Apple macOS 11 – Big Sur – sparks privacy concerns

Apple has released MacOS 11.0: Big Sur. While it has been greeted with the usual fanfare that greets just about…

November 13, 2020 3:02 pm

Mark Zuckerberg says Steve Bannon hasn’t violated enough policies to warrant suspension

In an open call to Facebook employees, Mark Zuckerberg said that Steve Bannon couldn't be suspended from the social media…

November 13, 2020 11:12 am

Uber Reserve will make it possible for users to schedule rides with their “favourite” drivers

A week after winning Proposition 22, Uber has revealed that next week it will roll out Uber Reserve, a feature…

November 12, 2020 1:11 pm

Biden invites tech execs and Silicon Valley “creeps” to join his transition team

Joe Biden's transition team includes a number of executives from big tech. The move by the Biden camp, reported in…

November 12, 2020 11:59 am

Facebook tries to set the record straight on misinformation in the News Feed

Yesterday Facebook attempted to intervene in the ongoing discussion about its role in misinformation. In an article by Alex Schultz,…

November 11, 2020 5:23 pm

The Markup has built Simple Search, a browser extension that will purify your search experience

The Markup - the technology publication founded by Julia Angwin - has built a useful tool that strips away the…

November 11, 2020 11:31 am

Microsoft and OpenAI partner in a bid to reshape U.S. export laws for the sale of “emerging technologies”

Microsoft and OpenAI - the artificial intelligence research lab co-founded by Elon Musk - are partnering on a plan that…

November 10, 2020 6:46 pm

The European Commission takes issue with Amazon’s buy box: opens another antitrust investigation

The European Commission has Amazon in its sights once again. Over a year after opening an antitrust case against the…

November 10, 2020 1:41 pm

Aaron Swartz’s 34th birthday would have been on Sunday: we must remember him

Aaron Swartz would have been 34 on Sunday. On a day when much of America was celebrating the confirmation that…

November 9, 2020 10:11 pm

Virgin Hyperloop sends passengers on first journey: but it’s still not as fast as a train

Hyperloop is an invention that many think will play a big part in the unfolding story of the tech industry’s…

November 9, 2020 6:00 pm

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