[ad_1] Two former Meta safety researchers told a US Senate committee on Tuesday that the social media giant covered up potential harms to children stemming from its virtual reality (VR) products."Meta has chosen to ignore the problems they created and bury evidence of users' negative experiences," said Jason Sattizahn.The hearing comes a day after the Washington Post reported the whistleblowers' allegations that Meta lawyers intervened to shape internal research that
[ad_1] Watch: Fire and tear gas as protesters clash with police in NepalNepal has lifted a social media ban after it led to clashes between protesters and police that have left at least 19 people dead. Thousands of young people had forced their way into the parliament building in the capital Kathmandu on Monday, asking the government to lift its ban on 26 social media platforms, including Facebook and YouTube,
[ad_1] The UK's elections watchdog says it's taken three years and at least a quarter of a million pounds to fully recover from a hack that saw the private details of 40m voters accessed by Chinese cyber spies.Last year, the Electoral Commission was publicly reprimanded for a litany of security failures that allowed hacking groups to spy undetected, after breaking into databases and email systems.In the first interview about the
[ad_1] Suzanne BearneTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesNewspapers are banking on online revenue to replace falling circulationWhen actress Sorcha Cusack left the BBC drama Father Brown in January, it made headlines, including for the newspapers owned by Reach, among them The Mirror, and the Daily Express.But the story did not generate the traction the Reach newspapers would have expected a year ago, or even at the start of the year.Reach put this down
[ad_1] Microsoft's Azure cloud services have been disrupted by undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, the US tech giant says.Users of Azure - one of the world's leading cloud computing platforms - would experience delays because of problems with internet traffic moving through the Middle East, the company said.Microsoft did not explain what might have caused the damage to the undersea cables, but added that it had been able
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[ad_1] Google has been fined €2.95bn (£2.5bn) by the EU for allegedly abusing its power in the ad tech sector - the technology which determines which adverts should be placed online and where.The European Commission said on Friday the tech giant had breached competition laws by favouring its own products for displaying online ads, to the detriment of rivals.It comes amid increased scrutiny by regulators worldwide over the tech giant's
[ad_1] Liv McMahonTechnology reporterTeam CherryThe biggest online video game stores crashed on Thursday as they struggled to deal with high demand for Hollow Knight: Silksong - one of the most-anticipated games of the year.Thousands of users reported they were unable to buy the game on PC store Steam after its release at 15:00 BST, with errors persisting until around 17:30.Social media users also shared their difficulties trying to purchase Silksong
[ad_1] Chris BaraniukTechnology ReporterBoston MetalMaking steel using electricity is less carbon intensive than traditional methodsA day care centre for children, a gym, a tax advisor – and a mini experimental steel plant. These businesses are among those that make up a small retail and industrial estate in the city of Woburn, Massachusetts."People are dropping off their kids. That kind of shows you an extreme example of what the future of
[ad_1] Graham FraserTechnology reporterAlan Turing InstituteDr Jean Innes said it had been "a great honour to lead the UK's national institute for data science and artificial intelligence"The chief executive of the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) has resigned following staff unrest and a warning the charity was at risk of collapse.Dr Jean Innes said she was stepping down from the Alan Turing Institute as it "completes the current
