‘Do not pet’: A robotic dog named “Spot” made by Boston Dynamics is the latest tool in the arsenal of the US Secret Service security Article 745 words 20 votes
TikTok argues in federal appeals court that US ban would have ‘staggering’ impact on free speech social media Article 490 words 39 votes
IKEA is trialling its own second-hand online marketplace so that customers can sell to each other, rather than relying on buy-and-sell websites like eBay or Gumtree internet Article 406 words 42 votes
Autonomy co-founder Mike Lynch cleared of fraud [in $11bn Hewlett-Packard takeover] Article 400 words 4 votes
All Santander staff and 'thirty million' customers in Spain, Chile and Uruguay hacked security.cyber Article 447 words 22 votes
Finnish telecoms giant Nokia is to axe between 9,000 and 14,000 jobs by the end of 2026 to cut costs Article 8 votes
Daniel Ek says Spotify has no plans to completely ban content created by artificial intelligence from the music streaming platform Article 817 words 3 votes
Inside Tiktok's real-life frenzies - from riots to false murder accusations social media Article 2001 words 8 votes
UK's Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed social media Article 741 words 27 votes
Tim Berners-Lee 'sorry' for slashes (2009) internet Article 161 words, published Oct 12 2009 27 votes
Spotify is raising the price of its single-account premium plan for the first time since 2011 and hiking other services as well Article 65 votes
Douglas Adams - Hyperland | A fantastical guided look at the future of the internet as imagined by Douglas Adams in the 1990s internet Video 49:22, published Mar 23 2014 24 votes
The BBC on Mastodon: Experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media social media Article 1010 words 31 votes
You've got Mali: UK Ministry of Defence accidentally emails Russia ally security.national Article 30 words 18 votes
Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed Article 1181 words, published Jun 5 2023 18 votes
Astronomer incorrectly suspended from Twitter by automatic moderation social media Article 571 words 6 votes
Manufacturers will be forced to create a universal charging solution for phones and small electronic devices, under a new rule proposed by the European Commission apple Article 504 words 42 votes
Swedish Coop supermarkets shut due to US ransomware cyber-attack – the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through corporate networks security.cyber Article 33 words 8 votes
Etsy is buying Depop, a UK-based second-hand fashion app, for $1.6bn in a bid to target younger Gen-Z shoppers Article 42 words 4 votes
Largest fuel pipeline in the United States hit by ransomware attack security.cyber Article 965 words 31 votes
Finnish telecoms giant Nokia is to axe between 5,000 and 10,000 jobs worldwide in the next two years as it cuts costs Article 7 votes
Jack Dorsey: Bids reach $2.5m for Twitter co-founder's first post social media Article 539 words 8 votes
Brexit deal mentions Netscape browser and Mozilla Mail; recommends outdated security algorithms security Article 13 votes
UK sees record bandwidth use on Xbox Series X/S launch day internet microsoft Article 601 words 8 votes
Norway has blamed Russia for a cyberattack on the email system in the parliament in August – Moscow has rejected the claim, calling it a serious and wilful provocation security.cyber Article 39 words 6 votes
Hermann Hauser: ARM sale to Nvidia would be a disaster Article 735 words, published Aug 3 2020 7 votes
Why Nigerians are muting their mothers on WhatsApp social media Article 1124 words, published Apr 11 2020 13 votes
Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR facebook social media privacy Article 316 words 12 votes
YouTube has banned all conspiracy theory videos falsely linking coronavirus symptoms to 5G networks social media Article 883 words 26 votes
Netflix will reduce the video quality on its service in Europe for the next thirty days to reduce the strain on internet service providers Article 94 words 10 votes
YouTube star PewDiePie has announced he is taking a break from the platform, saying he is "feeling very tired" social media Article 266 words 24 votes
Why is Instagram deleting the accounts of hundreds of porn stars? social media Article 1187 words 24 votes
Security researcher successfully used false GDPR "right of access" requests to obtain extensive personal information about someone else privacy Article 999 words 8 votes