Tech boss Jack Dorsey vows to donate $1bn to fight coronavirus
CEO of Twitter and Square plans to donate just under one-third of his total wealth to tackling Covid-19
TikTok chief keen to prove Chinese-owned video app is not a menace
In the US, there are fears app may be smuggling user data to Beijing’s servers
Feeding cities with less waste
The Plant in Chicago is among the global pioneers of a circular food economy
In a world deluged by plastics, a giant factory rises to manufacture more
Royal Dutch Shell’s plant will produce more than a million tons of plastic, in the form of tiny pellets
How $1bn from Microsoft could help to mimic the brain
‘I think that AGI will be the most important technological development in human history’
Big Tech knows you better than your wife – time for a data divorce?
Germany’s antitrust enforcer wants to hit tech giants where it hurts: the data they covet
Elon Musk looks to wire your brain to the Internet
Musk-backed Neuralink plans to use brain-implant technology to help patients with severe brain disorders
What Trump’s Huawei reversal means for the future of 5G
Chinese telecoms giant is the leading threat to US dominance in wireless technology
Why hire a celebrity influencer when you can design your own?
Virtual brand promoters are so lifelike, you just might believe what you see
US developers creating new homes for surging esports
Enormous arenas are being built with electronic sports in mind
AI took a test to detect lung cancer. It got an A
Tested against 6,716 cases with known diagnoses, the system was 94% accurate
Facebook rejects call for its breakup from co-founder Chris Hughes
Hughes argues the social media giant be subjected to extensive government oversight
The microbots are coming – to help us
Tiny sensors with tinier legs, stamped out of silicon wafers, could one day soon help fix your smartphone battery or study your brain
This Estonian start-up has become a thorn in Uber’s side
Founded by a 19 year-old college dropout, Bolt is an example of a troublesome trend for the world’s largest ride-hailing company
Fashionable exit: The separation of technology and style
The trend of marrying new gadgets with luxury clothing may already be over
Airlines still waiting for promised software fix for Boeing 737 Max
Top lawmaker to examine why regulator FAA did not demand more intensive pilot training
Boeing works to manage the 737 Max crisis with unknown costs
Software fix is manageable but will airlines lose confidence in company’s best-selling jet
Where is the vaccine against anti-vaxxers?
Again and again, assertion there’s a link between MMR vaccine and autism has been debunked
Hanging up: How I consciously uncoupled from my smartphone
My phone began to take over my entire being – it was time to detox and get my real life back
In the end Amazon didn’t win its own subsidy game
Analysis: Amazon will walk away from the largest and most public subsidy auction in history with little to show for it
You flush the toilet – and they made bricks Down Under
Australian team recycling stockpiles of leftover biosolids into bricks could save land and energy
Cooking for one: forget the notion of reheating leftovers forever
Cooking for yourself can be an act of self-care, plus there’s less effort, less time in the kitchen and less food waste
Amsterdam’s plea to tourists: Visit, but behave
New moves include on-the-spot fines for public urination, drunkenness or excessive noise
Instagram’s founders flee Zuckerberg’s Facebook ‘family’
Increasing level of control exerted by Zuckerberg among reasons that led to departures
Rat in soup wipes €163 million off restaurant chain’s value
Video of unexpected hotpot ingredient shared on social media
‘Can we do it in bed?’ Cher asks, smiling slyly. Who would say no?
Cher has never been a huge Cher fan. But she loves being Cher
Volkswagen’s effort to avert more scandals insufficient, report says
Car maker guilty of emissions cheating lacks proper whistleblower scheme three years on
Elon Musk interview: ‘I was not on weed’ when sending fateful tweet on Tesla
Electric car company founder struggles to maintain composure during first interview since tweeting plan to go private
Male critics are harsher than women on female-led films, study says
Study shows female writers give higher rating to films starring women than males do
Inside the mating rituals of brands and online stars
With deals collectively worth billions of euros at stake, the pressure is on advertisers and viral performers on sites like YouTube and Instagram to find the right match
How much will the trade war cost a typical American family? About $60 (so far)
Prices could rise greatly if tit-for-tat escalation drives total of affected goods toward $1tn
What did Frances McDormand mean by an ‘inclusion rider’?
A-list actors can stipulate that ‘the world onscreen looks like the world we live in’
Tennis moving closer to taking the human element out of line calls
ATP World Tour currently testing Hawk-Eye Live – an electronic line-calling device
High-tech broom sweeps through curling at Winter Olympics
SmartBroom sold to eight of 13 national curling teams competing in Pyeongchang
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