Katie Collins

Wikileaks tweets then deletes link to full text of Trump book

WikiLeaks tweeted on Sunday and later deleted a link to Michael Wolff’s book about US President Donald Trump’s first year in office. The link leads to a PDF stored in Google Drive, which includes the entire text of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” a new book about the president that Trump dismissed …

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Apple should address child phone addiction, say investors

Kids and iPhones — are they a good mix? Two Apple shareholders aren’t sure. Jana Partners LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, which together own a $2 billion stake in Apple, asked the company in an open letter, published Saturday, to address the issue of phone addiction among children. The pair ask Apple to take a socially responsible …

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Ban sale of mini mobiles used in prisons, says justice minister

Online retail companies should ban the sale of mini mobile phones designed to be smuggled into prisons, said justice secretary David Lidington on Monday. Often marketed as “Beat the Boss phones”, the tiny feature phones can be bought for around £20 to £30 online on sites including Amazon, eBay and Gumtree. On the inside, they can change hands for up …

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Facebook cracks down on ‘engagement bait’ in news feeds

“Share this for a chance to win a month’s supply of detergent!” We’ve probably all got at least one Facebook friend who pushes posts like this into our news feeds. And we’ve all rolled our eyes — or possibly hit the mute button if the friend is a repeat offender. Such problems should soon be a thing of the past …

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Ofcom must tackle ‘deplorable’ mobile coverage, says Lord Adonis

To phone users in the UK, it won’t come as much of a surprise to hear this, but now it’s confirmed: Mobile coverage around the country is officially rubbish. Urgent and radical action is needed to rectify the issue, Lord Adonis, head of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), said Monday in a letter to regulator Ofcom. New figures from an NIC …

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Google gets into the spirit with Holiday Doodle series

Google declared the beginning of the holiday season on Monday with a celebratory doodle featuring two adorable penguins. The tech giant promises the Doodle is just the first in a series that will pop up on its homepage in the coming weeks. The doodles will tell the story of penguins who jet off to warmer climes to spend the holidays …

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Apple invests $390M in Finisar for iPhone laser chips

Everyone gets spendy in the run-up to Christmas, even tech giants such as Apple. The company announced Wednesday that it’s investing $390 million in laser chip maker Finisar. Finisar will use the money to refurbish a manufacturing plant in Texas, where it will build chips designed to power iPhone features including Face ID, animojis and portrait photography. The 700,000-square foot …

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Instagram now lets you hit follow on hashtags

Instagram will make you seriously want to up your hashtag game. Starting immediately, the company said Tuesday, you can follow hashtags on the social photo app in the same way you follow individual accounts. This means any image marked with a hashtag that you follow can show up in your Instagram feed. Hashtags have always been used on Instagram to …

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Facebook wants to hire 800 people for new London HQ

Facebook opened its new London headquarters on Monday with the announcement that it is creating 800 new jobs in the UK. The new office is situated just off Oxford Street, the British capital’s central shopping hub, and incorporates the company’s first in-house startup incubator called LDN_LAB. “Today’s announcements show that Facebook is more committed than ever to the UK and …

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Google’s first

Google’s Doodle team went above and beyond to celebrate Computer Science Education Week on Monday with its very first coding Doodle. Available to tinker with globally, the Doodle lets you direct a cute, little bunny around a garden in search of carrots. Devised with the help of the Google Blockly team and researchers from MIT Scratch, the Doodle celebrates 50 …

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