Category: Technology

Stay updated on daily technology news

Technology

Tudor homes for sale in villages across England – in pictures

From a grand Elizabethan hall to a timber-frame house offering ample parking, properties rich with…

Continue Reading Tudor homes for sale in villages across England – in pictures
Technology

‘It used to weigh me down’: UK readers on why they do or don’t carry a wallet

With research suggesting fewer than half of adults carry a wallet, four people reveal if…

Continue Reading ‘It used to weigh me down’: UK readers on why they do or don’t carry a wallet
Technology

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots…

Continue Reading How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart
Technology

Larry Ellison: Oracle co-founder who overtook Musk as world’s richest person

Tycoon who briefly surpassed Elon Musk is a friend of Trump, owner of Hawaii island…

Continue Reading Larry Ellison: Oracle co-founder who overtook Musk as world’s richest person
Technology

Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study

Social media platform accused of failing to filter out obvious usernames such as ‘coke’, ‘weed’…

Continue Reading Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study
Technology

Larry Ellison dislodges Elon Musk as world’s richest person

Oracle co-founder’s shares rose by 40% in early trading, valuing his fortune at $393bn, just…

Continue Reading Larry Ellison dislodges Elon Musk as world’s richest person
Technology

UK contactless payments could go above £100 or become unlimited

Financial watchdog says proposals to allow providers to set own limits would be more convenient…

Continue Reading UK contactless payments could go above £100 or become unlimited
Technology

Set controls and teach privacy: how to manage your child’s first mobile phone

Decide which type of phone to buy – and then talk to your child about…

Continue Reading Set controls and teach privacy: how to manage your child’s first mobile phone
Technology

Rise in energy prices leaves 1m UK households behind on bills

Energy debts have more than doubled in last 12 years, finds report, as Ofgem signals…

Continue Reading Rise in energy prices leaves 1m UK households behind on bills
Technology

How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review – spinning Silicon Valley

Instead of recognising that social media harms mental health and democracy, the former deputy PM…

Continue Reading How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review – spinning Silicon Valley