Lockdown, algorithm and furlough – the vocabulary of 2020
A look at some of the words that became common parlance this year.
UK News|Dec 30, 2020
UK News
1958 results - Page 59 of 131
Zoom, 5G and contact tracing apps: The tech review of 2020
Technology played a major role during the coronavirus pandemic.
UK News|Dec 26, 2020
UK News
Australian regulator delays decision on Google-Fitbit merger
It comes despite the European Union giving conditional approval to the deal last week.
World News|Dec 22, 2020
World News
Marcus Rashford grateful to Man Utd’s academy coaches for their early support
The 23-year-old grew up just five miles away from Old Trafford.
UK Sport|Dec 19, 2020
UK Sport
EU clears Google’s purchase of Fitbit, with conditions over data
The bloc’s competition watchdog carried out an-depth investigation of the £1.5 billion deal.
World News|Dec 17, 2020
World News
Social media giants urged to make it easier to report abuse to police
Former MI5 chief Lord Evans, chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said social media firms need to do ‘more and at a greater pace’.
UK News|Dec 17, 2020
UK News
PA sport quiz of 2020
How much can you remember about 2020’s sporting moments?
UK Sport|Dec 17, 2020
UK Sport
Facebook’s UK users to be overseen by firm’s US HQ after Brexit transition
The social network says there will be no change to the privacy controls or the services Facebook offers to people in the UK.
UK News|Dec 16, 2020
UK News
Online Harms Bill will take decisive action against tech firms – Dowden
The Culture Secretary said proposed new regulation on tech giants would ensure they ‘clean up their act’.
UK News|Dec 15, 2020
UK News
Google outage due to internal technical fault, company says
The tech giant said an ‘internal storage quota issue’ was the cause of the global outage.
UK News|Dec 14, 2020
UK News
Google services return online after major global outage
Popular apps such as YouTube and Gmail went down on Monday, but Google said the issue has now been resolved for the ‘majority’ of users.
UK News|Dec 14, 2020
UK News
Google outage leaves users unable to access YouTube and Gmail
The company said it was aware of the issue.
UK News|Dec 14, 2020
UK News
Dopey suspect showed police cannabis video while trying to use translation app
Northumbria Police said the man made the mistake after they stopped a car near Sunderland, which led them to find a farm with 600 plants growing.
UK News|Dec 14, 2020
UK News
Video of mass murderer watched by terror accused shown to jury
Gabrielle Friel is on trial in Edinburgh charged with intending to commit acts of terrorism.
UK News|Dec 10, 2020
UK News
Incels believe women owe them sex, experts tells terrorism trial
Gabrielle Friel is said to have ‘expressed affinity with and sympathy for one incel-motivated mass murder’.
UK News|Dec 10, 2020
UK News