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Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest

Adobe Flash Player reaches the end of its life

Moscow train carriage helps rehome stray pets

Hacked home cams used to livestream police raids in swatting attacks

Ticketmaster fined $10m for business 'intrusions'

Apple executes New Year's Eve apps purge in China

TikTok faces legal action from 12-year-old girl in England

Hogmanay drone swarm lights up Scottish skies

Drone users face new rules across Europe and UK

UK internet use doubles in 2020 due to pandemic

Los Angeles to offer vaccine record on iPhones

Apple removes app promoting private parties in pandemic

Tech 2020: Our biggest stories and what happened next

Boeing 737 Max returns to the skies in the US

Is the Ant Group shake-up a sign of things to come?

Snapchat boss: 'User behaviour protected by free speech'

Deepfake queen prompts 200-plus complaints to Ofcom

Cassette sales double in a year with Lady Gaga best-selling album on tape

LG makes shift to Mini-LED television tech at CES 2021

Ratatouille musical: Stars join show that was cooked up on TikTok

Tyne and Wear Metro drivers use virtual reality to test trains

Brexit deal mentions Netscape browser and Mozilla Mail

Yet Another Year of Venture Capital Being Really White

Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk

The big tech questions for 2021

Zoom: All the times virtual meetings didn't go as planned this year

How Your Digital Trails Wind Up in the Police’s Hands

Mobile roaming: What will happen to charges after Brexit?

Maestro Dudamel takes virtual reality Symphony on tour

Covid lockdown helped teacher Holly King-Mand realise her dream

Chinese games billionaire dies 'after poisoning'

KFC launches game console with built-in chicken warmer

How Covid conspiracies, 'fake news' and misinformation spread in 2020

Better Than Nothing: A Look at Content Moderation in 2020

Chatroulette Is On the Rise Again—With Help From AI

Extreme E: Lewis Hamilton helping make racing environmentally friendly

SolarWinds: Hacked firm issues urgent security fix

Hackers threaten to leak plastic surgery pictures

Nuro set to be California's first driverless delivery service

The Year of Driving Less—but More Dangerously

Alibaba being investigated by China over monopoly tactics

Pete Evans: Facebook removes celebrity chef's page over conspiracies

Games of 2020: The Press X To Continue awards

Deepfake queen to deliver Channel 4 Christmas message

Doctor Who Christmas special to be offered in 4K HDR on iPlayer

What AlphaGo Can Teach Us About How People Learn

DeepMind's AI agent MuZero could turbocharge YouTube

SolarWinds Sunburst: UK data watchdog issues hack alert

Twitter to wipe Trump's followers before Biden handover

Crypto-currency firm Ripple charged by US watchdog

Putting a jetpack to the test

Elon Musk says Apple's boss snubbed takeover deal

France bans use of drones to police protests in Paris

Shopify stores riddled with fakes and fraudsters

Macau gambles on tech for its Covid-19 recovery

Viral 'butt-less' pyjamas ad sparks confusion

Signal: Firm claims to have cracked chat app's encryption

Uber and Lyft’s Gig Work Law Could Expand Beyond California

The Newest Weapon Against Covid-19: AI That Speed-Reads Faxes

SLS: Crucial test for Nasa's 'mega-rocket'

Tanzania 'using Twitter's copyright policy to silence activists'

UK government 'likely to miss' broadband and 5G targets

Tech trends in 2021: Fast planes and homeworking

How tech can just about save Christmas Day

Facebook child abuse detection hit by new EU rules

Kyle Rittenhouse: YouTube struggles with hero worship

Al Jazeera journalists ‘hacked via NSO Group spyware’

'Gaming helped me learn tactics for HK protests'

US cyber-attack: Around 50 firms 'genuinely impacted' by massive breach

'Yes, people have Zoom fatigue but it's not our fault'

Some UK Stores Are Using Facial Recognition to Track Shoppers

Budget smartphones: What do you get for £100?

US cyber-attack: Russia 'clearly' behind SolarWinds operation, says Pompeo

US charges ex-Zoom employee with shutting down Tiananmen Square events

SolarWinds: UK assessing impact of hacking campaign

Chinese drone and chip makers added to US banned list

Cyberpunk 2077: How did the release go so wrong?

Google’s Antitrust Cases: A Guide for the Perplexed

Why Did the NSA Go (Virtually) MIA?

OneWeb satellite company launches into new era

Airlines’ Pandemic-Driven Cargo Business Will Keep Flying

Millions struggling to pay phone and internet bills

The AI blob opera and other technology news

US cyber-attack: Hack of government agencies and companies poses 'grave risk'

Alibaba says its technology won't target Uighurs

Electric cars will leave hole in tax revenues, says Treasury

Openreach creating 5,300 new jobs to speed fibre rollout

Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from PlaySation store

Creating animal food from a greenhouse gas

Google sued again over anti-competitive search practices

Facebook and Instagram disable features in Europe

Google's Fitbit takeover approved by EU

People's Energy data breach affects all 270,000 customers

Uber Faces a Fine for Refusing to Give Details on Assaults

A Clever Strategy to Distribute Covid Aid—With Satellite Data

How Restaurants Retooled for Takeout—and Survival

One in four UK homes 'can access 1Gbps broadband'

IT error blamed for missing Welsh Covid-19 cases

Bitcoin hits all-time high rising above $20,000

Dancing starling spectacle solves power cut mystery in Airth

Google ad practices under fire in new lawsuit

E-scooters: What are the rules and can they be safer?

Texas Accuses Google and Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy

Facebook pours fuel on Apple privacy row

Trump Twitter ‘hack’: Police accept attacker's claim

WhatsApp rumours fear over BAME Covid vaccine take up

Pornhub sued by 40 Girls Do Porn sex trafficking victims

Pornhub sued by 40 Girls Do Porn sex trafficking victims

Trump Could Torpedo a Bill to Boost Funding for AI

Huawei: Uighur surveillance fears lead PR exec to quit

Uber fined over withholding sexual assault records

The Future of Social Media Is All Talk

The First Americans Are Being Vaccinated. Now, the Hard Part

Coronavirus creates boom in digital fitness

MacKenzie Scott gives away $4.2bn in four months

Facebook to move all UK users onto US agreements

SolarWinds: Why the Sunburst hack is so serious

EU reveals plan to regulate Big Tech

Twitter fined £400,000 for breaking EU data law

Snapchat: Young people targeted in Crimestoppers safety campaign

The 8 Best Books About Artificial Intelligence to Read Now

SolarWinds Orion: More US government agencies hacked

Coronavirus: Contact-tracing apps can now work on older iPhones

The ‘Healthy Building’ Surge Will Outlast the Pandemic

Why Do Many Self-Driving Cars Look Like Toasters on Wheels?

The Mustang Mach-E Delivers a Jolt—If You Can Find a Charge

Rappers dominate YouTube's top 2020 UK music videos

Online harms law to let regulator block apps in UK

EU Digital Services Act set to bring in new rules for tech giants

How AI could increase IVF treatment success rates

A palm oil alternative could help save rainforests

Pinterest in $22.5m gender discrimination payout

US regulators open privacy probes into tech giants

Apple forces apps to display what they do with data

Pornhub removes all user-uploaded videos amid legality row

Timnit Gebru: Google and big tech are 'institutionally racist'

Conferences After Covid Will Be Shorter—and Smarter

Mass Transit Is in Jeopardy—and So Are Cities

Google outage: YouTube, Docs and Gmail knocked offline

Cyberpunk 2077 makers apologise for game glitches

EA to buy Dirt Rally-maker Codemasters for £1bn

US treasury and commerce departments targeted in cyber attack

How clean is the air in your office?

AI Algorithms Are Slimming Down to Fit in Your Fridge

Electric Gamebox booths bring group gaming to the high street

Call of Duty: US and British military go head to head

Subway customers receive 'malware' emails

Oculus Facebook account row prompts German competition probe

Mark Zuckerberg’s Blue Christmas

YouTube lets users mute gambling and alcohol ads

Last of Us 2 wins big at The Game Awards

Robot chef cooks and washes up and other technology news

Keanu Reaves on Cyberpunk 2077 and 2021 optimism

Pornhub: Mastercard severs links with pornography site

US telcos ordered to 'rip and replace' Huawei components

Drone completes first freight flight to Isles of Scilly

Football star Griezmann severs ties with Huawei over Uighurs

Disney ramps up Star Wars and Marvel franchises

Ridley Scott inspires Network Rail’s cave-exploring drone

Timnit Gebru: Google boss apologises for row

Coronavirus: NHS Covid-19 app starts offering self-isolate payments

Media and tech firms join forces to tackle harmful Covid vaccine myths

The Dark Side of Big Tech’s Funding for AI Research

Co-op facial recognition trial raises privacy concerns

Google fined £91m over ad-tracking cookies

Cyberpunk 2077 a 'warning' about the future

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey donates $15m for income support

Elon Musk's Starship takes to the skies

Cyberpunk 2077: The story behind the video game

The Smoking Gun in the Facebook Antitrust Case

US election: YouTube to ban videos alleging widespread voter fraud

Facebook sued in US for 'illegally crushing rivals'

Hundreds of thousands of Russian Covid patients named online 'by mistake'

Xbox game streaming confirmed for Apple iOS and Windows

European Medicines Agency hit by cyber-attack

Currys PC World agrees to honour Black Friday prices of cancelled orders

Cyberpunk adds epilepsy warning after reviewer warns of seizures

Elon Musk moves Tesla to Texas in Silicon Valley snub

Pornhub bans user uploads after abuse allegations

Beavers, burpees and bread: 2020's most-searched

Judge blocks extradition of accused webcam hacker

Tesla: German court halts factory plan over snake and lizard habitats

Uber sells off flying taxi unit

Currys PC World asked to honour cancelled Black Friday sales

PayPal 'reward' email rapped for misleading

How AI could help me navigate the street as a blind person

Chuck Yeager’s 1947 Flight Inspired Our Supersonic Ambitions

US cybersecurity firm FireEye hit by 'state-sponsored' attack

Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher's Firing

Apple unveils £549 over-ear headphones

Facebook: Details of Mark Zuckerberg and Matt Hancock meeting released

This Guy Is Taking Viewers Along for His Driverless Rides

Police raid home of Florida Covid-19 tracker creator

China bans 105 apps including TripAdvisor

Competition and Markets Authority plans tailored rules for tech giants

Australia to debate bill to make Google and Facebook pay for news

Japan to fund AI matchmaking to boost birth rate

Wimborne Militia in Facebook battle after accounts disabled

Covid: 'Xbox and PlayStation home-learning' for some pupils

Encrypted messaging puts children at risk, CCE warns

Uber sheds self-driving cars to prioritise profits

So you want a career in computer games tournaments?

Uber Gives Up on the Self-Driving Dream

Thousands back Timnit Gebru over Google 'sacking'

School photo is viral internet meme, Adrian Smith finds

Braintree electric car forecourt a UK first

Pornhub: Mastercard reviews links with pornography site

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: 'Machine-gun with AI' used to kill Iran scientist

Among Us: What makes this online game so popular?

Zalando boss to quit 'to prioritise wife's career'

The 'virtual nannies' looking after kids via Zoom

Walsall construction firm targeted in cyber attack

'Virtual patient' helps train medics remotely during pandemic

Why Fnatic is giving fans a chance to part-own the team

Quibi: Why did the video app go so wrong?

Cameo: Celebrity video app boss says age of A-lister is over

Farne Island seal pup census carried out by drone

Tech Tent: Who wants a digital vaccine passport?

US turns up heat on China's biggest chip-maker

Apple's Covid Response Was Extremely Apple

Timnit Gebru: Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher

A 3D-printed mini-rover, plus other technology news

A Member of the ‘Squad’ Takes on Cryptocurrency

Possible deal for arrested Huawei finance chief

Why our ageing social networks may need Tiktok

A Prominent AI Ethics Researcher Says Google Fired Her

Warner Bros' films set for simultaneous cinema and US streaming

Volunteering my phone to research Covid-19 while I sleep

Cyber-warning for festive shoppers

Joe White: UK appoints entrepreneur as first tech envoy to US

Why Covid may mean more facial recognition tech

Facebook sued for 'denying opportunities to US workers'

China Stakes Its Claim to Quantum Supremacy

On Section 230, It's Trump vs. Trump

Future Zoom users will be able to smell the virtual coffee

Web Summit: Facebook urges Biden to restore global internet

Google fired employees for union activity, says US agency

Covid-19: Facebook to take down false vaccine claims

Broadband: Virgin to offer hyper-fast speeds in parts of Wales

Do Diverse Corporate Boards Lead to a Fairer Workplace?

How a robot inspired my ballet dancing

'Ditch high definition and new tech to fight climate change'

Amazon's Panorama box lets firms check if staff follow coronavirus rules

Web Summit: Oculus co-founder talks China and military AI

Flaw allowed iPhone hacking remotely through wi-fi

NHS Covid-19 and Zoom top Apple's iPhone 2020 app charts

DeepMind co-founder: Gaming inspired AI breakthrough

Spotify artist pages hacked by Taylor Swift 'fan'

Web Summit: Stricter rules for technology companies

This Company Uses AI to Outwit Malicious AI

The Pandemic Gives Us a Chance to Change How We Get Around

Singapore approves lab-grown 'chicken' meat

Slack sold to business software giant for $27.7bn

The New ‘Nigerian Princes’ of hacking?

Qualcomm: Android phones to get 'lucky number' Snapdragon 888 chip

One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack - December 2020

Facebook Oversight Board reveals its first cases

Netflix content given age rating by algorithm

Spotify reveals 2020's most-streamed songs

Bitcoin peaks at record high close to $20,000

China refuses to apologise to Australia for fake soldier image

Online grooming: 'My modelling job turned out to be a gang rape trap'