Ellen Pao – the woman who recently lost a high-profile Silicon Valley sexism case – has been instructed to pay legal costs of almost $1 million. Pao is planning to…
Shares in Facebook have fallen due to higher costs. Shares fell by 2% in after-hours trading after the company posted slower-than-expected revenue growth. Research and development costs have been eating…
Google has announced the launch of its new mobile phone network. The network, called Project Fi, is to connect users to open Wi-Fi hotspots, as well as to Sprint and…
YouTube has decided to retire an older version of its app, meaning that users of older devices may no longer be able to access the service. The decision is likely…
HBO is taking action against users outside the UK using tools to access its Now service. The company is threatening to cut off non-US Now users who have used VPNs…
Twitter has made a change to its micro-blogging service by allowing any user to send direct messages to another user, regardless of whether the two accounts follow each other or…
Mark Zuckerberg has defended Internet.org, claiming that it poses no threat to net neutrality. The Facebook boss was speaking after a number of Indian firms decided to play no further…
Google is updating its algorithms to ensure that sites that work well on mobile devices are treated more favorably. Websites that fail to pass the search giant’s test are to…
IBM is launching a new health unit designed to derive value from the data created by fitness apps. Watson Health is aiming to produce a “secure, cloud-based data sharing hub”….
HBO has sent out ‘take down’ requests to Twitter-owned live streaming video app Periscope, after the app was used to broadcast episodes of Game of Thrones. The first four episodes…
A former security boss of a lottery is being charged with fraud. Eddie Tipton is accused of hacking the computer that picks the winning numbers. Tipton was security director at…
Amazon is suing four companies accused of paying people to produce reviews that appear on its site. It says that the paid reviews are undermining the faith people have in…
Professional networking giant LinkedIn has acquired online learning company Lynda for $1.1 billion. The deal marks LinkedIn’s biggest purchase yet and is seen as part of the firm’s attempts to…
Tidal has officially been relaunched at an event attended by various global stars including Madonna, Rihanna, Kanye West and Jay-Z, who bought the service last year. It faces tough competition…
Google could be forced to pay out thousands after losing a Court of Appeal bid to stop users from being able to sue over privacy settings. It’s been claimed that…
