Tech

22 December 2021

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu says her phone may upstage her in Emily In Paris

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu has joked her 'Emily in Paris' character is almost upstaged by her new accessory, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G, in the new season. The 58-year-old actress has just ...
22 December 2021

TikTok overtakes Google as world's most popular domain

TikTok has overtaken Google to become the world's most popular domain for 2021. The video-sharing app jumped six places to take the top spot from the world's biggest search engine, which ...

22 December 2021

OnlyFans founder resigns from CEO position

The founder of OnlyFans is stepping down from his CEO position. Tim Stokely - who set up the content subscription service back in 2016 - is passing the baton onto ...

22 December 2021

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu says her phone may upstage her in Emily In Paris

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu has joked her 'Emily in Paris' character is almost upstaged by her new accessory, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 5G, in the new season. The 58-year-old actress has just ...
21 December 2021

Mariah Carey launches Spotlight Challenge on Snapchat

Mariah Carey has launched the 'All I Want for Christmas' Spotlight Challenge on Snapchat. A lucky fan is in with the chance of winning $50,000, while a runner-up will take $30,000 ...
21 December 2021

SMARTY Mobile urges parents to consider giving their child a phone

SMARTY Mobile has urged parents to consider giving their children a phone. The SIM only network - which has no contract and offers unlimited calls, texts and data - said that ...

21 December 2021

Grindr fined £5.5m for selling user data

Grindr has been fined £5.5 million for selling user data to advertisers. The location-based dating app - which is aimed at gay men - received the fine from the Norwegian Data ...

20 December 2021

Tencent acquires Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock Studios

Tencent has acquired ‘Back 4 Blood’ developer Turtle Rock Studios through the purchase of parent company, Slamfire. In a joint press release, the two studios insisted that the “acquisition will have ...
20 December 2021

Yugi Naka killed Dreamcast's version Star Fox, according to former Sega boss

Yugi Naka was responsible for the cancellation of Dreamcast game 'Geist Force', which was to be Sega's answer to Nintendo shooting game 'Star Fox'. Former Sega producer Mark ...

20 December 2021

OlliOlli World gets February 2022 release date

OlliOlli World is to be released in February 2022. The latest addition to the Roll 7 skateboarding - which will be the first of its kind to be fully 3D - ...

20 December 2021

Tesla Model 3 cars banned by Paris taxi firm

Tesla Model 3 cars have been banned by a taxi firm in Paris. G7, the largest taxi company in the French capital, has suspended the use of any Tesla Model 3 ...

20 December 2021

Google could fire employees who aren't vaccinated

Google could be set to fire employees who refuse vaccinations. The tech giants reportedly sent out an internal memo to employees this week stating they could terminate the contracts of any ...

20 December 2021

TikTok to start varying For You page recommendations

TikTok will start varying For You page recommendations to avoid harmful content holes. The short-form video app is amending the algorithm used for the For You page, after receiving reports that ...

20 December 2021

Spotify buys radio and podcast app Whooskhaa

Spotify have acquired radio and podcast broadcasting app Whooshkaa. The music streaming service has put pen to paper on a new deal to acquire Whooshkaa, a six-year-old Australian company that is ...

20 December 2021

Meta to ban surveillance firms from Facebook and Instagram

Meta bans surveillance firms from targeting users on Facebook and Instagram. The company behind the social media giants has said seven surveillance companies have been banned from its platforms for targeting ...

20 December 2021

Apple plan to make their own iPhone chips

Apple is going to make more of its own chips for its devices. The tech giant is reportedly working to design more chip components in-house, with the company said to be ...

20 December 2021

Meta adds sign language support to Portal

Meta has added sign language interpreters for Portal video calls. The tech company is implementing video relay services (VRS) to its Portal video calling devices, which will allow users to bring ...

15 December 2021

Minecraft YouTube videos hit one trillion views

'Minecraft' content has been watched on YouTube at least one trillion times. The video platform has unveiled new statistics showing that content related to the hugely popular game - which launched ...

15 December 2021

Xbox documentary Power On now streaming

Microsoft have released their brand new four hour documentary on the history of the Xbox. The story of Xbox, 'Power On', was originally announced in November to mark the 20th ...

15 December 2021

Instagram apologises after wrongly taking down Metaverse account

Instagram has apologised after wrongly disabling an artist's account for a month. The social media platform blocked the user's account - which has the handle @metaverse - just days after its ...

14 December 2021

Mortal Kombat 11 coming to Xbox Game Pass

'Mortal Kombat 11' and a plethora of new games have been confirmed for Xbox Game Pass in December. The fighting title - which was originally released in November 2019 - allows ...
14 December 2021

Sonic the Hedgehog coming to Tesla cars

The original 'Sonic the Hedgehog' video game will be available in Tesla cars. The 1991 Sega Mega Drive title, the smash hit platformer which rivalled Nintendo's Super Mario character in popularity, ...
14 December 2021

Elon Musk wants to take a 'futuristic Noah’s ark' to Mars

Elon Musk wants to bring animals and humans to Mars "like a futuristic Noah’s ark". The 50-year-old billionaire entrepreneur's dream is to reach the Red Planet via spacecraft and ultimately create ...

13 December 2021

Amazon Web Services explain reasons behind recent outage

Amazon Web Services have explained what caused an outage that downed parts of the platform. The problem occurred last Tuesday (07.12.21) and caused problems for Alexa, Ring and Disney+ while even ...