Internet

What does the US Department of Justice want Google to do?

The US Department of Justice has proposed a range of punchy remedies to address Google’s dominance of the internet search market, including the forced divestment of its Chrome browser.Google...

Black Friday turning into Black Fraud Day, says UK cybersecurity chief

Black Friday is fast becoming Black Fraud Day with the discount period now “prime time” for scammers, according...

Ireland orders X, TikTok and Instagram to curb terrorist content

Elon Musk’s X, TikTok and Meta’s Instagram have been ordered by Irish media regulators to take “necessary measures”...

BT says budget is set to cost it £100m as it reveals 2,000 more jobs have gone

BT has said it is facing £100m in extra costs as a result of the budget last week,...

Elon Musk hopes Trump victory will help his $44bn Twitter bet pay off

Two years ago, there was some trepidation among advertisers, anti-hate-speech groups and staff about Elon Musk’s acquisition of...

Oasis fans are angry but dynamic pricing benefits consumers too | Larry Elliott

Fans of Oasis received a lesson in how capitalism works when the first tickets for the band’s reunion concerts went on sale. People queued...

Advertiser exodus from X gathers pace with 26% ‘planning to cut spending’

More than a quarter of advertisers are planning to cut spending on Elon Musk’s X over concerns about the social media platform’s content and...

Elon Musk’s Starlink backtracks to comply with Brazil’s ban on X

Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked late on Tuesday and said it would accept and enforce a Brazilian supreme court justice’s order...

Brazilian court orders suspension of Elon Musk’s X after it missed deadline

The Brazilian supreme court has ordered that X be suspended in the country after the social media platform failed to meet a deadline to...

Elon Musk’s X could face ban in Brazil after failure to appoint legal representative

The social media platform X faces the prospect of a ban in Brazil after failing to meet a court-imposed 24-hour deadline to appoint a...

In a broken world, I need my fix of watch repairs | AL Kennedy

Lately, I’ve been lying awake in the small hours, hypnotised by watch repair videos – pinions, train wheel bridges, pallet forks, barrel arbors, the...