Deliveroo shares have opened far below the expected price after investors spurned the company. The sale of “Deliveroo” is the biggest stock market in London for a decade, and the sharp drop in its first trading day is a blow to the UK’s ambitions to persuade more large tech companies to enrol in the UK. …
Amazon has become embroiled in controversy over its recent handling of news reports that its delivery employees are treated so poorly that they need to urinate in bottles to meet targets. Its official Twitter account set about dispelling the reports, but the manner in which it did so raised eyebrows. “These tweets are unnecessarily antagonistic …
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Google solved a problem that meant that Android phone apps were crashing for many users. The problem was caused by a system update that allows applications to view web content.It seems that an update of the Android System View system, which allows Android apps to view web content, was to blame. “We’ve solved the problem …
Reddit has found itself at the centre of controversy over users mentioning UK politician Aimee Challenor. The popular UK politics subreddit, r/ukpolitics, briefly set itself to private after a moderator was banned for posting an article referencing Challenor. The subreddit re-emerged this morning with a statement explaining what had happened. The statement said that the …
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The Brazilian consumer protection regulator, based in São Paulo, has condemned Apple for not including a charger in the iPhone 12 box. Last October, the consumer regulator questioned the company on this issue and, in November, the agency reported that the iPhone maker “had not shown any environmental gain”. Procon-SP, the Brazilian consumer protection regulator …
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Twitter has once again suspended Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account, her office said Friday, as Democrats in the House of Representatives decided to expel the congresswoman. Greene, who had previously promoted the pro-Trump QAnon party and backed calls for violence against Democrats, said in a campaign message that Twitter had suspended her account at about 1 …
The Redditors made a gift to the Dian Fossy Gorilla Fund, a charity for preserving gorillas, to “make a difference” in our world. The adoption of gorillas began on Friday, when a member of the WSB community said he had sent a donation to the Dian Fossey Gorilla fund, which allowed them to adopt their …
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Google has brought its real time captioning feature, Live Captions, to Chrome, from Pixel phones. The function must be enabled in the settings, but once it is, it works on any audio source in the browser, as it did on Android. When this option is enabled, live captions automatically appear in a small mobile box …
Starting from 1st July 2021, Google will take a 15 % cut in the first millions of Google Play Google Play annual revenue that a developer earns, down from its current rate of 30%. Product Management VP Sameer Samat says that developers who earn $2 million, $5 million, and “even $10 million” each year have …
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India is reportedly on the verge of proposing a cryptocurrency ban, which would penalize miners and traders. The bill would give holders of cryptocurrencies up to six months to liquidate, after which penalties will be imposed, a government official said. “We have no problem with technology. There is no harm in exploiting technology,” an official …