• Big Tech: After long peace, Big Tech faces US antitrust reckoning

    After more than a decade of leaving Big Tech largely to itself, US antitrust enforcers have cranked up the heat, with several high-profile cases underway that could radically change the way the industry's giants do business.Launched under both the Trump and Biden administrations, five major cases from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are moving forward against major US technology companies -- including two against Google that could see the company split...

  • Amazon to push cashierless shopping tech into more third-party stores, while backing off itself

    Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to push its cashierless shopping technology into more third-party stores this year, even as it reduces its reliance on the technology in its own. The online retailer said about 140 stores use the system, known as Just Walk Out, which allows customers to scan an app to enter a store and leave with their items without paying at a register. Amazon will more than double that number this year. The company refuted a report by tech site The Information this month...

  • as struggling tech giant urgently looks to find its 'next big thing'

    Samsung sold 60.1 million units in Q1 - more than any other manufacturer. Apple took the top spot for the first time last year with strong iPhone sales. Now competition with Android makers like Xiaomi is heating up

  • Board staff push back on trustees' request for school safety data: 'Big ask'

    A request to take a deep dive into serious or violent incidents in schools – which sparked more than an hour of trustee debate – was temporarily sidelined by red tape having to do with student privacy issues.

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    Yup, Fallout is the final push that video game adaptations needed to become Hollywood's next big thing

    With comic book projects self-regulating and becoming just another genre (with some exceptions), monster brawls becoming a thing in the West, and star-studded originals regaining lost ground, the post-pandemic Hollywood landscape, both in theaters and on TV, looks nothing like the pre-2020 tug-of-war. There's always a big thing, however, and now, after Fallout's success, it's all but confirmed that video game adaptations are next in line.Fallout is just the last big hit in a short but...

  • 'Magnificent Seven' sell-off ahead of big week for big tech

    Big tech share prices were dented by a sector-wide sell-off of risky assets last week, ahead of earnings results for some of the 'Magnificent Seven'.

  • Hyrox the next big thing

    There’s a new sport that’s taking fitness capitals all over the world by storm. It’s called Hyrox and founder Christian Toetzke, who conceptualized the sport in Germany in 2017, said his idea was to stage a competition where the magic format is inclusivity

  • What's behind big tech's outages?

    Experts say tech outages do seem to be happening more often.

  • 10 Incredible Things You Can Do on Your iPhone

    The iPhone is set to transform the smartphone experience with a suite of innovative features designed to enhance accessibility, privacy, and overall efficiency. Apple has focused on making the iPhone more intuitive and user-friendly, with updates that cater to a wide range of user needs and preferences. Personalized Haptic Feedback and Enhanced Media Navigation One […]

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    Eye Health: 10 Things You Should Be Doing Every Day

    While you can't magically fix vision loss, you can take control of your eye health by living by these daily dos and don'ts.

  • Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

    Welcome returns at Liverpool, Arsenal and Villa juggle ambitions and Guimarães’s discipline under scrutinyShould Bruno Guimarães be booked against Tottenham at St James’ Park the Newcastle and Brazil midfielder faces a dilemma. Given that Guimarães is on nine yellow cards, a 10th would trigger an automatic two-game suspension, depriving Eddie Howe of a key player for forthcoming games at Crystal Palace and at home to Sheffield United. Alternatively, Guimarães could make sure he collected a...

  • Daniil Medvedev: ‘I feel I can do big things on clay’

    Daniil Medvedev has made no secret of his dislike for clay in the past. The