Skype, the once-dominant video-calling service, will shut down in May, according to an announcement from its owner, Microsoft. The news marks the end of a platform that revolutionised online communication...
Thousands of Facebook users are demanding that the company stop processing their personal data for direct marketing purposes. Around 5,000 people have written to Meta, Facebook’s parent company, asking it...
Instagram is reportedly exploring the launch of a separate app for its short-form video feature, Reels. The move, disclosed by Instagram head Adam Mosseri to staff this week, was reported...
Artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect brain abnormalities linked to epilepsy, leading to earlier diagnosis, researchers have revealed. The software, named Meld Graph, was developed by scientists at King’s College...
Tech giant Apple has revealed plans to invest more than $500bn (€477bn) in the US over the next four years. The investment will include a new manufacturing factory in Texas...
The European Commission has announced urgent measures to safeguard undersea cables after a rise in suspected sabotage incidents. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, accidental cable breaks have become more...
An asteroid once feared to be on a collision course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet, new calculations confirm. The space rock, officially named 2024 YR4, recently...
Apple has announced it will remove its highest-level data security feature, Advanced Data Protection (ADP), for UK customers. The move follows a demand from the UK government to access encrypted...
WhatsApp has become the 26th platform to fall under the European Union’s strictest transparency requirements. The Meta-owned messaging app confirmed in its latest transparency report that it has surpassed 46.8...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced an ambitious plan to build the world’s longest subsea cable. Named Project Waterworth, the 50,000-kilometre-long cable will connect five...