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Former US president Donald Trump has praised Nigeria’s decision to ban Twitter, after the social media platform deleted a post from the country’s president. After…
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A perfectly preserved ancient box of Viking treasures has been discovered after a Norwegian glacier partially melted. The 500-year-old wooden box was found containing remains…
Read More Melting Norwegian glacier releases 500 year old viking treasures
El Salvador has committed to making cryptocurrency bitcoin legal tender in the country. President Nayib Bukele made the announcement to a bitcoin conference in Florida…
Read More El Salvador becomes first country to adopt bitcoin as national currency
American billionaires, including Tesla’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, paid little to no income tax over several years, according to leaked tax records. Not…
Read More World's wealthiest paid little to no income tax for several years
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Sales of halogen lightbulbs will be banned in the UK from September, with high-energy fluorescent lights to follow suit. The move will cut 1.26 million tonnes…
Read More Halogen light bulbs banned from sale in the UK after September
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Read More Vodafone network issues leave some customers without access to the internet
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Read More Sony’s new WF-1000XM4 wireless earbuds sound epic if you can stomach the price(Reuters) -U.S. electric truck maker Lordstown Motors Corp said on Tuesday there was “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern in…
Read More Electric truck maker Lordstown warns of going concern risk; shares tank(Reuters) -U.S. electric truck maker Lordstown Motors Corp said on Tuesday there was “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue as a going concern, sending…
Read More Electric truck maker Lordstown warns of going concern risk; shares tank
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. YouTube has long been the most popular…
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LONDON — Dozens of websites briefly went offline around the globe Tuesday, including CNN, The New York Times and Britain’s government home page, after an…
Read More Global glitch: Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage – The Denver Post
Controversial plans for NHS Digital to share the medical records of patients with outside third parties have been postponed. Justice campaign group Foxglove has tweeted the…
Read More NHS data sharing plans postponed after backlash from campaigners
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Read More NHS extends deadline to opt-out before your records are shared outside health service
A new variant of Covid-19 has been identified, originating in Mexico, that has already spread to Europe. This new strain appears to be highly contagious…
Read More Scientists identify Covid-19 'Mexican variant' that's already spread to Europe
SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics is banking on Europe to maintain growth momentum in its network equipment business, a senior executive said, as 5G rollout widens…
Read More Samsung bets on Europe 5G orders to grow network equipment business
Large parts of the internet were brought to a standstill this morning, when a server outage knocked out some of the most popular websites on…
Read More What is a 503 error and why are so many sites affected by Fastly outage?
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Read More Internet outage: All 34 of the WORST affected websites by global crash
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Read More Reddit DOWN: Thousands left unable to access site as huge outage hits the web
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Read More Amazon, Ebay, HRMC and UK Government websites ALL CRASH due to global error
New privacy controls coming to Apple’s Mail app will hide data such as a user’s IP address and location as well as details about if…
Read More Apple will stop marketing emails scraping your data when you open them
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Read More Google TV is borrowing one of Fire TV’s most helpful features
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Apple Inc is in early-stage talks with China’s CATL and BYD about the supply of batteries for its planned electric vehicle,…
Read More Exclusive-Apple in talks with CATL, BYD over battery supplies for its electric car: sources
(Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s order last week banning U.S. investment in certain Chinese companies is broader than a similar one signed by his predecessor…
Read More Analysis: More Chinese companies could fall under Biden's broader investment ban
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LONDON (Reuters) -A push by El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele to make his country the first in the world to formally adopt bitcoin as legal…
Read More El Salvador president's bitcoin push casts shadow over IMF efforts
(Reuters) -Apple Inc on Monday said it will offer the ability to store state-issued identification cards digitally on iPhones and added user privacy protections on…
Read More Apple adds privacy protections for users, enables storage of IDs on iPhones
LONDON — Google agreed to pay roughly $270 million in fines and change some of its business practices as part of a settlement announced on…
Read More Google will pay $270 million to settle antitrust charges in France over its ad technology.
More On: twitter Twitter’s all-too-telling move to un-name a journalist Ghislaine Maxwell’s family says jail conditions would violate UN standards Leak from ex-Twitter CEO’s Soho…
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A partial solar eclipse is set to grace skies across the UK this week as the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. On…
Read More A partial solar eclipse will be visible above the UK this week