10 video games that defined the strange year that was 2020 December 27, 2020 In a year that blockbuster movies were delayed en masse and people were confined to their homes for months at a time, video games played a more important role than ever in our lives. With the new Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 finally making an appearance last month, 2020 was also a last hurrah [...]
How industries can fight the Fake Elon Musk and Celebrity Crypto Scams April 28, 2020 The realism, scale and sophistication of scammers around the world using tech industry celebrities such as Bill Gates and Elon Musk continues to increase. This is especially visible around the case of Musk iit’s extended past the twitter “Crypto Giveaways” using images and fake accounts. It has gone so far to having live stream videos [...]
Vodafone apologises after customers charged thousands for roaming October 14, 2019 Vodafone has issued an apology after customers were incorrectly charged as much as £11,000 for using their phones abroad. Mobile users took to Twitter to complain about thousands of pounds worth of roaming charges on their bills, with many saying their phones had been disabled and they were unable to contact customer services. Read more: [...]
Google Stadia responds to complaints over lag on gaming platform November 19, 2019 Google’s Stadia has responded to complaints that lag is affecting services on the new cloud-based game streaming platform. Early adopters have complained about latency – delays between when they press a button and that action being carried out in-game – on the new service. Read more: Google announces Stadia game streaming platform Google vice president [...]
US company faces racism accusations over ‘caucasians preferred’ job ad April 30, 2019 A US company is facing racism accusations over stating ‘caucasians preferred’ in a job ad listed on Linkedin Cynet Systems has apologised for the incident and the listing was removed. The advert was spotted by Helena McCabe, a coder from Florida, who posted a screenshot of the Linkedin job description to her Twitter account. Uh, hey [...]
TAG launches scheme to protect brands’ advertising amid crackdown on pirate sites February 12, 2019 The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) today launched a new initiative to help protect brands from appearing on websites that post pirated material. As part of the scheme, known as ‘Project Brand Integrity’, the industry body will monitor adverts and alert brands if their campaigns are running on pirate sites. Read more: Government calls for probe [...]
Huawei punishes staff after Happy New Year tweet sent from an iPhone January 4, 2019 Huawei staff have reportedly been punished after Twitter followers were wished a happy new year from the official account via an iPhone. The tweet was posted on New Year’s Day, wishing followers a "Happy #2019", but the message included automated text telling users it came “via Twitter for iPhone”. While the company promptly deleted the tweet, [...]
14 shares for your ISA March 9, 2019 By Richard Beddard from interactive investor. Richard reveals three rules, codified in his Decision Engine, that reduce the stress of trading. Every five weeks I share my Decision Engine’s ranking table, which orders the shares I follow by the scores I have given them. The scores are a measure of confidence a company will turn [...]
Trump doubles down on bias accusations against US tech giants August 30, 2018 US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his attacks towards tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Twitter, accusing them of illegal activity. "I think that Google and Facebook and Twitter … treat conservatives and Republicans very unfairly,” Trump told reporters at the White House last night. "I think it’s a very serious problem [...]
Facebook removes controversial app that pays teenagers for their iPhone data January 30, 2019 Facebook has taken down a research app that paid volunteers aged as young as 13 to gain unfettered access to data on their mobile phone. An investigation by Tech Crunch lifted the lid on the Facebook Research App, which bypassed the Apple App Store to seek out users via unofficial beta testing networks. The app [...]