Facebook beefs up anti-misinformation efforts ahead of US election
Posts about the presidential election will have a label attached linking to a new voter information hub.
World News|Aug 13, 2020
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New coronavirus contact tracing app trial for England ‘to launch on Thursday’
A second version of the Government’s beleaguered app will reportedly be trialled on the Isle of Wight once again.
UK News|Aug 12, 2020
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‘Life will never be the same again’
Lord Digby Jones reflects on the unforgettable events of the past five months.
Lord Digby|Aug 12, 2020
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Green recovery could avert dangerous climate change – study
But research shows lockdown falls in greenhouse gas emissions has a ‘negligible’ impact on curbing rising temperatures.
UK News|Aug 7, 2020
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Trump signs executive order to ban ‘transactions’ with TikTok
TikTok is a video-sharing app that is widely popular among young people.
World News|Aug 7, 2020
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UK must rethink data ownership to prevent dominance of big tech, report warns
A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research calls for a new digital regulator to be created to control tech giants’ data collection and use.
UK News|Aug 5, 2020
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Man guilty of raping and murdering friend he was ‘trusted’ to walk home
Wesley Streete was convicted of killing 20-year-old Keeley Bunker, hours after a night out celebrating her birthday.
UK News|Aug 5, 2020
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‘I feel like you’re blaming me’, killer moaned during Keeley search
Wesley Streete was convicted of murdering childhood friend Keeley Bunker.
UK News|Aug 5, 2020
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Covid-19 mobile app launched in NI
It is the first use of the software in the UK.
UK News|Jul 30, 2020
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TikTok boss criticises ‘copycat’ Facebook for ‘maligning attacks’
‘At TikTok we welcome competition,’ new chief Kevin Mayers says.
UK News|Jul 29, 2020
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Are we reaching the tipping point on technology stocks?
Toby Birch, senior investment manager at Gower Financial Services looks at the recent star sector of the stock market and asks: Technology stocks – slingshot surge or tipping point?
Business|Jul 29, 2020
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Big Tech CEOs tell Congress they do not stifle competition
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple are answering questions after a year-long probe.
World News|Jul 29, 2020
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CES says January’s tech conference will be a virtual event
The announcement is a reversal from May when organisers said it would go on as a smaller gathering in Las Vegas.
World News|Jul 28, 2020
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How the internet as we know it came to be, thanks to subsea cables
Despite talk of the ‘cloud’, the vast majority of connectivity is deep under the ocean.
UK News|Jul 28, 2020
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Google employees to work from home until summer 2021
Chief executive Sundar Pichai confirmed the decision in an email to staff.
UK News|Jul 28, 2020
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