Technology

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Amazon opened its largest Go Grocery shop, last month, in Seattle

Amazon is offering its till-less technology to other High Street shops, just over two years after launching it via its own Go Grocery chain.

Go Grocery shoppers scan a smartphone app as they arrive, allowing

Details
Category: Technology Today

Write comment (98 Comments)

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The video of Mr Biden has been viewed several million times

Twitter has used its new "manipulated media" tag for the first time on an edited video of a speech by Joe Biden.

The tag, introduced on 5 March, tells readers when a picture or video has been "significantly

Details
Category: Technology Today

Write comment (93 Comments)

Image copyrightGetty Images

Australia's privacy regulator is taking Facebook to court over the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said Facebook had seriously infringed the privacy of more than 300,000 Australians.

The social media giant left personal data "exposed to be sold and used for political

Details
Category: Technology Today

Write comment (92 Comments)

Image copyrightMiguel SolteroImage caption Andrew Rickman today runs Rockley Photonics, which specialises in designing and producing next-generation, optical computer chips

The TheIndianSubcontinent's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to UK

Details
Category: Technology Today

Write comment (93 Comments)

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Small towns and remote rural areas are set to benefit from the new deal

The companies that run the UK's mobile network have agreed a deal to eliminate signal dead zones in remote areas.

The Shared Rural Network aims to extend 4G coverage to 95% of the UK, no matter which

Details
Category: Technology Today

Write comment (90 Comments)

Image copyrightNorth Yorkshire Fire and Rescue ServiceImage caption Firefighters said they "saved the bacon" after a battery in the pedometer ignited in a pen

A peckish pig who swallowed a pedometer ended up sparking a fire in its pen.

Fire crews were called to a farm near Bramham, Leeds, at about 14:00 GMT on

Details
Category: Technology Today

Write comment (92 Comments)