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TikTok has rejected Microsoft as their preferred US buyer | Monday 14th September 2020
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The parent company of the video app TikTok has opted for Oracle over Microsoft after Trump forced it to sell the app. British chips bought by the Amer...
Microsoft says Russia, China and Iran are behind hacking attempts on more than 200 organisations | Friday 11th September 2020
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US political parties were among those targeted, after Microsoft security software thwarted most of the attempts. And travel firms are also being blast...
China demands Twitter investigate ambassador’s ‘like’ of pornographic video | Thursday, 10 September 2020
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
China is demanding Twitter investigate a ‘hack’ after the account of its ambassador to the UK liked a pornographic post. Liu Xiaoming retweeted an...
Oxford Vaccine trials "paused" as patient experiences adverse reaction | Wednesday 9th September 2020
09 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Oxford scientists have had to put the stoppers on their trials of a new Covid vaccine as a UK Patient has had an adverse reaction, Apple fil...
South Korea-based PUBG decides to ditch Chinese Tencent and publish all games in India itself | Tuesday 8th September 2020
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After PUBG Mobile and Mobile Lite were banned in India last week citing security concerns, the corporation now wants to work directly with the Indian ...
UK ‘likely to have coronavirus vaccine by early next year’ | Monday, September 7th 2020
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
UK health secretary Matt Hancock has dramatically raised hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine in the coming months. He told LBC radio it was ‘looking up’ t...
Facebook’s US election ad ban ‘wont stop spread of fake news’ | Friday, September 4th 2020
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Experts warn Facebook’s bid to stop misinformation in the week leading up to the US election by banning paid political ads will do little to stop th...
Social media giants fail to remove 95% of anti-vaccine misinformation | Thursday 3rd September 2020
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Center for Countering Digital Hate and Restless Development said their Failure to Act report shows social networks are failing in their own misinf...
FBI takes down social media accounts "connected to Russian Intelligence" | Wednesday 2nd September 2020
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The FBI says its foiled attempts by a group with links to the Kremlin to "interfere in US public debate" with the shutdown of several accounts on Face...
Facebook's threatening to scrap sharing news in Australia | Tuesday 1st September 2020
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
New Australian media laws could mean Facebook rips news sharing from its pages there in a row over whether the social networking giant, and Googl...
Tik Tok beauty hacks are being given a health warning | Friday 28th August 2020
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Doctors and dentists are among medical experts in the UK warning people not try some Tik Tok beauty hacks at home. They say advice encouraging people ...
Fortnite launches Season 4 with a new Battle Pass from its App Store | Thursday 27th August 2020
27 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today sees the launch of the new season of Fortnite, which as teasers had previously revealed will have a Marvel theme and it’s the first time ...
China accuses US U-2 spy plane of trespassing into no-fly zone | Wednesday 26th August 2020
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Beijing has accused the US of sending a U-2 spy plane into a no-fly zone to "trespass" on live-fire exercises. Also, AI vs. a human fighter pilot... w...
Google ‘will always pay the tax its required to pay’ | Tuesday, August 25 2020
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Google’s UK boss Ronan Harris insists the tech giant will always pay the tax that it's required to… but that it was up to the government to decide...
Can convalescent plasma treatment help boost Donald Trump's re-election chances? | Monday, August 24 2020
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump has issued an emergency order making it easier for doctors to treat Covid-19 using the blood plasma of those who’ve recovered from the ...
Mark Zuckerburg faces another grilling in Congress | Friday 21st August 2020
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's emerged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg's faced more questions in congress over why the company bought rival Instagram. Netflix has a...
GCSE students line up for ‘dream” Tech jobs | Thursday 20th August 2020
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As 950,000 pupils receive their GCSE results, “the dream” is to land a job in tech, according to a new Samsung survey, Google's tackling troubles ...
Covid-19 Loss of smell “much more profound” than other infections | Wednesday 19th August 2020
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists think losing your sense of smell with Covid-19 could be an indication the disease affects sufferer's brains and nerve centres. Is Honey bet...
UP-cycling takes on a whole new meaning as Space X focuses on Rocket Recycling| Tuesday 18th August 2020
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
SpaceX is launching a record-breaking rocket mission, with an emphasis on recycling, Kanye West's taking on Tik Tok with ideas for a religious th...
Have we recorded earth’s hottest temperature ever? | Monday 17th August 2020
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Google pens a letter to Australians saying new laws could harm their internet freedom. The Wakashio splits in two – endangering Mauritian wildlife. ...
Epic’s legal challenge as Apple removes Fortnite from its App Store | Friday 14th August 2020
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the world's most popular games on iPhones was taken down after makers Epic games offered an update that let players buy in-game currency at a l...
Bats caught in Thai caves as researchers probe coronavirus origins | Thursday, August 13, 2020
13 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Researchers probing the origins of coronavirus have caught 200 bats in caves in Thailand. They hope to find a close match to the disease that will hel...
Experts urge caution of Russia’s newly approved coronavirus vaccine | August 12, 2020
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his daughter is one of the first recipients of a newly approved coronavirus vaccine that could begin rolling out...
Apple boss Tim Cook joins billionaire club as stocks soar | Tuesday, August 11, 2020
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Cook has been welcomed into an elite club... The Apple boss has hit billionaire status, joining Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezo...
Could Twitter be gearing up to buy TikTok? | Monday 10th August 2020
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are reports Twitter's entering the race to buy Tik Tok, but can the social media giant even afford it? How a potential TikTok ban has got s...
Donald Trump gives US firms 45 days to stop doing business with TikTok and WeChat. Friday 7th August 2020
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The US President signed executive orders targeting the two Chinese apps to “protect national security”. So what exactly do the orders say? Ir...
Facebook and Twitter restrict Trump accounts over 'harmful' covid misinformation | Thursday 6th August 2020.
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The social media platform's removed posts from President Donald Trump that claimed children are 'immune' from the coronavirus. Meanwhil...
Beirut explosion: What is ammonium nitrate and what makes it dangerous? | Wednesday, August 5 2020
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The likely cause of a devastating explosion in Beirut appears to be thousands of tonnes of ammonium nitrate that Lebanon’s prime minister says was l...
Donald Trump demands ‘substantial portion’ of US TikTok sale | Tuesday, August 4th 2020
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump is demanding a cut from the sale of TikTok’s US unit if Microsoft - or any other American firm - buys it. The President also warned if ...
"Thanks for flying SpaceX." How Nasa's astronauts returned to Earth in the first splashdown in 45 years |Monday 3rd August 2020
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We hear about the astronauts' 19-hour journey from the International Space Station and what was so different about this landing. Also how it's left Na...
More massive growth in Lockdown for tech titans | Friday 31st July 2020
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Profits for the three months run up to June have been revealed by techs “big four” and after questions of how big is too big came up in congress i...
Big tech grilled over ‘harmful’ power as Donald Trump ‘watches closely’ | Thursday, July 30 2020
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump, a long time critic of the big tech companies, says he’s ‘watching closely’ as bosses of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple are gri...
The FAANGs are out at the US Congress | Wednesday 29 July 2020
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tech titans Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple all face Congress as questions are raised about "how big is too big"? The quartet have repor...
Google's laying nearly 4000 miles of cable underwater to make the internet run faster |Tuesday 28th July 2020
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Google's new subsea cable will connect the US, the UK and Spain in a “significant upgrade” to current internet infrastructure. There’s...
Twitter users are holding a 48-hour "walkout" over anti-Semitic posts shared by Wiley | Monday 27th July 2020
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In protest at Twitter’s alleged “slow” response to anti-Semitic posts by grime artists Wiley, some of the platform’s high profile users are ho...
Pentagon reveals they still have a team of UFO hunters | 24th July 2020
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Pentagon is found to have a team searching the skies for alien life form, despite claiming it was disbanded back in 2012. Also, Microsoft rel...
Can China's Mars launch see it catch up with the US in the space race? | Thursday July 23rd 2020
23 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
China's blasted an unmanned probe towards Mars in its first independent mission to visit another planet. The country’s most ambitious Mars miss...
Can we predict cancer years before symptoms show? Wednesday 22nd July 2020
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese researchers say they’ve developed a blood test that can detect cancer mutations years before symptoms appear. Twitter is cracking down on fa...
Are new laws needed to stop coronavirus conspiracies on social media? | Tuesday 21st July 2020
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
MPs say an online harms regulator should be appointed to hold social media platforms to account over misinformation. The US government imposes tr...
UAE spacecraft blasts off for Mars| Monday 20th July 2020
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A United Arab Emirates spacecraft blasts off from a site in Japan on its journey to Mars. The spacecraft named Amal, or Hope, marks the start of the s...
FBI Joins the hunt for the twitter hackers | Friday 17th July 2020
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The FBI says it's launching an investigation into a Twitter hack that hit around 130 high profile accounts, including Barack Obama and Joe Biden....
Was the Twitter hack an inside job? |Thursday 16th July 2020
16 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After the Twitter accounts of high profile users like Joe biden, Kanye West and Elon Musk got hacked, questions are being asked as to whethe...
China says UK banning of Huawei "disappointing and wrong.” | Wednesday 15th July 2020
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
China has responded after the UK banned Huawei from the 5G network.calling it "disappointing and wrong.” Meanwhile, President Trump's told reporters...
Grant Imahara, former co-host of the TV science show Mythbusters, dies suddenly aged 49 |Tuesday 14th July 2020
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Reports suggest Grant Imahara who co-hosted the Discovery Channel science show passed away suddenly following a brain aneurysm. It’s a big day ...
Tech boss quits after footage of him hurling racist abuse at Asian family goes viral | Monday, July 13 2020
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Silicon Valley CEO Michael Lofthouse has stepped down after footage of him hurling abuse at an Asian family celebrating a birthday at a restaurant in ...
Juice WRLD fans crash Spotify, Apple Music with his new album release | Friday 10 July 2020
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A rush for Juice WRLD's new album appeared to break streaming giants Spotify and Apple Music, with fans claiming they couldn't access the tracks ...
The world risks exceeding 1.5C global target | Thursday 9th July 2020
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The world is heating up much faster than expected according to a new climate forecast and risks exceeding 1.5C in the next 5 years, Facebook slammed f...
New comet Neowise could be visible with naked eye | Wednesday 8th July 2020
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Earthbound stargazers rush out with telescopes to find New Comet Neowise after Nasa Astronauts post pictures on Twitter, Nasa’s Curiosity...
Tik Tok pulls out of Hong Kong, and could the US ban the platform? | Tuesday 7th July 2020
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
TikTok will no longer be available for download in Hong Kong after China placed sweeping national security laws on the territory. Will the US follow s...
US sanctions on Huawei could lead to phasing out from Britain’s 5G network | Monday, July 6 2020
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The culture secretary warns US sanctions on Huawei are likely to have a ‘significant impact’ on the firm’s ability to play a role in the UK’s ...
Twitter removing ‘master/slave’ from programming language | Friday 3rd July 2020
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter is the latest tech company to rethink their programming terminology to remove racially sensitive terms. It follows the conversation around Bre...
The black hole that eats ‘a sun’ EVERY DAY | Thursday 2nd July 2020
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The fastest-growing black hole in the universe now consumes the equivalent of a sun every day, according to new research.Elsewhere in space, scientist...
Robots to help care for patients in pandemic | 1st July 2020
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A lab will open to research new ways to care for people at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. With the coronavirus crisis meaning human co...
Indian Tik Tok users devastated as 59 China made apps are banned in India | Tuesday 30th June 2020
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Indian Tik Tok users are devastated that the app has been banned in their country. Creators are being forced to turn to instagram and Youtube as 59 ch...
Youtube star Shane Dawson apologises for his offensive content | Monday 29th June 2020
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Youtube star Shane Dawson has posted a 20 minute apology video on his channel for racist and offensive content - but he's been shot down by Jada ...
Jenna Marbles quits YouTube over offensive videos | Friday, June 26 2020
26 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Mourey, aka Jenna Marbles, has apologised to her 20 million YouTube subscribers and quit the platform over offensive videos posted in her channe...
Highest ever UV levels could be seen on last day of UK heatwave | Thursday 25th June 2020
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The UK is sweltering thorough a summer solstice heatwave, which the Met Office warns could see UV levels spike to record levels. Its website says the ...
Former UK chief scientific advisor warns easing lockdown ‘extraordinarily risky’ | Wednesday 24th June 2020
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As the UK races to save summer, the former chief scientific advisor to the Government Sir David King says this is an ‘extraordinarily risky’ move....
Apple confirms Macs will shift to using their own chips | Tuesday, June 23 2020
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Apple boss Tim Cook confirms the firm is moving away from Intel chips to its own ARM-based processors. It says this is good news for developers and me...
Did TikTok and K-Pop teens troll President Donald Trump? | Monday 22nd June 2020
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Donald Trump’s comeback rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has prompted a big question: Did teenagers, TikTok users and fans of K-Pop music troll the preside...
Cyber state attack on Australia blamed on China | Friday June 19th 2020
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Australian PM Scott Morrison sends out a warning down under as China appears to be responsible for a major state cyber attack on their businesses...
Twitter launches voice notes on the social platform | Thursday 18th June 2020
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In a move the company says will let people find new ways to tell stories, Twitter's testing out a voice function on its iOS app. Soundbites of up to 1...
Zuckerburg pledges to push people to the polls | Wednesday 17th June 2020
17 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg reveals plans to push 4 million people to the US polls creating the "largest voting information effort in US history". Us...
Dead by Daylight - Chapter 16 - is almost here | Tuesday 16th June 2020
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 16 of Dead by Daylight - the horror game created by Behaviour Interactive - lands later on and we have a little teaser until the fu...
Twitter cracks down on state-backed propaganda | Monday June 15th 2020
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter has announced that its removed more than 30,000 accounts from the platform being used to spread state-backed propaganda. The social media...
The PS5 is finally revealed | Friday June 12th 2020
12 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sony's taken the wraps off its next generation console the PS5, with it's "bold" new look. Social media memes have already started, comparing the mach...
The master/slave debate: Is tech language "racist"? | Thursday 11th June 2020
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A row's breaking out among developers over some of the language used in the technology industry. It follows a tweet from the Breaker podcast app ...
Twitter is to recognise Juneteenth as a holiday "forevermore" | Tuesday June 10th 2020
10 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter boss Jack Dorsey says the social media giant, and his other company Square, are to recognise Juneteenth as a holiday. The date, June 19th, com...
Mysterious space signals 'have a pattern' | Tuesday 9th June 2020
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scientists say a mysterious radio signal has a pattern, repeated over a 157-day cycle. FRB 121102 is coming from a galaxy 3 billion light years away a...
Huawei Celebrates 20 years in the UK | Monday 8th June 2020
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Huawei is celebrating 20 years of trading in the UK, while also dealing with a security review. EA Sports is taking action against racist usernames us...
Bill Gates lends a hand to raise $8.8 Billion for Covid 19 Vaccine | Friday 5th June 2020
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As Boris Johnson hosted the Gavi Vaccine Alliance Summit in London, Bill Gates dug deep to donate $1.6 billion towards finding a Covid 19 solutio...
Snapchat won't feature Donald Trump posts in ‘Discover' | Thursday 4th June 2020
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Snapchat has joined other social media giants taking a stance on controversial posts by President Donald Trump. His content will no longer appear on t...
Mark Zuckerburg hosts Trump talks with US civil rights leaders | Wednesday 03 June
03 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
US civil rights leaders are said to have walked away "disappointed" following a video chat with Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg over the George Floyd pr...
Instagram blocks posts that include phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ | Tuesday 2nd June 2020
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Social media platforms are struggling to manage the explosion of posts around protests against George Floyd’s death. Instagram’s anti-spam tech au...
Toy dinosaurs sell out after NASA SpaceX launch | Monday 1st June 2020
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toy stores are reporting astronomical sales of dinosaur figures after one was spotted floating in the cockpit during the Nasa/Space X launch to t...
SpaceX NASA launch postponed | Friday 29th May 2020
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Astronauts were stood down with 16 minutes to go as SpaceX and NASA postponed their first attempt to launch crew from US soil since 2011. Meanwhile Do...
Tech bulletin | Thursday 28th May 2020
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a tech bulletin produced by The Evening Standard.Listen to our other podcasts:Women Tech Charge: interviews with incredible women leading...
Tech bulletin | Wednesday 27th May 2020
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is a tech bulletin produced by the Evening StandardListen to our other podcasts:Women Tech Charge: interviews with incredible women leading ...