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Government 'tried to block' rival coronavirus app, says expert
'We were hampered from the beginning,' says Professor Tim Spector
Apple closing 11 US stores after rise in coronavirus cases
Apple is closing 11 stores in four US states due to a rise in coronavirus cases, just weeks after reopening them.
Snapchat removes Juneteenth filter that encouraged users to smile to break chains
Company says 'diverse group of Snap team members were involved' in creation
Farmers call for green trade policy to help tackle climate change
The government should be pursuing a green trade policy in the wake of COVID-19 and Brexit, if it is serious about tackling climate change, according to the National Farmers' Union.
Solar eclipse 2020: Where to see and how to photograph it this weekend
The rare astronomical event will pass directly over 12 countries, creating a 'ring of fire'
Twitter bans Katie Hopkins for breaking ‘abuse and hate’ rules
Katie Hopkins has been permanently suspended by Twitter for breaching its rules on "abuse and hateful conduct".
Cern hopes to start building £18bn Large Hadron Collider replacement that could smash particles together with vastly more force
The new machine will be four times as big and six times as powerful as the LHC
Nasa funds major new search for signs of life elsewhere in the universe
Nasa is funding a major new search for alien life elsewhere in the universe.
Defend Earth from killer asteroid by using another asteroid, study suggests
Tethering the two together would change their mass and their trajectory
Robot sloth used to save the world's most endangered species
As well as cultivation, the mechanical mammal could be used in precision agriculture
Keen: Google launches new curation app to take on Pinterest
The app will use machine learning to recommend articles and pictures
Twitter apologies for not making voice tweets accessible to deaf people
'Accessibility should not be an afterthought' the company tweeted
We need to send at least 110 people to Mars to build a civilisation, study finds
Mathematical study could help plan for humans as they settle on any other planet
TikTok explains how its algorithm really works
TikTok's algorithm appears to focus more on the types of content uploaded rather than who uploaded them
Australia being targeted by ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack
Australia is currently the target of a "sophisticated" cyber attack - and an unnamed foreign government is behind it.
New technology could make your dog a motion capture movie star
Other animals have also been captured using the method, including horses, cats, lions and gorillas
Nasa discovers youngest 'cosmic baby' neutron star
A teaspoon of the star's matter would weigh 4 billion tons on Earth
Google Chrome extensions stole browsing data in widest-reaching malware campaign ever
The developers supplied fake contact information to Google, so it is unclear who is responsible
Government ditches contact-tracing app to move to Google-Apple model
The government is abandoning efforts to develop its own coronavirus contact-tracing app in order to focus on technology from Apple and Google.
Telegram: Russia lifts ban on private messaging app after it 'agrees to help with extremism investigations'
Russia is lifting a ban on the Telegram private messenger app, its government has said.
Apple event 2020: What we expect to see at WWDC, including iPhone update and new Macs that could alter its history
Event will see new operating systems for every one of its platforms
Former Google CEO says 'no question' that Huawei gave data to Chinese government
Huawei denied the allegations, saying that 'it is simply not true'
Quarter of new COVID-19 cases missed by contact tracers
At least a quarter of people who test positive for COVID-19 in the UK are being missed by contact tracers following up who they could have transmitted the virus on to.
US aims to tackle social media ‘anti-conservative bias’
The US has unveiled new proposals to reform how social media companies are regulated following President Trump's complaints about an "anti-conservative bias" in what they moderate.
Twitter introduces voice tweets for audio messaging
Twitter is introducing a new voice tweet feature, allowing users to share 140 seconds of audio with each other.
Twitter adds feature allowing users to tweet with their voice from iPhone
In total users could upload voice recordings for just under an hour, separated into 140-second posts
Zoom says end-to-end encryption will be available to both free and paid users in major U-turn
Decision comes after intense criticism from privacy groups
NHS contact-tracing app originally due in May now planned ‘for winter’
The NHS contact-tracing app will not be ready before winter, a health minister has said, despite initially being promised in mid-May.
WWDC 2020: How to watch Apple event live and when it will happen
Apple is about to host its Worldwide Developers Conference, its biggest software event of the year.
Radio blasts with 'regular rhythms' and unknown origin coming from space, scientists say
New detections represent the 'the most definitive pattern we've seen from one of these sources', according to researchers
Samsung's Galaxy Watch 3 wearable leaks online
The watch is expected to come in two sizes, with LTE and Wi-Fi connecivity available
Solar eclipse 2020: Rare Summer Solstice 'ring of fire' takes place this week
Annular eclipse coinciding with longest day of the year will not happen again until 2039
Google brings Meet video calls into Gmail app
A new Meet tab will appear in the app 'in the coming weeks'
'Unexpected events' found during world's most sensitive dark matter experiment
Unusual behaviour could require new physics to be explained
SpaceX internet service Starlink asks for people to try it out
The satellites will first serve geographic areas located in "higher latitudes" such as Seattle and London
Echo Auto: Amazon releases Alexa voice assistant for your car
Small unit plugs into car's power outlet and borrows phone's internet
Instagram denies algorithm boosts photos of semi-nude men and women
Research suggested that the algorithm promoted bikini photos and bare-chested men
SpaceX is building floating 'ports' where people will climb into rockets and go to Mars, Elon Musk reveals
'SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars,' a job posting states
iPhone shortcut will record your interactions with the police
It automatically pauses music, turns down the brightness, and sends a contact your exact location