Monthly Archives: May 2021

“Right now, I have 14 roles immediately available and over the last month we’ve had one application.” Mark Wright runs the digital marketing company Climb Online, which he launched after winning BBC TV show The Apprentice in 2014. While digital marketing is a growing field, the entrepreneur says there simply aren’t enough people available with […]

A woman who worked for beauty YouTuber James Charles says she has received online death threats since making her legal action against him public. Kelly Rocklein claims she was fired two weeks after fainting and hitting her head while with him at a nail salon. Mr Charles has responded by posting a video on Twitter, […]

A Facebook moderator has for the first time given evidence revealing the mental toll of the job, to a parliamentary committee. The Irish parliament heard how moderators viewed graphic content up to eight hours a day. Law firm Foxglove and the Communication Workers Union, representing moderators, called for better psychological support and freedom to speak […]

England’s NHS app will be available to use as a vaccine passport from Monday, the government has said – but only for those who have had both doses of the jab. A paper version will also be available – by calling 119 but not through a GP. Both will be available from Monday, 17 May, […]

An actor is suing TikTok for using her voice in its text-to-speech function. It converts writing into speech, which can then be played over videos uploaded to the app, often for comedic effect. Bev Standing recorded about 10,000 sentences of audio for the state-backed Chinese Institute of Acoustics research body to use in translations, in […]

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has revealed he has Asperger’s syndrome while appearing on the US comedy sketch series Saturday Night Live (SNL). The 49-year-old told viewers he was “the first person with Asperger’s” to host the long-running programme – to loud cheers from the audience. People with Asperger’s interpret the environment around them differently to […]

Twitter has launched a new “tip jar” feature that lets people send money to others on the social network. The company says the feature is “an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the conversation”. To begin with, only a select group of people can receive tips – a group Twitter said […]

Twitter has suspended an account sharing posts from former US president Donald Trump’s new communications platform. The account claimed to be tweeting “on behalf” of Mr Trump. A spokesperson for the company said the account, @DJTDesk, violated the ban evasion policy by sharing content “affiliated with a suspended account.” But the BBC found similar accounts […]

Google’s chief executive has sent an email to employees encouraging them to return to work in the office for at least three days a week as lockdowns ease. The firm began reopening offices in April, and has now laid out the details of how it envisages the new hybrid working week. In the email, Sundar […]