Technology

From despair to $18bn listing: How Airbnb rebounded in a pandemic

The US rental site has filed for an initial public offering and is expected to float later this year

By Hannah Boland 21 Aug 2020, 6:00am
AI defeats human F-16 pilot in virtual dogfight

Over the course of five battles, Heron's AI program defeated the master pilot as part of a competition run by DARPA

By Michael Cogley 21 Aug 2020, 12:40pm
Britain will be Uber's next front in its fight to keep operating

Uber and taxi rival Lyft say they would rather pull out of cities than comply with local labour laws, but who is going to call their bluff?

By Margi Murphy 21 Aug 2020, 1:18pm
Apple faces growing resistance from publishers over App Store fees

By James Cook 21 Aug 2020, 9:51am
Losses mount at British unicorn Graphcore as it pours cash into AI chips

By Hannah Boland 21 Aug 2020, 8:59am
Mark Zuckerberg questioned for two days in Facebook competition probe

By Michael Cogley 21 Aug 2020, 8:01am
Tesla shares hit $2,000 for first time amid remarkable rally

By Michael Cogley 21 Aug 2020, 10:53am

Comment and analysis

We are at the mercy of Google's cloud services – and it could cost us dearly

Such is the public and private sector’s dependence on Google and its rivals that the five-hour outage will likely be felt at GDP level

David Richards
Why Apple hit $2 trillion in the middle of an economic catastrophe

Stock market surges and the growth of Big Tech during the pandemic help the iPhone maker hit the milestone

By James Titcomb
'I intend to be a human guinea pig': Meet Peter, the world's first 'cyborg'

Dr Peter Scott-Morgan, from Torquay in South Devon, is on a mission to combat Motor Neurone Disease by becoming part-man, part-machine

By Ellie Zolfagharifard
Gaming's toxic culture against women comes under the spotlight

The turmoil at Ubisoft, the makers of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, has shone a light on issues within the industry

By Margi Murphy

Tech trends

Apple asks Eventbrite to start paying app fees after events go virtual

Move comes as App Store faces criticism from Facebook and Fortnite maker Epic Games

By James Titcomb 17 Aug 2020, 3:59pm
Why Google's takeover of Fitbit should have you worried

By Hannah Boland 15 Aug 2020, 12:00pm
Facebook joins Fortnite in blasting Apple's App Store 'tax'

By Laurence Dodds 15 Aug 2020, 2:00am
Smartphone that tells you when you've had one drink too many

By Anita Singh 18 Aug 2020, 6:00am

Cracking the code: doubts linger as new Covid tracing app seeks to learn lessons

Experts remain divided on whether second attempt at an England-wide smartphone tool will deliver results

By Matthew Field 15 Aug 2020, 6:00pm
Microsoft announces Surface Duo will arrive on September 10

By Matthew Field 12 Aug 2020, 2:54pm
The best games of 2020 (so far): From The Last of Us to Fall Guys

By Tom Hoggins 19 Aug 2020, 12:28pm
AI helps Sainsbury's halve number of thefts

By James Cook 17 Aug 2020, 8:00am

Spotlight on... TikTok

Should I delete TikTok from my phone?

As Donald Trump announces a ban on US transactions with TikTok's Chinese owner Bytedance, should you be worried about using the app?

By Michael Cogley
Why the UK was left out of Microsoft's offer to buy TikTok

Data regulation concerns, a move in headquarters to London and splitting up the app have all put put forward as reasons

By Matthew Field
Inside TikTok owner’s dystopian Chinese censorship machine

Exclusive: Documents reveal how TikTok's Chinese version, Douyin, uses facial recognition to police foreigners. And that's just the start

By Laurence Dodds
Would anything stop us handing over data to Chinese apps?

For years Western consumers have opened their private lives to Silicon Valley. Now that habit could threaten American power

Laurence Dodds

In focus

Our best long reads, features, interviews and special reports

Britain's once-popular digital banks face a bruising reality

The UK's three largest digital banking start-ups have all warned of the impact of the pandemic on their plans for 2020

By James Cook

Backlash against 5G in Welsh town threatens to leave ambitions in flames

Social media campaigns and warnings over long-term health risks are driving mistrust

By Harry de Quetteville
The algorithm that has ruined the A-level results of thousands of students

Experts have warned that the algorithm has unfairly downgraded the results of students in larger classes

By Hasan Chowdhury
The unexpected return of the QR code

QR codes are having a renaissance as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

By Matthew Field
Silicon Valley's battle to seize control of the world's subsea Internet cables

Tech giants are fighting for control of infrastructure that serves as the essential plumbing of the internet

By Hasan Chowdhury

Homegrown Tech Talent

Celebrating the British entrepreneurs and business leaders taking tech global

Oil's 'Sun King' Lord Browne shines a light on Britain's coronavirus response

The former BP chief believes that a lack of engineering capacity has stymied the UK's battle against Covid-19

By Robin Pagnamenta
The British genetics boss on the frontline of the coronavirus epidemic

Oxford Nanopore is using its high-tech handheld scanners to monitor the spread of coronavirus by monitoring through DNA

By Harry de Quetteville
Dame Wendy Hall: The computer model behind the lockdown ‘has to be checkable’

Dame Wendy, chair of the Ada Lovelace Institute, also claims the contact tracing app will be 'useless' without mass testing

By Harry de Quetteville
Ben Nimmo, the man leading Britain's fight against Covid-19 fake news

Ben Nimmo has been on the front line in uncovering Covid-19 disinformation

By Ellie Zolfagharifard

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