The New Tool of Soft Power? Vaccines
what’s going on? 1. America Won’t Share The Trump administration’s “Operation Warp Speed” involved funneling $18 billion into research for major vaccine candidates. In...
Tech Breakthroughs From Weed to COVID
how it’s different 1. From the Comfort of Home This year’s rendition was all virtual, while still packing three days with glitzy presentations and newsy keynotes. It’s probably the...
Sex workers say ‘defunding Pornhub’ puts their livelihoods at risk
By Thomas Fabbri BBC News. Credit card giants Visa, Mastercard and Discover have blocked all payments to Pornhub, after the adult site was accused of being “infested” with child abuse and...
Trump Will Face Different Twitter Rules When He Leaves Office
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Cyberpunk 2077: Sony pulls game from PlayStation while Xbox offers refunds
Sony has pulled Cyberpunk 2077, one of the year’s most-anticipated games, from its store and offered refunds to all players. The unprecedented move follows complaints that the game has been...
Google, Amazon Fined $163 Million by French Data Watchdog
By Stephanie Bodoni . Google racked up another record fine in the European Union, this time a 100 million-euro ($121 million) penalty from France’s privacy watchdog over the way it manages cookies...
Vaccine misinformation on social media amid COVID ‘a huge problem’
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Should Facebook be broken up? FTC, 46 states sue tech giant for antitrust over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
Jessica Guynn USA TODAY The Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states are suing Facebook on antitrust grounds, taking direct aim at two prized acquisitions that broadened the company’s...
Facebook chased lie after lie after lie in 2020
The pandemic, US elections and outrage over racial injustice created a perfect storm for social media misinformation. Queenie Wong. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies remotely as Sen. John Kennedy...
Covid-19: Facebook to take down false vaccine claims
By Alistair Coleman BBC Monitoring. Facebook says it will start removing false claims about Covid-19 vaccines to prevent “imminent physical harm”. The company says it is accelerating its...
Apple to pay $113m to settle iPhone ‘batterygate’
By James Clayton North America technology reporter Apple will pay $113m (£85m) to settle allegations that it slowed down older iPhones. Thirty-three US states claimed that Apple had done this to...
Alexa to start second-guessing what users want
By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter. Amazon’s home voice assistant Alexa is taking a step closer towards natural conversation by trying to guess what users might say next. ORIGINAL NOTE:...
Fortnite set to return to iPhones via Nvidia cloud gaming service
By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor Owners of iPhones and iPads could soon be able to play Fortnite again, via a cloud service, the BBC has discovered. Nvidia has developed a version of its GeForce...
NHS Covid-19 app to issue more self-isolate alerts
By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor. Gaby Appleton – who recently took over NHS Covid-19 – said this was being done to help tackle the spread of the coronavirus. The change...
Huawei Mate 40 phones launch despite chip freeze
By Leo Kelion Technology desk editor Huawei has unveiled its Mate 40 smartphones claiming they feature a more “sophisticated” processor than Apple’s forthcoming iPhones. The...
Google reveals Mineral crop-inspecting robots
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has unveiled prototype robots that can inspect individual plants in a field, to help farmers improve crop yields. The robot buggies roll through fields on...
The Future of the Office – Is It the Tale of Two Cities in Providence?
The Future of the Office – Is It the Tale of Two Cities in Providence? Eight months into the coronavirus pandemic, many offices remain shuttered, or are working with restrictions. Read More....
Russia, China and Iran hackers target Trump and Biden, Microsoft says
Hackers with ties to Russia, China and Iran are attempting to snoop on people and groups involved with the US 2020 presidential election, Microsoft says. The Russian hackers who breached the 2016...
‘Revenge porn new normal’ after cases surge in lockdown
By Cristina Criddle Technology reporter IMAGE COPYRIGHT/ GETTY IMAGES There has been a surge in reports of so-called revenge porn this year, with campaigners saying the problem has been exacerbated by...
Wall Street cae fuertemente, arrastrada por tecnológicas
Wall Street cae fuertemente, arrastrada por tecnológicas 20minutos.com El índice Nasdaq, de alto contenido tecnológico, bajaba más de 2,5% poco … La deflación en las...