December 8, 2021
Several Complaints have piled up against Tesla causing US authorities to act
US authorities are investigating Tesla over an alleged failure to disclose fire risks with its solar panels, according to reports.A complaint from a whistleblower prompted the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate.Steven Henkes,…
December 5, 2021
Uber to pay $9m in sex-assault report settlement
Uber is to pay $9m (£6.8m) to settle a complaint over its sexual-assault and harassment reporting in California.The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) had told Uber to hand over information about assault and harassments - but it did not…
December 2, 2021
Elon Musk willing to help NASA in building new space suits for upcoming moon missions
On 7 April in 1983, American astronauts Don Peterson and Story Musgrave bravely stepped out of the space shuttle Challenger, the first time US space explorers had conducted a spacewalk in nearly a decade.For about four hours, the men floated in the…
November 29, 2021
Facial recognition firm faces possible £17m privacy fine
An Australian firm which claims to have a database of more than 10 billion facial images is facing a potential £17m fine over its handling of personal data in the UK. The Information Commissioner's Office said it had significant concerns about…
November 20, 2021
Tesla drivers are outraged due to them being locked out of the cars.
Dozens of owners posted on social media about seeing an error message on the mobile app that was preventing them from connecting to their vehicles.Tesla chief executive Elon Musk personally responded to one complaint from a driver in South Korea,…
November 17, 2021
Amazon stop accepting Visa credit cards in UK
Amazon will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the UK from 19 January, the online retail giant has said.It said the move was due to high credit card transaction fees but said Visa debit cards would still be accepted.Visa said it was "very…
November 14, 2021
US President Joe Biden tightens restrictions on Huawei and ZTE
US President Joe Biden has signed legislation that stops companies judged to be a security threat from receiving new telecoms equipment licences. The Secure Equipment Act says the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should no longer review…
November 1, 2021
Chinese version of Fortnite to close in November
Fortress Night, the Chinese version of the popular game Fortnite, is to close later this month. Epic Games, which owns Fortnite, has so far provided no reason for the decision to close the online shooter game.An announcement said the game, which has…
October 27, 2021
Twitter profits slump after settling long-running lawsuit
Twitter lost more than half a billion dollars in the three months to September after it paid $809.5m (£588m) to settle a long-running lawsuit. The social media giant was accused of misleading investors over user engagement in 2015.However despite…
October 21, 2021
Trump to launch new social media platform TRUTH Social
Former US President Donald Trump has announced plans to launch a new social media network, called TRUTH Social. He said the platform would "stand up to the tyranny of big tech", accusing them of silencing opposing voices in the US. Social media…