Apple, Google and Microsoft have announced a joint effort to support a new type of online sign-in which could replace passwords and is designed to make the web more “secure and usable for all”. The technology giants have agreed to support a new common passwordless sign-in standard which has been created by industry body the […]
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Helicopter catches – and then drops – falling Electron rocket
A helicopter caught a falling rocket – before its crew was forced to let it go again for safety reasons. Rocket Lab partially pulled off the feat as it pushes to make its small Electron rockets reusable. The California-based company regularly launches 59ft rockets from the remote Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand to deliver satellites […]
Paramount+ streaming service to launch in Ireland on June 22nd – Including Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
The Paramount+ streaming service will launch in Ireland on June 22, the company has confirmed. The US media giant’s platform will feature content from the firm’s range of studios and brands, including Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon. Paramount has not confirmed pricing for Ireland yet but will be available online and the Paramount+ […]
Meta’s first quarter profit and daily users eclipse Wall Street expectations
Facebook parent Meta’s first quarter profit and its count of daily users jumped past Wall Street’s expectations despite the company’s slowest revenue growth since going public a decade ago. Meta cut a sharp contrast with Google parent Alphabet, which on Monday reported what analysts called disappointing earnings, with profit below Wall Street’s expectations. Google also […]
Pro-Russian information warfare being waged from old arms factory – research
Information warfare is being waged from an old arms factory in St Petersburg where trolls are targeting Boris Johnson and spreading support for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, research suggests. The new study details how the Russian president’s regime is trying to manipulate public opinion on social media as well as in the comments sections […]
EU moves forward in antitrust case against Apple
The European Union stepped up its antitrust case against Apple on Monday, accusing the company of abusing its dominant position by limiting access to technologies allowing contactless payment. The 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, the European Commission, has been investigating Apple since 2020. The commission’s preliminary view is that the firm is restricting competition by preventing […]
Twitter posts earnings amid fallout from Elon Musk takeover
Twitter has revealed higher quarterly earnings but lower-than-expected revenues as it grapples amid growing backlash to this week’s bombshell move to agree a 44 billion US dollar (£35 billion) takeover by Elon Musk. The social media giant posted earnings of 513 million US dollars (£405 million) for the first three months of the year. This […]
Snapchat unveils Pixy selfie drone as latest photo-taking gadget
Camera firm Snap has unveiled an autonomous flying camera device which automatically captures pictures and video which can then be shared to Snapchat. Called Pixy, the small device takes off and lands in the palm of a user’s hand and tracks the head and body of the owner in order to follow and capture content […]
World’s most powerful particle accelerator comes back to life
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator – the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) – has sprung back to life after a three-year shutdown. After planned maintenance and upgrades, it has been turned back on and will shortly start another run of cutting-edge physics experiments. The LHC, at Cern, on the French/Swiss border near Geneva, was switched […]
Elon Musk reaches agreement to acquire Twitter for about 44 billion dollars
Billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately 44 billion dollars (£34.5 billion), the company said. The outspoken Tesla CEO, the world’s wealthiest person, has said he wants to buy Twitter because he thinks it is not living up to its potential as a platform for “free speech”. He says it […]