August 3, 2021
Twitter works with news sites to tackle disinformation
Twitter will collaborate with two of the largest international news providers, Reuters and the Associated Press, to debunk disinformation on its messaging site. The news agencies will help Twitter give more context and background information on…
July 28, 2021
Oculus recalls Quest 2 headset pads after skin rashes
Virtual-reality headset-maker Oculus is issuing a recall for the foam padding in its Quest 2 headset, warning it can cause skin irritation. Facebook-owned Oculus said only a "very small percentage" of users were experiencing the problem.But it is…
July 25, 2021
Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson went to space. What’s next?
New York (CNN Business)Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson each took a spin in their supersonic, suborbital rockets over the past two weeks, kicking off a new era of space travel in which billionaire-backed companies offer the high-flying excursions to…
July 20, 2021
DOJ charges 4 Chinese nationals with state-backed worldwide hacking campaign
The Justice Department on Monday Monday announced the unsealing of an indictment charging four Chinese nationals with a years-long effort to hack into computer systems of dozens of companies, universities and governments in the U.S. and at least 11…
July 15, 2021
Microsoft announces Windows 365, a subscription cloud PC
Microsoft has announced a new "cloud PC" product where users can stream a Windows device from anywhere. Windows 365 will work similarly to game streaming - where the computing is done in a data centre somewhere remotely and streamed to a device.That…
July 12, 2021
Robots are joining the fight against coronavirus in India
London (CNN Business) In India, the country with the world's second-highest number of Covid-19 cases, a handful of hospitals has started to use robots to connect patients with their loved ones, and assist healthcare workers on the frontlines of the…
July 8, 2021
Trump says he’s filing class action lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and Google
Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is filing class action lawsuits against three of the country's largest tech companies -- Facebook, Twitter, and Google -- all of which have banned the former president from their social media…
July 7, 2021
Russia hacking claims pose challenge for President Biden
In Geneva last month, US President Joe Biden tried set some ground rules for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.He said cyber attacks on critical infrastructure were "off limits". "I looked at him and said how would you feel if ransomware took…
June 29, 2021
Facebook enters the $1 trillion club after Anti-Trust victory
The stock market value of Facebook has topped $1 trillion for the first time after the tech giant won a court victory against US regulators. A federal court dismissed two lawsuits, from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of states,…
June 28, 2021
It appears Windows 11 is the beginning of the end for Skype
Microsoft has officially announced Windows 11, its new operating system which will replace the current version over the next few years. Among all the new features are two seemingly small but related things that jumped out. First - Microsoft Teams,…