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August 23, 2022 The U.K. government has announced a planned effort to ensure widespread adoption of self-driving cars by 2025, a roadmap that will help the U.K. government tap into the burgeoning market for autonomous vehicles. To achieve more...

August 20, 2022 According to the Wall Street Journal, Snapchat parent Snap has announced plans to halt future development of its flying selfie drone Pixy, which will be sold in its current version. Snap launched Pixy in April. more...

August 22, 2022 According to researchers, one in ten Reddit users publish toxic posts while a similar number publish toxic comments. The researchers analyzed over 87 million posts and 2.205 billion comments from more than 1.2 million unique more...

August 22, 2022 Accenture, a company that oversees teams of Facebook moderators and other contractors, told workers that their work for Facebook would "soon be taken away." While the reason for the cuts remains unclear, workers were informed more...

August 22, 2022 Tanzania has installed high-speed internet on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, underpinning plans to improve connectivity in the world's wildest areas. The project was carried out by the state-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation. more...

August 22, 2022 Remote.co has published a list of 25 virtual companies without a physical headquarters. These companies include Aha! (51-100 employees) - known as the world's leading product roadmap software; AirTreks International (25-50 employees) - providing multi-stop more...

August 22, 2022 A new investigation by a former Google engineer has revealed that Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, rewrites websites that its users visit. Meta was able to achieve this thanks to its "in-app more...

August 22, 2022 A report by regulator Ofcom found that young people now watch almost seven times less TV than those over 65. The report showed that 16 to 24-year-olds watch just 53 minutes of TV a day, more...

August 19, 2022 A test by the Swedish automotive magazine Vi Bilägare shows that safety-wise, physical buttons outperform touchscreens in new cars. After a thorough test of the HMI system (Human-Machine Interface) in a total of twelve cars more...

August 19, 2022 Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison in Saudi Arabia for retweeting activists on her Twitter account and sharing posts advocating women's right to drive. After returning to Saudi Arabia for a holiday, more...

August 19, 2022 According to data collected by Kaspersky's Privacy Checker website, 85% of Android users are interested in understanding how to set up privacy settings on their device. 22% of this year's requests (apps) are related to Google more...

August 19, 2022 Crypto.com, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform, announced that it has registered with the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority.  Successful registration means that the cryptocurrency platform is now cleared to offer crypto asset services and products to customers more...

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