A report calling gaming loot box "exploitative" has been supported by consumer groups from 18 European countries. You can only reveal the contents of virtual boxes by playing a game or making a payment. Some are useful and desirable, while others are not....

Two popular digital coins collapsed in May, shocking investors. It wiped out $400bn (PS318bn), from many other cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin. People around the globe are begging for assistance after losing their life savings. After visiting the residence...

Airbnb has decided to close its Chinese domestic rental properties. China is governed by a zero-Covid policy, which means that lockdowns are ongoing. According to a source, all listings for properties and experiences in the country would be removed from the...

Farming is hard work. Ask Rachael Sharp in South Carolina, a third-generation farmer who grows a variety of soybeans, wheat, cotton and peanuts. Last year, she saw fertiliser prices soar by 320% - the highest rise her or her father can recall. Ms Sharp claims...

I am in a spacious, colourful room with wooden floors. A man is standing beside me and a bird is right at my feet. The man and bird both disappear suddenly. This sounds surreal, but it's not real. It was actually a digital high-tech stage at Portsmouth...

Imagine that you are required to give a speech. But instead of looking at your notes, you see the words scrolling in front of you, no matter which direction you look. This is just one feature that smart contact lenses makers promise will be possible in the...

Canada has announced that it will prohibit two of China's largest telecom equipment manufacturers from using its 5G network. On Thursday, the country's minister of industry announced that ZTE and Huawei were being restricted. Francois-Philippe Champagne...

Germany's energy policy has been disrupted by the war in Ukraine. Germany's dependence on Russia has been reduced from 35% to 12 % and Russian gas from 55% up to 35% since the beginning of the war. Moscow still has a lot of income from energy trading....

Jessica Ennis Hill, Dame Jessica Ennis Hill, believes she could have been a better athlete if she had worked around her periods. Nearly 10 years ago, Jennis, a women's-cycle mapping app, was awarded gold in the London Olympics heptathlon. It will help...

The UK government will review the sale of Britain's biggest microchip factory to China. Kwasi Kwarteng, Business Secretary, will conduct a national security assessment regarding the Nexperia takeover Newport's Wafer Fab. The company could be forced...

Tesla boss Elon Musk ordered his staff to report to work full-time. He declared that remote working is unacceptable. The policy was communicated via emails, which were then leaked to social media. Tesla did not respond when asked for comment about the messages....

Campaigners claim that a Meta virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds used an avatar to sexually assault a 21-year old researcher. SumOfUs is the corporate accountability group for which the researcher works. It says that Meta requires better plans to reduce...

An investor in Twitter is suing Elon Musk, the social media platform, and Elon Musk for their handling of the $44bn (PS34.9bn), bid for the company. He is accused of violating California corporate law in several ways. It claims that Tesla boss, Tesla CEO,...

Laxmi, a ten-year-old girl, may never go back to school. Her school was closed when Covid-19 struck India in 2020. Now her parents cannot afford to send her. Laxmi was enrolled in a private school near her at a cost PS21 ($26/year). The family paid for it...

The worst period of commercial aviation history was marked by the pandemic. However, there have been dozens of new airlines around the globe in the last year, hoping to revive air travel. Bjorn Torre Larsen, chief executive at Norse Atlantic Airways, says...

"It felt like I was being investigated," said a woman who filed a rape report to the police. Sarah Jenkin stated that police sought her consent to access her social and medical records as well as her mobile phone. She said that "you're just stripped...

The UK's competition watchdog announced an investigation into Google's dominance in the advertising market. The Competitions and Markets Authority is currently investigating whether Google illegally preferred its services to those of its rivals....

It is possible to be turned away from a film rated 15-18 because you do not have the proper identification. The UK Cinema Association, which includes Cineworld and Showcase Cinemas as well as Vue, has partnered with Yoti, a digital ID firm. This app is free...

After being accused by law enforcement officials of using user data to sell targeted ads, Twitter must pay a $150m (PS119m), fine. Court documents show that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Justice claim Twitter broke an agreement...

Sheryl Sandberg is the chief operating officer at Meta, Facebook's parent company, and has announced her resignation after 14 years. Ms. Sandberg posted on Facebook that she was leaving, stating that she wanted to continue her work with her foundation...