Image copyright Gareth Livermore Image caption Programmer Gareth Livermore’s family loves the Welsh quality of life – and he is not swayed by regular job offers A Welsh multimillion-pound tech firm is unable to recruit the staff it needs, even though it is offering London levels of pay of up to £100,000 a year. MyPinPad …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some users who installed the latest WatchOS software say it caused their devices to stop working Apple has pulled an update for its smartwatches after some owners complained the software had caused their devices to stop working. The problem appears to have baffled the firm’s repair staff, and there …
Image caption Richard DeVaul was a member of the team behind Alphabet’s Project Loon venture An executive at the X lab, set up by Google, has left his post after historical sexual harassment accusations against him were made public in the New York Times. Richard DeVaul is alleged to have made inappropriate advances towards a …
Image copyright Starship Technologies Image caption The robots have 10 cameras, ultrasound sensors, radar, and GPS to help them navigate Hundreds of robots are to start to delivering packages to addresses across Milton Keynes, in one of the first full-scale uses of such technology. Residents will be able to get parcels sent to a robot …
Image copyright Epic Games Image caption Should Fortnite credit dance moves? Fortnite attracts millions of fans worldwide, including the likes of Drake, Travis Scott and Joe Jonas. However, some other artists – including rapper 2 Milly – artists have accused Fortnite of stealing their dance moves. Audiences have noticed some of the dances within the …
Staff at Google offices across the world, including some of its US offices, have walked out in a series of unprecedented protests against the company’s treatment of women. Pictures have been shared of employees taking part on social media in Dublin, London and Zurich. The first walkout was at Google’s Singapore office. The staff are …
Image copyright Getty Images Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users’ accounts. The perpetrators told the BBC Russian Service that they had details from a total of 120 million accounts, which they were attempting to sell, although there are reasons to be sceptical about that figure. Facebook …
Image copyright AFP Image caption The bots were taken down in September and October Twitter has deleted an estimated 10,000 automated accounts that were posting messages discouraging people from taking part in next week’s US mid-term elections. Most of the accounts were posing as Democrats, the social media company said. They were taken down in …
By Andrew Walker & Daniele Palumbo BBC World Service economics correspondent & BBC data journalist Image copyright Reuters A successful American political strategist once said “it’s the economy stupid” or something very similar. It was a statement about the key issues a good election campaign needs to focus on. Just a few days before the …
Image copyright Getty Images Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it is reissuing debit cards to customers affected by cyber-attacks on Ticketmaster and British Airways. The bank has reissued debit cards to all customers that have made purchases on Ticketmaster’s website. It is also working with BA to establish which customers have had their details compromised …