A mother who claims she has ‘Britain’s most destructive dog’ has revealed how he ‘redecorated’ her house by throwing dark blue paint over walls, floor and furniture. Lorna Lowery, 29, from Cornwall, said her one-year-old puppy Max has earned a reputation within her home after chewing up a Google Nest intelligent speaker, X-box controllers, TV … Read more
‘Google GP’ is fuelling fake child illness: Number of parents pretending their children are unwell after searching symptoms online is on the rise, experts warn Experts said Google fuelling increase in parents fabricating illnesses in children Royal College of Paediatrics launched guidance about fabricated illness (FII) Cases arise when parents believe their child has an … Read more
Biden administration drops Trump’s objections to a ‘global digital tax’ on US tech giants, paving the way for a deal by summer Treasury Secretary Yellen told G20 on Friday that a global tax can go forward Plan would set a global minimum corporate tax rate and rules for multinationals Trump’s objections would have let Google, … Read more
One of our foremost contemporary novelists, Ian McEwan, is fretting that recent advances in technology have had an unexpected downside: they have made it harder for novelists to write plots. Speaking in a Q&A recently, he said that given a smartphone-addled world in which the characters ‘all know everything, as it were, and can always … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic forced offices to close and meetings to move online that has created a new phenomenon known as ‘Zoom fatigue.’ Named after the popular video chat platform, the term is used to describe the exhaustion that comes with participating in video conferences, whether it be on Zoom, Google Meet or another application. A … Read more
Australia has passed a world-first law to make Google and Facebook pay media organisations for hosting their news content. Both tech giants have already agreed multi-million-dollar deals with some of Australia’s biggest news companies – and more negotiations are under way. The bill passed on Thursday with bipartisan support after the government made some last … Read more
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, pictured in Downing Street earlier this month, wants a meeting with Facebook this week Downing Street blasted Facebook today over its continued blockade of Australian news websites, with a threat to take on the social media giant in the UK. No10 today said Britain would be ‘robust in defending free speech … Read more
Culture secretary Oliver Dowden ‘to confront Facebook this week’ over blocking news in Australia as Matt Hancock backs making social media giants pay for publishing links to stories Matt Hancock said he is a ‘great admirer’ of Canada and Australia in interview Both are trying to make the social media giant pay publishers for sharing … Read more
Matt Hancock backs Australia in news battle with Facebook in bid to make the social media giant pay for publishing links to online stories Matt Hancock said he is a ‘great admirer’ of Canada and Australia in interview Both are trying to make the social media giant pay publishers for sharing stories Moves under way … Read more
Nestled in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, the sleepy hamlet of Atherton has been crowned ‘America’s most expensive zip code’ for each of the past four years. The average house costs £5 million and the 7,000 uber-wealthy residents include tech titans Eric Schmidt, former head of Google, and Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. … Read more