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Tech Digest daily roundup: Brit pleads guilty to 2020 Twitter hack
A British national extradited to the US last month has pleaded guilty in New York to a role in one of the biggest hacks in social media history. The July 2020 Twitter hack affected over 130 accounts including those of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Joseph James O'Connor, 23, known as PlugwalkJoe, pleaded guilty to…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Free EV charging points down almost 40%
Tesco, which has been providing charging points to customers since 2019, stopped offering free electricity in November last year. Britain's electric car owners will have to pay more to recharge as thousands of free charging points have disappeared this year due to rising energy costs. The number of charging points that…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Google moves step closer to ditching passwords
Google is moving one step closer to ditching passwords, rolling out its passkey technology to Google accounts from Thursday. The passkey is designed to replace passwords entirely by allowing authentication with fingerprint ID, facial ID or pin on the phone or device you use for authentication. Apple has begun using the technology in iOS16 and the…
Tech Digest daily roundup: US will not delay plane refit to prevent 5G interference
The US will not delay a deadline for airlines to refit planes with new sensors to address possible 5G interference, despite concerns the cut-off date could cause travel disruption. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Tuesday that airlines were told the 1 July deadline remained in place. Airlines have warned that they will not be…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Elon Musk tells BBC owning Twitter has been ‘quite painful’
Elon Musk and James Clayton. Image: BBC Elon Musk has said running Twitter has been "quite painful" and "a rollercoaster", in a last-minute interview with the BBC. The multi-billionaire entrepreneur also said that he would sell the company if the right person came along. The interview, aired live from Twitter HQ,…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Lawsuit filed against Google for £3.4 billion in lost revenue
A lawsuit has been filed against Google to seek £3.4bn ($4.2bn) in compensation for publishers for lost revenue. The claim, by ex-Guardian technology editor Charles Arthur, alleges Google unlawfully used a dominant position in online adverts in a way that reduced what publishers could make from them. Google said it would fight the "speculative and…
Tech Digest daily roundup: UK’s new net zero plan under fire from critics
The government has unveiled a new net zero plan which has been met with intense criticism from experts and environmental groups. The document was drawn up after the High Court ruled the government's existing plans were not sufficient to meet its climate targets. A central plank of the strategy is to store CO2 under the…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Ford’s EV business has lost $3 billion
Ford Motor Co.'s electric vehicle business has lost $3 billion before taxes during the past two years and will lose a similar amount this year as the company invests heavily in the new technology. The figures were released Thursday as Ford rolled out a new way of reporting financial results. The new business structure separates…
Tech Digest daily roundup: WhatsApp could be banned in UK, claims Meta boss
WhatsApp could be banned in the UK, its head has warned. The UK’s upcoming Online Safety Bill could force the app to weaken the end-to-end encryption that currently secures messages on the service, said Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp at parent company Meta. If the government forced the company to weaken that security, WhatsApp…
Tech Digest daily roundup: TikTok sets daily limits on children’s usage
TikTok is setting a 60-minute daily screen time limit for users who are aged under 18. If young people hit the new limit, they must enter a passcode to continue using the service that day. But they can opt out of the new measure, which TikTok says will be rolled out "in the coming weeks".…
