Category: Technology

Bumble, the dating app where women are in charge of making the first move, has temporarily closed all of its offices this week to combat workplace stress. Its 700 staff worldwide have been told to switch off and focus on themselves. One senior executive revealed on Twitter that founder Whitney Wolfe Herd had made the […]

Shazam, the music recognition platform acquired by Apple reportedly for $400 million in 2018, has surpassed 1 billion Shazams per month worldwide and 50 billion tags since its inception. Shazam, one of the world’s most popular and highly-rated music apps, has successfully matched over 50 billion tags with over 51 million songs. “Shazam is synonymous […]

A major outage has affected a number of high profile websites including Amazon, Reddit and Twitch. Other sites such as the Financial Times, the Guardian, the New York Times and the UK government website were also affected. Cloud computing provider Fastly, which underpins a lot of major websites, said it was behind the problems. It […]

Google has removed its head of diversity over a 2007 blog post that said Jewish people had “an insatiable appetite for war and killing”. In a post about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that resurfaced this week, Kamau Bobb also claimed Jewish people had an “insensitivity” to suffering. The post has now been deleted. On Thursday, spokesperson […]

An update of HarmonyOS, the operating system developed by Huawei, means it will now be installed in a wider range of products, including its smartphones. It is due to roll out across Asia following a launch event on 2 June. There is no date for a global launch yet. A trade ban imposed by the […]

Twitter has listed a new subscription service on app stores, in an indication that the social media giant is preparing to trial the offering soon. “Twitter Blue” is listed as an in-app purchase, priced at 2.49 pounds in the UK and $2.99 in the US. Twitter has given no further details, and declined to confirm […]

Amazon is being sued by Washington DC over allegations it abuses its position as a retail giant. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, claims that Amazon’s control of up to 70% of US online sales results in higher prices for consumers. “Amazon’s online retail sales platform benefits from, and is protected by, Amazon’s anticompetitive business practices,” […]

India’s national airline Air India has said a cyber-attack on its data servers affected about 4.5 million customers around the world. The breach was first reported to the company in February. Details including passport and ticket information as well as credit-card data were compromised. But Air India said security details for credit cards – CVV […]

Apple is paying up to $189 in compensation to customers of Apple Powerbeats 3 headphones in the United States. In 2017, a class action lawsuit claimed the headphones did not retain battery life and were not sweat and water-resistant. The firm paid $9.75 million to settle, but denied all allegations and said it wanted to […]

As Google is likely to unveil Android 12 at it I/O 2021, a new leak hints that Android 12 might include some new functional changes, including Google widgets and animations. According to Jon Prosser of Front Page Tech, for starters, there’s a brand new music widget in the notifications bar, alongside newly redesigned Wi-Fi and […]