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Google Argentina's domain name was bought by a web designer while the site was out of action for two hours in the country last Wednesday. Nicolas Kurona, aged 30, said he managed to buy Google.com.ar through a…

Facebook has been criticised for temporarily removing the official page of the small French town of Bitche. The social network's algorithm confused the name of the town in Moselle, north-east France, with the English insult.…

Shares in Alibaba surged on Monday after the e-commerce company said that a record $2.8bn fine handed down by Chinese regulators marked the end of an investigation into anti-competitive practices at the company. Top executives at the…

Everyone has their breaking point. And when it comes it can be a small thing, an incident that usually wouldn't matter. Shannon Wait's moment was when her Google-issued water bottle broke. The data centre she worked…

Facebook has removed a video of former US President Donald Trump from the page of his daughter-in-law Lara Trump. The social media giant banned Mr Trump from its platform in January following riots by his supporters on the Capitol…

Mixed-reality platform, Microsoft Mesh, will allow people to join and share the same virtual experience wherever they are in the world. The system was announced at the company's Ignite digital conference, earlier this month. While…

Digital-only trading cards are being bought and sold as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). An NFT uses blockchain technology to create a unique digital certificate which states who owns it. There is no physical item and it can still be…

Russian authorities have blamed problems accessing Google and YouTube on a fire at a data centre in Strasbourg. The country's media watchdog Roskomnadzor tweeted that the disruption was due to the incident. The data…

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into whether Apple's terms for app developers are anti-competitive. It follows a series of complaints, including a high-profile one from…

Marks & Spencer is to launch 46 new websites in overseas markets from Iceland to Uzbekistan, as part of moves to grow its online business. It expands the retailer's online reach to more than 100 countries, offering M&S…

YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar's military amid ongoing violence following a coup last month. The video-sharing platform said on Friday that it had removed the channels in line with its community guidelines.…

Businessman John McAfee, creator of the McAfee anti-virus software, has been charged in the US with conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering. Mr McAfee and his bodyguard Jimmy Gale Watson Jr are accused of…

The Scots founder of one of the UK's biggest public relations companies has been forced to stand down after a "tone deaf" social media post. Gordon Beattie, chairman of Beattie Communications, published a…

In an interview with "Axios on HBO," Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said the company supports pornography on its platform, as long as it's not exploitative. Why it matters: Most other social media platforms — such as…

One other little tidbit or nugget from the Search Central Live event was that Gary answered how many times Google changed its search algorithm due to SEOs gaming the system. Gary said in the past ten years, he thinks it was about four or…

One of the most embarrassing parts of a video call can be trying to leave but failing to find the right button. Now a device which allows you to finish a call more easily has been invented. Created by Brian Moore, a 3D-printed pull cord…

American doctors are taking extra precautions as they monitor and treat patients with 2019-nCoV, the coronavirus that emerged in China last month. In order to prevent the coronavirus from spreading within and beyond the hospital, the…

The official Twitter account of the UK Government in Wales has been used to post pornography. The graphic video clip was shared in the early afternoon. An official told the BBC that the matter was quickly detected and the explicit imagery…

Jun Yu can't resist gadgets. More than 20 smartphones, old tablets and other devices lurk in a corner of his Beijing home - an ever-growing tech junkyard. His apartment also boasts a Google Home smart assistant and an Amazon Echo. "I…

Some forms of text-based steganography don’t even use alphanumeric characters or symbols at all. Alan Woodward, a security expert at the University of Surrey, notes the example of ‘Snow’ – Steganographic Nature Of Whitespace – which…

Severed fibre optic cables disrupted internet access in parts of eastern Europe, Iran and Turkey last week. The issue, which lasted for about two hours, was caused by multiple fibre cables being physically cut at the same time, a highly…

Living in the digital era modern software and web have become pretty demanding when it comes to user experience. You can’t just build an application, throw it into the wild and expect good results, without putting an effort to make…

Since the Russian military agency known as the GRU first entered the spotlight as the hackers that targeted the 2016 US election, it's become increasingly known as the actor behind much of the Kremlin’s most brazen digital behavior. It's…

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