Having spent billions on research and development in the process of the creation of the metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday that the company intends to lay off more than 10,000 employees. Big tech job cuts have featured across many well-known firms, including Twitter, Microsoft, and Netflix, to name but a few. Analysts attribute the need […]
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“Extremely serious” and “concerning” reports that Liz Truss’s phone was hacked by Russia must be investigated say Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Truss’s personal phone was allegedly hacked by Russian agents during the summer Tory leadership campaign. They accessed details of the then foreign secretary’s communications with cabinet colleagues, international allies and highly sensitive information. […]
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UK Parliament has ditched its TikTok account and deleted all content just a week after it launched, following China’s decision to sanction some MPs and peers. Downing Street and all UK politicians have been urged to do the same because of concerns over the app’s links to China. The @ukparliament account on TikTok was closed […]
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The government’s flagship online safety bill – designed to protect children from harm – faces being scrapped due to a lack of Commons time and more Tory infighting. Online safety campaigners fear the next prime minister could scrap the bill completely amid reports it will be delayed for at least three months as Parliament rises […]
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Julian Assange can be extradited to the US after UK home secretary Priti Patel approved the request. Wikileaks – the organisation founded by Assange – immediately confirmed it will appeal against the decision, calling it a “dark day” for British democracy and press freedom. Assange, who is Australian, is being held in London’s maximum security […]
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Sheryl Sandberg joined Facebook to “be the adult in the room” back in 2008. Since then, she has overseen astronomical growth in profits, particularly in advertising revenue, but she has also been in the eye of multiple controversies. Once celebrated as an icon for women in business, she was later accused of stirring up more […]
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MPs have invited billionaire Elon Musk to give evidence to a parliament committee about his plans for Twitter. Concerns have been raised over Musk’s intent to champion “free speech” on the platform as well as introducing fees for governments and organisations to use it. Chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMSC) Julian […]
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Today, the government will finally introduce the long-awaited Online Safety Bill into Parliament. The legislation is to tackle harmful online content and introduces tough sanctions for big tech corporations for failing to cooperate with Ofcom, the UK’s internet regulator. Under the new regulations, tech giants will be obliged to protect children as well as ban […]
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Angela Rayner has accused the prime minister of “corruption, plain and simple” and said Boris Johnson has “questions to answer” over allegations of cash-for-access to ministers relating to the Downing Street flat refurbishment. The latest allegations of Tory sleaze surround reports that the Conservative peer who helped pay for the costs of decorating the Downing […]
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The London FTSE 100 index has fallen further following concerns raised about the effectiveness of Covid vaccines against the new Omicron variant. The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Moderna has predicted a “material drop” in the efficacy of current vaccines and warned that “all the scientists I’ve talked to [about the new variant] … are like, […]
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