The European Commission (EC) has fined Google a record €4.34 billion ($5 billion USD) for anti-competitive practices, which represents the largest fine ever levied by a regulator against a single entity. Google is accused of forcing their own products and services through their Android operating system, which is illegal under antitrust rules. It is not illegal for companies to dominate a...

It has been 50 years since Intel was founded by Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce in California. Since 1968, the landscape of consumer electronics has changed dramatically, so it’s even more impressive that Intel has not only managed to weather the constantly evolving environment, but have established themselves as a market leader. On their 50th birthday, we're taking a look back at their big...

Mobile technology has progressed at an impressive rate over the past 10-15 years, but there is one component that doesn't seem to have improved at the same rate; battery technology. Mobile devices are thinner and faster than ever, but batteries have been unable to keep pace. Gone are the days where the latest mobile phone could last for around a week between charges; nowadays you would be...

Fake news has become widespread, and a large part of the reason for that is that users are unwittingly distributing it through social media. Facebook and WhatsApp (which, as you may know, is owned by Facebook) have faced criticism over how they have allowed this to happen, with many suggesting that the tech giant could do more to prevent the continued propagation. In India, fake news has lead...

Microsoft have announced the latest product in their Surface range - the Surface Go. It is the smallest and cheapest device in the range, and will be available from 2nd August 2018 (23rd August 2018 in the UK). [MEDIA] The 10-inch Surface Go weighs just 522g, is 8.3mm thick, and will run on Windows 10 in S mode (this mode can be turned off, but not back on again). In terms of storage, it is...

A team of journalists from de Correspondent in the Netherlands has discovered that certain fitness apps can be used to track down names and home addresses of their users. The security flaw was first brought to the attention of the team by Foeke Postma (a volunteer with the Bellingcat open source intelligence collective), who was concerned by the potential for exploitation. Astonishingly, this...

Monster Hunter World came to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in January 2018, but PC gamers have faced a long wait to find out when they will be able to play it themselves. Thankfully the wait is nearly over, as the developer, Capcom, announced via Twitter that fans will be learning the release date on Monday 9th July 2018. [ATTACH] Source: Twitter Capcom have previously said that they were...

It is a popular theory that smartphone apps are secretly listening in to conversations and then using that data for promotional purposes. Just take this example from a couple of years ago, in which a woman had "an in-depth chat with her sister about a tax issue, and the next day was served up a Facebook advert from tax experts offering advice on that exact issue." There are many stories just...

Some of Samsung's latest smartphone handsets seem to have encountered a bug, causing the 'Samsung Messages' app to send out photos saved on the device without the users' consent or knowledge. In one case, a Samsung Galaxy S9+ owner had his entire photo gallery sent to his girlfriend via text message, and only became aware of the issue when she told him what had happened. Concerningly, the...

If you've been waiting to upgrade your graphics card but have been put off by the recent spike in prices, we may have some good news for you. It has recently been reported that over 800 cryptocurrencies now have a negligible value following the recent plunge in Bitcoin, from over $19k in December 2017 to $6,348 yesterday - a fall of 67%. The Bitcoin boom has driven up the price of graphics...

There are rumours that Google is hoping to break into the console market with their own game streaming platform and hardware, code-named 'Yeti'. If this is indeed the case, there is very little we know about it at the moment - for example, we don't know whether Google are hoping to develop high-end hardware or whether they will rely on the streaming service to do most of the grunt work (more...

A team of five electronic neural networks are getting so good at playing Dota 2 that they have started beating amateur humans, according to a recent blog post from OpenAI. The bots have learned how to play the game entirely through self-play, and interestingly they work as a team. This was achieved through the implementation of a 'team spirit' parameter which tells the bot how much value to...