June 27, 2023
Facebook owner launches virtual reality subscription service
Facebook owner Meta has launched a virtual reality (VR) subscription service as it tries to make that part of its business profitable. Meta says paying users will get access to two new games a month. For the first three months of the year, the…
June 22, 2023
Amazon accused of tricking Prime customers
The US has accused Amazon of tricking customers into signing up for automatically renewing Prime subscriptions and making it difficult to cancel. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the country's consumer rights watchdog, made the claims in a…
June 20, 2023
South Korea crypto-crash king, Do Kwon, jailed
Do Kwon, the cryptocurrency boss behind the $40bn (£31.3bn) collapse of the terraced and Luna tokens, has been sentenced to four months of jail in Montenegro. Mr. Kwon was found guilty of forging official documents. He was arrested in March as he…
June 17, 2023
Twitter sued by music publishers for $250m
A group of 17 music publishers in the US has sued Twitter, claiming the platform enabled copyright violations involving nearly 1,700 songs. The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) is seeking more than $250m (£197.7m) in damages. In a…
June 13, 2023
US moves to block Microsoft’s Activision takeover
Regulators in the US have asked a judge to block Microsoft from completing its $69bn (£56bn) purchase of Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the deal, which would be the largest in the history of…
June 11, 2023
Facebook owner Meta plans to create Twitter rival
Meta has shown staff plans for a text-based social network designed to compete with Twitter, sources have told the BBC. It could allow users to follow accounts they already follow on Instagram, Meta's image-sharing app. And it could potentially…
June 7, 2023
Twitch apologizes as streamers leave after adverts row
Twitch has apologised, after a backlash over new advertising rules. The Amazon-owned live-streaming service had said it would restrict the size and type of ads used by streamers who create content on Twitch. This would have substantially reduced the…
June 6, 2023
Apple expected to launch mixed-reality headset at WWDC
All eyes are on Apple as it is expected to launch a mixed-reality headset at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), in California. It would be the technology giant's most significant product release since it unveiled the Apple Watch, in…
June 2, 2023
US Air Force denies AI drone attacked operator in test
A US Air Force colonel "misspoke" when describing an experiment in which an AI-enabled drone opted to attack its operator in order to complete its mission, the service has said. Colonel Tucker Hamilton, chief of AI test and operations in the US Air…
June 1, 2023
Amazon to pay $25m over Alexa and Ring privacy violations
Amazon is to pay $25m (£20m) to settle allegations that it violated children's privacy rights with its Alexa voice assistant. The company agreed to pay the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) after it was accused of failing to delete Alexa recordings…