Monday, March 10, 2025

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google

Tech Tent: Google comes out to play

It is the search giant which is pouring billions into everything from mobile phones to artificial intelligence and driverless cars,
TV business

Is Apple about to expand its TV business?

Could Apple be about to unveil a move into subscription TV?
artificial meat

UK scientists join race for artificial meat

British scientists have joined the race to produce meat grown in the lab rather than reared on the hoof.
huge meteor

US detects huge meteor explosion

A huge fireball exploded in the Earth's atmosphere in December, according to Nasa.
WWW

Tech Tent: The WWW turns 30

In March 1989, a computer scientist at the Cern particle physics lab near Geneva submitted a proposal to his boss who scrawled "vague but exciting" on the document.
Spotify

Apple responds to Spotify complaints over App store

Apple has replied to claims by Spotify that App store policies gave it an "unfair advantage".
Facebook

Facebook and Instagram services suffer widespread outages

Several of Facebook’s products are suffering partial outages, affecting users globally.
Sega game

Japan Sega game sales halted after cocaine arrest

Games firm Sega is to stop sales of its video game Judgment in Japan, after actor Pierre Taki, who appears in it, was arrested for alleged drug use.
killer robots

US seeks to allay fears over killer robots

Humans will always make the final decision on whether armed robots can shoot, the US Department of Defense has said.
dairy farms

Climate change: Pledge to cut emissions from dairy farms

A dairy firm is pledging to make its operations carbon-neutral from cow to supermarket by 2050, including more than 2,000 farms in the UK.

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