple’s restrictions on how developers can collect payments in apps. Related: Apple’s automotive ambitions dealt blow as car chief joins …
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My stepfather, Bryan Skipp, who has died aged 92, was a mining and civil engineer who led a colourful life. Although a communist and long-time member of CND, he worked on many sensitive international nuclear power projects. He was also an expert in soil science, an academic and a bon vivant. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, …
