Meta ordered to sell Giphy as UK competition watchdog confirms decision
The UK’s competition watchdog has reissued an order to Facebook’s parent firm Meta to sell Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) first ordered the reverse of the 400 million dollar (£353.6 million) acquisition last year
James Webb Space Telescope reveals ‘fingerprint’ created by two stars
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows at least 17 dust rings – resembling a fingerprint – created by a rare type of star and its companion, locked in a celestial dance.
Kanye West buying alternative social media platform Parler
Kanye West has begun the process of buying alternative messaging platform Parler after his Twitter and Instagram accounts were locked. A statement from parent company Parlement Technologies said it has entered into an agreement in principle
Instagram begins testing new age verification tools
Instagram is introducing new ways for users to verify their age on the platform as a way of providing more age-appropriate experiences. The Meta-owned firm said beginning in the US, it was testing tools that would
Zoom revamps product range with new Zoom One subscription packages
Video conferencing platform Zoom has unveiled a major update which will see the firm offer chat messaging features and translation tools as part of a new range of tiered annual subscription packages. It will offer six
Microsoft’s Outlook email service hit by outage
Microsoft’s Outlook email platform has been hit by service issues, making it inaccessible to some users. The company has confirmed the problem and said it is working to fix it, with no other services currently appearing
Cloudflare outage knocks hundreds of websites offline
Hundreds of websites were knocked offline after an outage at web infrastructure service Cloudflare. Internet users and web monitoring service Down Detector reported that a number of sites, including messaging platform Discord, Shopify and others, were
