Monthly Archives: August 2021

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been released from a South Korean prison and is now on parole. He served 207 days in jail – just over half the sentence he received after being convicted of bribery and embezzlement in January. The case involved the country’s former President Park Guen-hye, who is also in jail for […]

Apple has defended its new system that scans users’ phones for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), after a backlash from customers and privacy advocates. The technology searches for matches of known abuse material before the image is uploaded to its iCloud storage. Critics warned it could be a “backdoor” to spy on people, and more […]

Larry Page, Google’s co-founder and one of the world’s richest men, has been granted New Zealand residency under a category for wealthy investors. Applicants are required to invest at least NZ$10m ($7m, £5m) in New Zealand over three years. Mr Page entered New Zealand in January, when its borders were still closed because of Covid-19. […]

Huawei revealed its biggest-ever decline in revenue in the first half of 2021 – it fell by almost 30% to Rmb320 billion (£35.5 billion). The firm sold part of its mobile phone business following US sanctions, which analysts say contributed to the drop. Sanctions make it hard for Huawei to buy components and software using […]

Apple has announced details of a system to find child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on customers’ devices. Before an image is stored onto iCloud Photos, the technology will search for matches of already known CSAM. Apple said that if a match is found a human reviewer will then assess and report the user to law […]

Blizzard Entertainment president J Allen Brack has “stepped down”, the World of Warcraft and Call of Duty game-maker says. Parent company Activision Blizzard said Mr Brack was “leaving the company to pursue new opportunities”. California is suing the company, alleging a workplace culture of sexism and harassment. Activision Blizzard denies this allegation and has called […]

Twitter will collaborate with two of the largest international news providers, Reuters and the Associated Press, to debunk disinformation on its messaging site. The news agencies will help Twitter give more context and background information on events which create a high volume of tweets. Twitter hopes this will counteract the spread of misleading information. There […]

Tesla doesn’t have a press office. Its CEO, Elon Musk, says the company doesn’t need one. Instead, in a similar way to Donald Trump, he uses Twitter rather than press releases to communicate. And on Friday, he was in full Elon Musk tweet mode. A new book is coming out about the Tesla CEO. One […]