TECH Solutions - New EU law could open up messaging and app buying

The Digital Markets Act designed to curb the market power of big-tech is starting to come into force.

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TECH Solutions - Elon Musk dissolves Twitter's board of directors

It means he cements his control over the company by becoming its sole director.

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TECH Solutions - Instagram bug tells some users accounts are suspended

Some have received a message saying their account has been stopped for 30 days.

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TECH Solutions - UK watchdog warns of emotion-analysis tech risks

Immature biometric technologies are as unscientific as the magic sorting hat in Harry Potter., the ICO warns.

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TECH Solutions - Apple: Chinese workers flee Covid lockdown at iPhone factory

Video shared online shows people jumping a fence to escape the plant, owned by Foxconn, in Zhengzhou.

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TECH Solutions - Liz Truss phone hack claim prompts calls for investigation

The Mail on Sunday claims the ex-prime minister's phone was hacked while she was foreign secretary.

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TECH Solutions - Musk Twitter takeover: Billionaire denies report he plans to fire workers to avoid payouts

The world's richest man completed his takeover of the platform last week after months of legal wrangling.

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TECH Solutions - Will Donald Trump go back on to Twitter?

Donald Trump shares a love for Twitter with Elon Musk, its new owner, but times have changed.

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TECH Solutions - UK online safety legislation delayed again

Commons leader Penny Mordaunt insists the legislation aimed at protecting children is still a priority.

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TECH Solutions - Who is Elon Musk?

The boss of Tesla and SpaceX is the world's richest person and a business celebrity with few rivals.

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TECH Solutions - What next for Twitter under Elon Musk?

The BBC's technology editor looks at the path ahead for the tech company and the billionaire.

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TECH Solutions - Elon Musk: How the world's richest person bought Twitter

One of the most publicised and frenetic deals in Silicon Valley history has reportedly been completed.

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TECH Solutions - Elon Musk completes $44bn Twitter takeover

Top Twitter executives are reportedly ousted as the billionaire acquires the social media platform.

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TECH Solutions - Investors dump Amazon as economy concerns grow

The tech giant warned of slower growth as shoppers return to bricks and mortar stores.

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TECH Solutions - Lee Jae-yong: Samsung appoints convicted heir to top job

Lee Jae-yong was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement before being granted a presidential pardon.

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TECH Solutions - Black women missing from tech industry, says report

A report says an additional 20,000 black women need to be recruited to match numbers in the wider workforce.

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TECH Solutions - Twitter: Elon Musk visits HQ as deal deadline looms

Elon Musk changed his Twitter bio to "Chief Twit" ahead of the Friday deadline to complete its acquisition.

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TECH Solutions - Facebook owner Meta sales continue to fall

The company has lost confidence of many investors, after shares have plunged roughly 60% this year.

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TECH Solutions - Google and Microsoft hit by slowing economy

The tech giants say customers are cutting back amid growing signs of an economic downturn.

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TECH Solutions - WhatsApp down for users across the UK and world

Users are complaining that they are unable to send messages from the Meta-owned platform.

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TECH Solutions - US charges alleged Chinese spies in telecoms probe case

US officials believe China tried to obstruct an investigation, steal technology and intimidate dissidents.

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TECH Solutions - TikTok blamed by filmmaker for allowing abusive comments on video

Emmeline Hartley feels its software drives sexist hate towards her film, but TikTok says it bans misogyny.

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TECH Solutions - Ed Sheeran: Hacker who stole singer's unreleased music is jailed

Adrian Kwiatkowski offered the songs in exchange for cryptocurrency on the dark web.

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TECH Solutions - The flying car that could turn into a biplane

An American start-up reveals a novel design, but what is the future of flying cars?

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TECH Solutions - TikTok denies it could be used to track US citizens

In response to a media report, the firm said it does not collect precise location data from US users.

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TECH Solutions - Deepfaked: ‘They put my face on a porn video’

Campaigner Kate Isaacs describes the horror of seeing her face digitally edited into an adult film.

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TECH Solutions - Amazon workers fail to reach strike threshold in historic UK ballot

GMB says it was three votes short of reaching the 50% threshold needed for industrial action.

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TECH Solutions - Amazon could pay UK shoppers £900m compensation

A group-action claim alleges Amazon breached competition law and caused customers to pay higher prices.

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TECH Solutions - Ruja Ignatova: Leaked police notes may have alerted FBI-wanted Cryptoqueen

Europol records suggest Ruja Ignatova knew about efforts to arrest her before she fled.

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TECH Solutions - TikTok raises livestream age after BBC exposes child begging

BBC News found hundreds of accounts going live from Syrian camps, with children begging for donations.

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TECH Solutions - Amazon UK makes cautious move into insurance sales

The store will initially focus on home insurance and has just three insurers on board.

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TECH Solutions - Kakao outage: Co-chief executive quits South Korea internet giant

A fire shut down Kakao's messaging, banking and gaming services for more than eight hours on Saturday.

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TECH Solutions - Google offers glimpse of ultra-realistic chat tech

Earlier this year, the company fired an engineer who claimed the Lamda AI language system had feelings.

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TECH Solutions - Amazon UK makes cautious move into insurance sales

The store will initially focus on home insurance and has just three insurers on board.

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TECH Solutions - Netflix: Big hits help reverse subscriber losses

The company added over 2.4 million subscribers, reversing losses earlier in the year.

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TECH Solutions - Meta ordered to sell Giphy by UK's competition watchdog CMA

The social media giant says it is disappointed with the ruling but will accept it.

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TECH Solutions - Kanye West agrees to buy right-wing platform Parler

Ye "will never have to fear being removed from social media again", Parler boss George Farmer posts.

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TECH Solutions - How Ukraine is winning the social media war

Despite civilian and military bloodshed, Ukraine's online information war keeps a sense of humour.

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TECH Solutions - Musk says SpaceX will keep funding Ukraine Starlink internet

The tycoon reverses his earlier decision to stop funding a vital internet service for Ukraine.

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TECH Solutions - Shein owner Zoetop fined $1.9m over data breach response

New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses Zoetop of lying about the extent of the 2018 attack.

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TECH Solutions - Elon Musk under federal investigation over Twitter deal

The court filing said the billionaire was under investigation but it did not explain why.

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TECH Solutions - E-waste: 5 billion phones to be thrown away in 2022

Billions of phones will be hoarded in drawers and cupboards or thrown away rather than recycled, studies suggest.

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TECH Solutions - Netflix ad-supported service to launch in November

The firm is rolling out the less expensive offering to try to attract viewers.

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TECH Solutions - India's solar powered future clashes with local life

India wants 40% of its electricity to come from renewable sources, which will require vast amounts of land.

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TECH Solutions - AI tools fail to reduce recruitment bias - study

Artificially intelligent analysis of job applications or videos is "pseudoscience", researchers say.

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TECH Solutions - Two Huawei 5G kit-removal deadlines put back

A small number of companies argued the original targets risked network outages, the government says.

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TECH Solutions - Fabrice Muamba: Snapchat CPR lessons will save lives

Snapchat releases a "lens" that teaches people how to use chest compressions for cardiac arrest.

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TECH Solutions - 'The nerd emoji is not who we are'

Lowri, 13, is campaigning for an option to add a pair of glasses on emojis.

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TECH Solutions - China-Taiwan: Can a tech billionaire create a civilian fighting force?

Robert Tsao, 75, has pledged a billion Taiwan dollars to train citizens to resist a Chinese invasion.

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TECH Solutions - The LA kids who started behind and then flew ahead

A new scheme in Los Angeles is proving effective in helping teenagers with poor English.

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TECH Solutions - Xbox v PlayStation: Giants clash over Call of Duty

Microsoft hits back at claims its proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard could harm its rival Sony.

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TECH Solutions - Russia confirms Meta's designation as extremist

Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram have been banned since March for alleged Russophobia.

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TECH Solutions - Netflix signs up to ratings body Barb

It means the streaming giant's viewing figures will be measured by an external body for the first time.

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TECH Solutions - TikTok profits from livestreams of refugees begging

Children are among those pleading for hours for digital gifts, as the company takes a cut of up to 70%.

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TECH Solutions - Tiktok profits from livestreams of refugees begging

Children are among those pleading for hours for digital gifts, as the company takes a cut of up to 70%.

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TECH Solutions - Mark Zuckerberg reveals new Quest Pro VR headset

Facebook-owner Meta has revealed a new VR headset as part of its continued metaverse push.

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TECH Solutions - Chinese technology poses major risk - GCHQ Chief

Sir Jeremy Fleming says the country's leadership is aiming to manipulate technology to gain influence.

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TECH Solutions - Court win for man fired after turning webcam off

An American IT company asked the employee to keep his webcam on while he worked.

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TECH Solutions - Asia chipmaker shares slide after US curbs on China

On Friday, Washington announced new rules to restrict sales of semiconductor technology to China.

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TECH Solutions - A third of children have adult social media accounts - Ofcom

Children are at risk of viewing harmful content by lying about their age online, according to Ofcom.

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TECH Solutions - Celebration of women in science and tech ending

This year's Ada Lovelace Day will be the last because of a lack of corporate funding.

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TECH Solutions - Rollercoaster rides trigger emergency calls from new iPhones

Users say the rides triggered the phones' crash detection system, US media reports.

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TECH Solutions - Musk on China-Taiwan: Beijing praise and Taipei criticism over comments

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said Taiwan should become a special administrative zone of China.

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TECH Solutions - Tesla's Optimus and the problem with humanoids

Unlike Elon Musk's latest creation, the most useful robots, experts say, do not look human - so far.

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TECH Solutions - Samsung warns of 32% hit to profits on chip slump

Meanwhile, US chip maker AMD said its third quarter revenue would be $1bn less than forecasts.

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TECH Solutions - Elon Musk: Twitter won't 'take yes for an answer'

Twitter said it did not trust the billionaire's promises to proceed with the takeover.

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TECH Solutions - Former Uber security chief convicted for concealing a felony

Joe Sullivan had covered up a "massive theft" of Uber user data, in 2016, prosecutors said.

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TECH Solutions - Elon Musk X: What life is like on a super-app in Asia

In Asia, super-apps are already a vital part of everyday life, with everything available at a click of a button.

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TECH Solutions - Apple iPhone: Can India be China’s ‘plus one’ to the world?

Can India become the new manufacturing hub as global firms try to reduce their dependence on China?

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TECH Solutions - Ex-Google ad boss builds tracker-free search engine

Sridhar Ramaswamy says the technology sector has become "exploitative" of people's data.

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TECH Solutions - Elon Musk, Twitter and the mysterious X app

The story of Musk buying Twitter, and how it began with "X, the everything app".

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TECH Solutions - Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder gets hearing on new trial

Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial after claiming federal prosecutors presented misleading evidence.

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TECH Solutions - Twitter shares halted after report Elon Musk deal to go ahead

Trading in Twitter shares is suspended after a report stated the billionaire will now buy the business.

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TECH Solutions - EU Parliament approves common charging cable from 2024

Euro-MPs vote to make all mobile devices use the same USB-C type charger from 2024.

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TECH Solutions - WWE: Randy Orton's tattoo artist wins case over designs in game

Jurors agree Take-Two used Catherine Alexander's designs on Orton's player model without permission.

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TECH Solutions - Zelensky and Musk in row over Ukraine 'peace plan poll'

The Tesla boss asked followers to vote on his ideas to end Russia's invasion, prompting criticism.

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TECH Solutions - Vodafone and Three in merger talks

The third and fourth largest mobile phone networks reportedly hope to strike a deal by the end of the year.

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TECH Solutions - Kim Kardashian charged over crypto 'pump and dump' case

Kim Kardashian agrees to pay $1.26m after regulators charge her in EthereumMax case.

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TECH Solutions - April Jones: Is the internet safer after April Jones' murder?

Powers were granted for some after her murderer was found with imagery on his computer.

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TECH Solutions - Liu Jingyao and Liu Qiangdong: Chinese billionaire sexual assault case settled in US

A closely-watched case where business titan Richard Liu was accused of rape was settled hours before trial.

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TECH Solutions - Bruce Willis denies selling rights to his face

It was widely reported that the actor had sold his face to a deepfake company.

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TECH Solutions - Tesla boss Elon Musk presents humanoid robot Optimus

The tech billionaire claims the robot will change the future of physical work.

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