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Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US

Trump May Soon Order TikTok’s Sale, as Microsoft Circles

Twitter hack: Florida teenager arrested

Big Tech Does Not Agree With That Characterization

Coronavirus: Scotland developing its own contact-tracing app

Australia unveils plan to force Google and Facebook to pay for news

Anthony Levandowski Asks a Judge Not to Send Him to Prison

Twitter hack: Staff tricked by phone spear-phishing scam

Twitter bans ex-KKK leader David Duke

Burberry and Tencent team up for concept stores

League of Legends European Championship cancels Saudi deal after backlash

Kylie and Kendall Jenner endorsed 'knock-off' Apple products on Instagram

What you need to become an internet streaming star

Amazon, Facebook and Apple thriving in lockdown

What’s This? A Bipartisan Plan for AI and National Security

Hackers post fake stories on real news sites 'to discredit Nato'

Covid-19: Tracing app released for NI

Five key moments from the big tech grilling

Big Tech: What comes next for the US giants?

AI Is All the Rage. So Why Aren’t More Businesses Using It?

Huawei takes top spot in global phone shipments for first time

TikTok launches £54m fund for European creators to make videos

Coronavirus: Samsung profits soar on work from home demand

Nasa Mars rover: Perseverance robot poised for launch

The Big Tech Hearing Proved Congress Isn't Messing Around

The Facebook and Amazon Documents That Captivated the Hearing

Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google face claims of 'harmful' power

Young people 'feel anxiety and terror' using fitness apps

TikTok blasts 'copycat' Facebook as US starts probe

Google offers refunds after smart glasses stop working

Wiley permanently suspended by Twitter over anti-Semitism

Turkey's MPs vote to tighten grip on social media

Madonna's Instagram account flagged for spreading misinformation

Egypt TikTok: Female influencers jailed over 'indecent' videos

'Fix your bike' website crashes as scheme launches in England

Coronavirus: Kodak pivots itself to become strategic drug maker

How much power does tech 'big four' have?

Bringing Mars back to Earth

Stop Saying Facebook Is ‘Too Big to Moderate’

Reprimand for Wish over nipple tassel ad on BBC recipe app

Tech giants Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon to face Congress

MacKenzie Scott donates $1.7bn since Amazon boss divorce

Technology conference CES going digital for 2021

National Trust joins victims of Blackbaud hack

Donald Trump Jr suspended from tweeting after Covid post

Sainsbury's to try out virtual queuing system

Follow the Money: How Digital Ads Subsidize the Worst of the Web

Wiley: Rapper abuses Jewish critics on Facebook

Congress' Big Tech CEO Hearing: What to Watch

Google's new transatlantic data cable to land in Cornwall

Amazon takes on supermarkets with free food delivery

Could a headset train your brain to relax?

Facebook takes the EU to court over privacy spat

Wiley: Anti-Semitism row prompts 48-hour Twitter boycott

Garmin services returning after alleged cyber-attack

The Centuries-Long History of Racism in Surveillance Tech

Facebook’s ‘Red Team’ Hacks Its Own AI Programs

Fortnite's British teenage millionaire: One year later

How a Chinese agent used LinkedIn to hunt for targets

Heathrow Airport brings in robots to fight coronavirus

Wiley: Priti Patel probes Twitter and Instagram delay in removing 'appalling' posts

Huawei holds summit as global pressure grows

Hong Kong launches share index of technology giants

California's Air Pollution Cops Are Eyeing Uber and Lyft

No end to Covid-19 webcam shortage

3D hand tracking wristband and other technology news

Amazon, Google and Wish remove neo-Nazi products

Blackbaud Hack: Aberystwyth university's data attacked in global hack

Garmin smartwatch users cannot get hands on data

QAnon: TikTok blocks QAnon conspiracy theory hashtags

Intel's next-generation 7nm chips delayed until 2022

20 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Built Apple's G4 Cube. It Bombed

Blackbaud hack: More UK universities confirm breach

Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple hearing faces delay

Shopify: The tech giant you may have never heard of

UK and US say Russia fired a satellite weapon in space

Coronavirus: Northern Ireland contact tracing app to launch next week

Halo Infinite: Studio hopes to 'get it right' for Xbox Series X

Halo Infinite Xbox Series X trailer divides fans

Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack

Apple co-founder sues YouTube over Bitcoin scam

Neuroscience Could Be the Key to Getting People to Wear Masks

University of York: Hackers who stole data get ransom payment

Twitter says hackers viewed 36 accounts' private messages

Facebook: Trump posts misleading ad using Ukraine photo

India coronavirus: Online classes expose extent of digital divide

China's Tianwen-1 Mars rover rockets away from Earth

China's Star market aims to take on the Nasdaq

Premier League club almost lost £1m to hackers - report

Tesla Will Build 'GigaTexas' to Crank Out Cybertrucks

Tesla growth continues despite economic upheaval

OneWeb: Minister overrode warning about £400m investment

QAnon: What is it and where did it come from?

Apple digs in over its App Store fees

Slack makes EU antitrust claim against Microsoft over Teams

Elon Musk briefly becomes fifth-richest person

Facebook and Instagram to examine racist algorithms

AI Text Generator GPT-3 Is Learning Our Language—Fitfully

QAnon: Twitter bans accounts linked to conspiracy theory

Coronavirus: The great contact-tracing apps mystery

US report accuses China of 'digital authoritarianism'

Facebook labels Trump and Biden posts on voting in US 2020 election

Secret Morse code tune sees game removed in China

Huawei: UK 'not strong-armed' by US into 5G ban, says Raab

Apple's 2030 carbon-neutral pledge covers itself and suppliers

Twitter hack: Exchange 'blocked 1,000 Bitcoin transactions'

Covid Is Pushing Some Mass Transit Systems to the Brink

Rapper Logic signs exclusive deal with Twitch

Coronavirus: Harmful lies spread easily due to lack of UK law

Customised 3D printed masks: A more comfortable fit?

Coronavirus: The stress of leading a start-up through the pandemic

TikTok: How app got caught up in the US-China clash

UK music fans snap up 65,000 cassettes in 2020

Delivery giant to hire 10,500 amid UK online shopping surge

Linkin Park take action after Donald Trump retweet

Uber drivers launch legal battle over 'favouritism'

TikTok 'not under Chinese government's thumb'

Google Pixel Buds: 'Hissing' bugs those with good hearing

TikTok's UK headquarters in doubt amid US pressure

Even the Best AI Models Are No Match for the Coronavirus

Apps help orthopaedic patients prepare for surgery

Russia's UK ambassador rejects coronavirus vaccine hacking allegations

Email charges: 'They've got you over a barrel'

The Addenbrooke's Hospital app giving patients who cannot talk a voice

Can this high-intensity interval bike boost your workout?

Fahim Saleh: Pathao and Gokada CEO's assistant charged with his murder

Twitter hackers manipulated staff to access internal systems

Teens ride hired Tees Valley e-scooters on A19

TED’s Idea Worth Spreading: Stay Home

Twitter hack: 130 accounts targeted in attack

Beetle-mounted camera streams insect adventures

This Algorithm Doesn't Replace Doctors—It Makes Them Better

Germans hand police too much data, court rules

US tech and film 'collaborating' with China - Barr

British Airways retires entire 747 fleet after travel downturn

Netflix warns of slowdown after subscriber surge

Alan Rusbridger: Facebook oversight board must avoid 'half-baked judgements'

Coronavirus: TikTok deletes 29,000 rule-breaking videos

UK sees spike in IT job advertisements as lockdown eases

Research robot helps with housework and other news

What sort of future does the conference industry have?

Twitter hack: FBI investigates major attack

The Benjamin Netanyahu Twitter hack that never was

Wayfair: The false conspiracy about a furniture firm and child trafficking

Vodafone calls for 5G auction to be scrapped

Twitter hack: What went wrong and why it matters

Coronavirus: Russian hackers target Covid-19 vaccine research

'Almost certain' Russians sought to interfere in 2019 UK election - Raab

Russia 'interference' report to be published

Gadget-makers face ban on easy-to-guess passwords

Companies hope to avoid 'catastrophic' EU data-transfer ruling

UK electrical waste mountain growing

‘A powerful story’ - Giancarlo Esposito on Far Cry 6 role

Elon Musk and Bill Gates 'hacked' in apparent Bitcoin scam

Amazon warns Alexa Echo Buds earphones pose overheating safety risk

Google launches hieroglyphics translator powered by AI

Microsoft Courts New Customers on the Farm: Cows

An Ethics Guide for Tech Gets Rewritten With Workers in Mind

Tesla's 'Autopilot' misleading, Germany rules

Fahim Saleh: Pathao and Gokada entrepreneur found dead in New York

TikTok fined for mishandling child data in South Korea

Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned

OnlyFans: 'I started selling sexy photos online after losing my job'

UK's Huawei 5G network ban 'disappointing and wrong'

Could the US or UK be the next countries to ban TikTok?

Massachusetts Launches Uber and Lyft's Latest Legal Headache

Rare Super Mario becomes highest-selling video game

Amazon's hand-washing policy in spotlight

Huawei: What does the ban mean for you?

Huawei UK 5G ban 'should happen sooner'

Ocado says switch to online shopping is permanent

Huawei 5G kit must be removed from UK by 2027

Facebook 'scam hostage' freed after year in Nigeria

Google announces $10bn investment in 'digital India'

Female gamers are on the rise in the 'world capital of gaming'

How to upgrade your bike into an electric bicycle

The perfume makers that can't smell a thing

UK's first e-scooter trial starts in Middlesbrough

Nicole Thea: Pregnant social media star dies with unborn son

This Drone Maker Is Swooping In Amid US Pushback Against DJI

Ubisoft: Sexual misconduct probe sees three senior heads resign

Social media firms 'must do more' to tackle racism

ISIS 'still evading detection on Facebook', report says

The Intersection Between Self-Driving Cars and Electric Cars

Huawei: BT says 'impossible' to remove all firm's kit in under 10 years

Beyond Zoom: The future of virtual meetings

How video is challenging the traditional CV

Labour joins Facebook advert boycott over 'hateful material'

These Black Founders Succeeded In Spite of Silicon Valley

Prepare for Artificial Intelligence to Produce Less Wizardry

Huawei: Why the UK might hang up on 5G and broadband kit supplier

Coronavirus: How can we make post-pandemic cities smarter?

TikTok: Amazon says email asking staff to remove app 'sent in error'

'I left Smile Bank today due to the ongoing outage'

Apple apps collapse as Facebook takes blame

How trickery makes video calls more personal

Twitter boss donates $3m to basic universal income project

Where Are the Adults in the Clubhouse?

Thousands flock to Neverspoons pub app

Android 10 adopted faster than any other version, Google says

An Algorithm Set Students’ Grades—and Altered Their Futures

TikTok halts Hong Kong access after security law

Instagram to block LGBT 'conversion therapy' services

Why Hollywood needs computer games tech more than ever

TikTok deleted 49 million 'rule-breaking' videos

'UK faces mobile blackouts if Huawei 5G ban imposed by 2023'

Elon Musk says full self-driving Tesla tech 'very close'

Facebook bans 'Roger Stone disinformation network'

Uber Moves Stealthily to Gain Allies in a Fight With Cities

Ninja returns to YouTube to stream Fortnite

UK universities comply with China internet limits

Loot boxes: I blew my parents' savings gaming on Fifa

An Audit Slams Facebook as a Home for Misinformation and Hate

The tech behind Virgin Orbit's mission to space

Smartwatch hack could send fake pill reminders to patients

Is It Game Streaming's Turn for a Labor Revolution?

Kai-Fu Lee Gives AI a B-Minus Grade in the Covid-19 Fight

Facebook civil-rights record hammered in own review

How the US caught flashy Nigerian Instagrammers 'with $40m'

The spying game: China's global network

Digital divide: Six children sharing one phone for homework

TikTok algorithm promoted 'sickening' anti-Semitic meme

New video format 'halves data use of 4K and 8K TVs'

4G internet balloons take off over Kenya

A Plan to Make Police Data Open Source Started on Reddit

TikTok: Chinese app may be banned in US, says Pompeo

Coronavirus: Drone display says 'thanks' to key workers

Royal Mail trials refitted black cab electric vans

Self-Driving Tech Is Becoming a Game of Partnerships

Microsoft and Zoom join Hong Kong data 'pause'

Covid Drives Real Businesses to Tap Deepfake Technology

TikTok to exit Hong Kong market ‘within days’

US to withdraw visas for foreign students if classes moved fully online

How to have a big night out by staying in

Amazon's Jeff Bezos: The richest person in the world

Iran's female gamers face challenges to stay online

'Horrible' offices look to tempt back workers

Seattle's Uber and Lyft Drivers Make $23.25 an Hour—or $9.73

Hong Kong: Facebook and WhatsApp 'pause' police help

Nintendo condemns alleged abuse in Smash Bros community

Drone and light aircraft in 'near miss' outside Perth

Black Lives Matter: Can viral videos stop police brutality?

Last of Us 2 developer condemns death threats and harassment

Tech Confronts Its Use of the Labels ‘Master’ and ‘Slave’

Reddit and LinkedIn to stop copying iPhone clipboards

Huawei: UK government weighs up UK ban of Chinese firm's products

Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool rolls out rental e-scooter trial

Robotic scientists will 'speed up discovery'

Coronavirus: Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home plan

Meet the socially distant robot scientist

The gaming boss who gets addicted to the games

Minecraft: Lockdown lesson recreates ancient island tomb

Coronavirus: Why Singapore turned to wearable contact-tracing tech

Can a BBC reporter make better pizza than a machine?

Dad horrified at £4,642 gaming app bill

UK government takes £400m stake in satellite firm OneWeb

Reckful: Tributes paid after gaming star's death

Coronavirus: A lockdown journey from couch to kettlebells

BBC Sport website at 20: How the site has changed over the past two decades

Humanoid robot set for film role and other tech news

Top tips for making sure what you're seeing online is legitimate

George Floyd: Twitter drops 'master', 'slave' and 'blacklist'

TikTok's Boogaloo extremism problem

Zuckerberg hits back at Facebook boycott

Finding the 'invisible' millions who are not on maps

5G Was Going to Unite the World—Instead It's Tearing Us Apart

The Rock ranks as Instagram's 'most valuable star'

Katie Price calls for penalties for online trolls

Zuckerberg: Advertisers will be back to Facebook 'soon enough'

PS5 and Xbox Series X: Video game NBA 2K21 to cost more on new consoles

Google's Fitbit takeover probed by EU regulators

Hundreds arrested as crime chat network cracked

Facebook flaw let 5,000 developers gather personal data

Tesla overtakes Toyota to become world's most valuable car maker

Loot boxes: Lords call for 'immediate' gambling regulation

Ms Marvel: Trailblazing Muslim superhero goes gaming

What Disbanding the Police Really Meant in Camden, New Jersey

E-scooters' UK speed limit 'shocks' blindness charity

One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack - July 2020

Lego pulls ads on Facebook over 'hate speech'

Google buys smart glasses company North

Crucible: Amazon pulls 'boring' big-budget video game

YouTube cuts off Shane Dawson's ad money

In These Factories, Inspector Robot Will Check Your Work

Coronavirus: Data needed quicker to target local outbreaks, say doctors