Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Walmart was seeking compensation for seven fires in its stores which it alleged were caused by faulty solar panels US supermarket chain Walmart and Tesla are working to solve the issues which allegedly caused solar panel fires in seven of its stores, Reuters reports. It follows a lawsuit launched […]
Image copyright Google The next version of the Android operating system (OS) will not be named after a dessert or sweet treat, ending a tradition that started in 2009. Following the pattern, the name of the new version would have started with Q. But Google said it had ditched the naming scheme because it made […]
Image copyright APple Apple has advised owners of its new credit card to keep it away from leather and denim. Keeping the card in a leather wallet or in the pocket of a pair of jeans could cause “permanent discolouration”. The Apple Card is a relatively plain matt white credit card made of titanium, which […]
Image copyright Getty Images Eminem’s publisher, Eight Mile Style, is suing Spotify. It claims the music-streaming service failed to correctly copyright the rapper’s work. Eminem has never been properly paid for songs “streamed on Spotify billions of times”, court papers say. And Spotify, which has yet to respond publicly, put the song Lose Yourself into […]
Image copyright Gillian Murphy Image caption Volunteers were told a made-up story about campaign posters being destroyed after having been found to have been funded by an American A study into false memories highlights the risks of “fake news” spreading via social media. Volunteers were shown fabricated news reports in the week before Ireland’s 2018 […]
Image copyright Microsoft Microsoft has said that it will stop listening in to Xbox users, saying it was “no longer necessary”. It comes after Vice news revealed that it had been recording and listening to the private conversations of gamers – many of whom were children – as far back as 2014. Microsoft said it […]
New technology that could give a further layer of security when using a bank card has been trialled. A fingerprint reader is built into the card itself. It stores the details of your fingerprint and checks it is you using the card each time you make a purchase. Cards using this biometric system could be […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The government of Kazakhstan has been accused of using security certificates to spy on net users Google and Mozilla have moved to block the Kazakhstan government from intercepting internet traffic. It comes after reports internet services providers in the country have required people to install a government-issued certificate on […]
YouTube has restored some videos of robots fighting after wrongly removing hundreds for displaying a “deliberate infliction of animal suffering or the forcing of animals to fight”. Sarah Pohorecky, of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said film of her robot So Rachet removed on Monday “mysteriously reappeared” on Tuesday. YouTube has acknowledged the error. A spokeswoman […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The government of Kazakhstan has been accused of using security certificates to spy on net users Google and Mozilla have moved to block the Kazakhstan government from intercepting internet traffic. It comes after reports internet services providers in the country have required people to install a government-issued certificate on […]
