Image caption Vandana Pankhania Radia says she would use the new app Supermarket customers may soon have to get used to a new way of paying for their shopping. Marks & Spencer has become the latest food retailer to test an app which allows people to buy their shopping without having to use a till. …
Image copyright Getty Images Reddit groups might help, while Instagram influencers could set unrealistic expectations. So is it ever useful to turn to social media for diet advice? There are a dizzying number of people, companies and accounts hawking diet advice online. To take just one example, a quick search for the hashtag #fitspiration on …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSpaceX lights up the skies over California Elon Musk’s SpaceX company has successfully launched a satellite into space from California – wowing social media users in the process. The Falcon 9 rocket took Argentine satellite SAOCOM 1A into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, on the coast …
Image copyright other Microsoft is ending support for Minecraft on Apple TV. The app arrived on the device two years ago and cost £20 in the UK. In an on-screen message to players the firm said it was “reallocating resources” to more popular platforms, and while the game would work on the device, it would …
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”. …