TECHNOLOGY

An advert showing British Olympic diver Tom Daley using a smartphone at a swimming pool has been banned on the grounds that similar behaviour by consumers would damage the device. HTC has promoted the ad on social media since mid-2017. But an investigation by the UK’s advertising watchdog discovered that the device’s own instructions said the phone should not come ...

Spy kits that can track mobile phones and intercept calls and messages have been discovered in Washington and beyond, the US government has said. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it has observed “anomalous activity” consistent with the use of so-called stingrays. They could be used by foreign spies or criminals, although the DHS said it did not know ...

A Facebook executive’s memo that claimed the “ugly truth” was that anything it did to grow was justified has been made public, embarrassing the company. The 2016 post said that this applied even if it meant people might die as a result of bullying or terrorism. Both the author and the company’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, have denied they actually ...

One in five British households have experienced slow broadband speeds in the last year, according to Which. A similar number have had connection dropouts and router problems, the consumer rights group added. It polled more than 1,900 customers across 12 providers, more than half of whom reported having problems with their broadband service or price. Which said providers had “a ...

In a laboratory in Copenhagen, scientists believe they are on the verge of a breakthrough that could transform computing. A team combining Microsoft researchers and Niels Bohr Institute academics is confident that it has found the key to creating a quantum computer. If they are right, then Microsoft will leap to the front of a race that has a tremendous ...

The Trump administration has said it wants to start collecting the social media history of nearly everyone seeking a visa to enter the US. The proposal, which comes from the state department, would require most visa applicants to give details of their Facebook and Twitter accounts. They would have to disclose all social media identities used in the past five ...

Electric car-maker Tesla has been admonished by the US watchdog investigating a recent fatal crash involving one of its cars. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was “unhappy” the firm had made public details of the probe. The company had blogged on Friday that the Model X car involved’s Autopilot self-steering system was in use at the time of the accident. ...

The introduction of Uber as a means of transport, for many, has brought some dignity into commuting especially within the city. Many prefer Uber to the traditional taxi service because of the transparency in fares and the fact that the cars are unbranded. But all is not glitzy as it seems for the drivers, well from the account of at ...

1.Get organized You can simply group different types of apps on your homescreen together by dragging one shortcut and hovering it over another to create a new folder. You can also make sure you have access to your work anywhere by utilizing Google Drive to move your files from one device to another. 2.Change your perspective If you find yourself ...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted the giant social network “made mistakes” in his first comments since a data scandal engulfed the company. Political consultancy Cambridge Analytica is accused of misusing data from 50 million Facebook users. In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr Zuckerberg admitted a “breach of trust” had occurred. He also pledged a series of changes, ...