Martin Lewis has accused tech firms of being “not interested in funding the victims of scams” despite being “culpable parties” in fraudulent adverts appearing online. The consumer champion also accused the UK Government of “abrogating responsibility” in recent years because of delays in legislation to combat scam ads. Giving evidence to the Digital, Culture, Media […]
Twitter has quietly ended the enforcement of its policy to stop the spread of Covid-19 misinformation on the site. The social media platform introduced the policy during the pandemic and used it to remove thousands of misleading tweets as part of efforts to stop the spread of “potentially harmful and misleading information” about Covid-19 and […]
Scientists working in the Antarctic region have discovered a type of seaweed living at depths some 100 metres below the surface. Researchers hailed the discovery of red alga Palmaria decipiens deep underwater as being “important for furthering our knowledge of Antarctica”. The seaweed was discovered by a team working at the Rothera Research Station on Adelaide Island, […]
Tech giant Meta has been fined 265 million euro by Ireland’s data protection watchdog for breaching EU data privacy laws. The Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued the sanction against the Facebook parent company for failing to protect millions of Facebook users’ personal data, such as telephone numbers and email addresses, from being “scraped” and published […]
The UK’s competition watchdog is to launch a full investigation into the market dominance of Apple and Google in mobile services. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said a consultation had found substantial industry concerns around the firms’ dominance of mobile web browsers and that Apple restricts cloud gaming on its App Store. Those findings […]
The metaverse is a concern because it will encourage more screen time and damage human connections, the producer of the Abba Voyage show told MPs. Svana Gisla told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee the technology “scares” her and does not represent an obvious improvement on digital experiences. She told MPs Abba Voyage, a […]
Nasa’s Orion capsule has passed within 80 miles of the moon in the final big stage ahead of its record-breaking lunar orbit. The close approach occurred as the crew capsule and its three test dummies passed on the far side of the moon during a slingshot manoeuvre. Because of a half-hour communication blackout, flight controllers […]
The collapse of cryptocurrency platform FTX has revealed the need for tighter regulations for crypto before it gets too big, warned the deputy governor of the Bank of England. Sir Jon Cunliffe said that a regulatory framework is needed for a stable crypto system. However, he added that FTX’s demise has not weakened appetite at […]
Twitter has confirmed 140 redundancies in Dublin, the Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment said. Leo Varadkar declined to speculate if more job losses could be on the way. “We did receive, at long last, the redundancy notice from Twitter today in the department, it’s about 140 redundancies,” he said. “My thoughts are with […]
Fresh evidence on the types of food people ate in the world’s first urban settlements has been revealed in a new study. Mesopotamia, which is modern-day Iraq, saw the beginnings of cities which developed some 5,500 years ago. No other artefact type is more symbolic of this development than the so-called Beveled rim bowl (BRB), […]
