Tag: amazon
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon unveils Prime Air delivery drone
Amazon has unveiled its newest delivery drone that will soon be dropping packages from 12 feet in the air in two U.S. cities. The retail giant has long wanted to […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Jeff Bezos plans to give away most of $124bn fortune
Jeff Bezos plans to give away most of his $124bn (£110bn) fortune, he has told CNN. The Amazon founder, 58, is the world’s second-richest man after Elon Musk, the Tesla […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon could have to pay UK shoppers £900m compensation
Amazon shoppers in the UK could receive a share of £900m in compensation, once a legal claim is submitted against the technology giant. The proposed claim alleges the company breached […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: TikTok to raise livestreaming age to 18
TikTok is raising its minimum age for livestreaming from 16 to 18 from next month. A BBC News investigation found hundreds of accounts going live from Syrian refugee camps, with […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Amazon launches online insurance store
Amazon has launched a small online insurance store in the UK, with an initial focus on home policies. It has just three insurers on board and plans to add more […]
LIVE: Amazon Devices & Services, Ring event including Kindle Scribe
Here we are at Amazon’s London HQ for its live stream launch from the US, starting at 17.00 BST, September 28th. Expect to hear plenty about new products and technologies, […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitch announces partial gambling ban
Twitch has announced a partial gambling ban, targeting slots, roulette and dice games. The Amazon-owned livestreaming platform will bar videos of gambling sites not licensed in the US or “other […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: NHS 111 software outage confirmed as cyber-attack
A software outage affecting the NHS 111 service was caused by a cyber-attack, it has been confirmed. Advanced, a firm providing digital services for NHS 111, said the attack was […]
Amazon adds ‘Ziggy’ wake word for Echo devices
Customers in the UK can now try a new wake word for their Echo devices – “Ziggy”. Inspired by David Bowie, “Ziggy” is the fifth wake word option for Echo […]
Yahoo! is top for news globally, BBC ranks 9th
A new study by broadband experts at Uswitch has revealed the world’s most popular news and shopping websites – and there are a few surprises. Analysing data from the last three […]
