Leak shows how Uber sought to influence key players in Labor government and launched an ‘aggressive’ campaign against taxi industry What are the Uber files? Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals The whistleblower: I’m exposing a system that sold people a lie Get our free news app, morning email briefing …
Researchers find movements can still be tracked despite firm’s vow to protect location history of people who visit abortion clinics Google’s promise to protect the location history of users who visit abortion clinics is coming under scrutiny after researchers found that a user who had brief access to another user’s Android phone – such as …
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Firm is splitting its News Feed over two tabs on its iOS and Android apps, separating its algorithmic curation Facebook is going back to basics, restoring a chronological news feed to its app to make it easier for users to keep up with posts from their friends. More than a decade after Facebook updated its …
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Mojang Studios says use of non-fungible tokens does not align with the game’s ‘values of creative inclusion and playing together’ Minecraft will not allow non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to be used on the popular gaming platform, with the company describing them as antithetical to Minecraft’s “values of creative inclusion and playing together”. NFTs confer ownership of …
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Heads of GCHQ and NCSC say client-side scanning could protect children and privacy at the same time Tech companies should move ahead with controversial technology that scans for child abuse imagery on users’ phones, the technical heads of GCHQ and the UK’s National Cybersecurity Centre have said. So-called “client-side scanning” would involve service providers such …
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App is used by 7% of adults for news with nearly half turning to TikTokers rather than conventional outlets for updates Watch out Huw Edwards, the TikTokers are coming. The social video platform is the fastest growing news source for UK adults, according to a survey, but nearly half of people using it for current …
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CEO Elon Musk said more than a month ago that he had a ‘super bad feeling’ about the economy and needed to lay off workers Tesla’s second quarter of 2022 came to a shaky end as the electric carmaker reported a drop in revenue, missing Wall Street estimates after it struggled to meet demand due …
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The Meta CEO, and former COO Sheryl Sandberg will be questioned as part of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Facebook users in California Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of of Facebook parent company Meta, will face a six-hour deposition over the way the company handled user data relating to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, according to new …
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At launch, only two leagues will be included – the FA Women’s Super League and the French Division 1 Féminine – but more are planned Electronic Arts has announced the inclusion of women’s club football teams in Fifa 23 – a first for the series. At launch, only two leagues will be included: the FA …
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