Image copyright Getty Images Google is fighting a record €4.3bn ($4.9bn; £3.8bn) fine for allegedly using the Android operating system to “cement its dominance” as a search engine. In July, the European Commission said Google’s Android policies had “denied rivals the chance to innovate and compete”. The company could face further fines if it does …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The algorithm repeated bias towards men, reflected in the technology industry An algorithm that was being tested as a recruitment tool by online giant Amazon was sexist and had to be scrapped, according to a Reuters report. The artificial intelligence system was trained on data submitted by applicants over …
BBC Click’s Nick Kwek looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Google announces it is shutting down the majority of its social network, Google+, after user data was left exposed Augmented reality company, Magic Leap, holds its first developers conference University researchers at Kyoto University and the University of …
Image copyright EPA Image caption President Trump has warned social media firms about political bias Facebook has removed more than 800 pages and accounts that sought to profit from politically themed spam. In a blog, Facebook said the 559 pages and 251 accounts abused the network to try to make people visit sites that make …
Image copyright Getty Images At the recent UN General Assembly, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in was discussing North Korea’s strides to build relations and open up to the world. He said Kim Jong-un had even said he would be “willing to join the IMF and the World Bank and other international agencies”, Reuters reported. Those …
Image copyright Michelin Image caption Gordon Ramsay gave out the new Michelin Stars for 2019 Michelin is probably best known as the company that bestows stars on restaurants to signify their excellence. Gordon Ramsay, awarding the Michelin stars for UK & Ireland 2019, described the event last week as the “Oscars of the restaurant industry”. …
Atlas, the robot developed by tech firm Boston Dynamics, has learned the art of parkour. The humanoid has been taught several skills during its development, including how to run, jump over objects and perform backflips. The latest development shows the robot leap up on to 40cm (15.7in) high blocks without slowing down. The company has …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Drake’s God’s Plan is the top streamed song of 2018, he’s experimented with how his music is released over the last few years In 1948, New York’s Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra put out a recording of Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor. You know the one – the release …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Car sales in China declined in September for the third month in a row Car sales in China fell 11.6% in September to 2.4 million – the third month in a row of year-on-year decline. The deceleration comes amid a slowdown in China’s economy and has pinched performance at …
Image copyright Getty Images Royal Bank of Scotland has paid its first dividend to shareholders since the bank was brought to the brink of collapse in the 2008 financial crisis. The bank – which is still 62% government-owned – has paid a 2p dividend to investors, which include about 190,000 private shareholders. RBS chief executive …