Tech – Page 26

22/12/2023

Penny Mordaunt says Boris Johnson’s Covid WhatsApp messages went missing

Government minister Penny Mordaunt is the latest witness in the government’s Covid inquiry to have an issue with missing WhatsApp…

21/12/2023

End of an era for electronics giant Toshiba

There was a time when more than one of your TVs, computers, speaker systems or other essential electronic goods would…

21/12/2023

Porn viewers in EU may have to prove their age

Three of the world’s biggest pornography sites have been told their users in the European Union may have to use…

21/12/2023

AI cannot patent inventions, UK Supreme Court confirms

The UK Supreme Court has upheld earlier decisions in rejecting a bid to allow an artificial intelligence to be named…

20/12/2023

Nasa beams cat video from deep space with laser

Nasa has streamed an ultra high-definition video of a cat back to Earth from the depths of space. The 15-second…

19/12/2023

EU takes action against Elon Musk’s X over disinformation

The European Union has formally announced it suspects X, previously known as Twitter, of breaching its rules in areas including…

19/12/2023

Twitch U-turns on ‘artistic nudity’ policy

Streaming platform Twitch has been forced to abandon a loosening of its policy on sexual content because it led to…

19/12/2023

Digital landline switch paused for vulnerable people

UK phone companies have paused making vulnerable customers switch to digital landlines following “serious incidents” where telecare devices stopped working.…

18/12/2023

The secret sauce for Taiwan’s chip superstardom

When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer of 1969, he was flying to…

15/12/2023

Twitch revamps rules on sexual content

Adult content such as nude drawings and sculptures are now permitted on streaming site Twitch – as long as it…