TikTok updates Community Guidelines around dangerous acts and eating disorders
TikTok has announced an update to its Community Guidelines which sees the platform strengthen its rules around online challenges, promoting eating disorders and hateful ideologies. The video-sharing site’s head of trust and safety, Cormac Keenan, said
Nvidia scraps deal to buy UK chip designer Arm
The multibillion-pound deal for US tech giant Nvidia to buy UK computer chip designer Arm has collapsed, the two companies have confirmed. The 40 billion dollar (£29.5 billion) purchase, first announced in 2020, had been the
Spotify CEO tells employees cancelling Joe Rogan ‘not the answer’
Joe Rogan’s mouth has put Spotify in a tough spot, but the streaming giant is apparently not ready to part ways with the popular podcast host despite intense criticism over his anti-coronavirus vaccine comments and
Facebook owner suffers 26% plunge in share price, Blames Apple for Ad Changes
A historic plunge in the stock price of Facebook’s parent company has helped yank other tech stocks lower on Wall Street, abruptly ending a four-day winning streak for the market. The 26.4% wipeout for Meta Platforms,
Facebook daily users fall for first time as competition from TikTok grows
Facebook has reported a fall in daily active users for the first time in its history, as boss Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged the growing competition from rival social media apps such as TikTok. New figures, released as
Scientists develop robots the size of insects that flap their wings to fly
Researchers have developed insect-sized flying robots with flapping wings. The new technology, inspired by bees and other flying insects, means conventional motors and gears are no longer needed to fly the devices. It could pave the
