August 15, 2018
Mystery Russian satellite’s behaviour raises alarm in US
A mysterious Russian satellite displaying "very abnormal behaviour" has raised alarm in the US, according to a State Department official. "We don't know for certain what it is and there is no way to verify it,"said assistant secretary Yleem Poblete…
August 14, 2018
Google tracks users who turn off location history
Google records users' locations even when they have asked it not to, a report from the Associated Press has suggested. The issue could affect up to two billion Android and Apple devices which use Google for maps or search. The study, verified by…
August 13, 2018
Disney’s New Streaming Service Has Been Given ‘A Release Date’
Earlier this year it was revealed that Disney would be pulling all their popular titles from Netflix, and begin work on their own streaming service to rival the current business. While the ink only dried on the official FOX and Disney partnership…
August 9, 2018
Apple removes ‘wrong apps’ in gambling purge
Apple has been accused of accidentally removing apps from the App Store in a crackdown on gambling content. Several developers complained via social media that their apps, which they said had nothing to do with gambling, were taken down. The…
August 7, 2018
Facebook denies seeking users’ bank data
Facebook has denied reports that it is actively asking banks for details of users' financial transactions. The statement follows a story in the Wall Street Journal that said the social media giant had asked US banks for such data. Facebook said some…
August 2, 2018
Google in China: Internet giant ‘plans censored search engine’
Google is developing a version of its search engine that will conform to China's censorship laws, reports say. The company shut down the engine in 2010, complaining that free speech was being limited. But online news site The Intercept says Google…
July 30, 2018
Google executive warns of face ID bias
Facial recognition technology does not yet have "the diversity it needs” and has “inherent biases”, a top Google executive has warned. The remarks, from the firm’s director of cloud computing, Diane Greene, came after rival Amazon’s software wrongly…
July 27, 2018
Facebook just had the worst day in stock market history
Shares plunged 19% on Thursday after executives warned that revenue growth would slow as the company focuses on user privacy. The sell-off vaporized about $119 billion in market value — the biggest single-day loss for any public company in history,…
July 25, 2018
Facebook plans office in China
Facebook has secured a licence to set up an office in China in an apparent attempt to break into the lucrative market where its website is blocked. The firm said it would be an "innovation hub to support Chinese developers, innovators and…
July 23, 2018
Uber driver streamed hidden camera videos on Twitch
An Uber and Lyft driver who broadcast videos of his passengers online has been suspended from both car-sharing services. Jason Gargac live-streamed passengers' journeys on video-sharing site Twitch, where viewers would comment on their behaviour and…