Monthly Archives: July 2021

Heathrow’s Terminal 5 saw long queues at security on Monday morning because of the absence of more than 100 staff. The airport said the issue had arisen because the security staff were instructed to self-isolate by the NHS Test and Trace app. Some passengers experienced lengthy queues from 06:00. Many complained that there was limited […]

If you are less focused on climbing the corporate ladder since the coronavirus crisis forced more of us to work from home, you are not alone. That is according to a study by Aviva, which found 47% of employees were less career-focused because of the pandemic. Around two in five people said they could never […]

Microsoft is to give its non-executive staff a $1,500 (£1,080) bonus for their work during the pandemic. The company told the BBC it was a symbol of appreciation “during a uniquely challenging year”. It added: “We are proud to recognise our employees with a one-time monetary gift.” In the first quarter of 2021 Microsoft’s profits […]

Former US president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook, claiming that he is the victim of censorship. The class action lawsuit also targets the three companies’ CEOs. Mr Trump was suspended from his social accounts in January over public safety concerns in the wake of the Capitol riots, […]

Chinese gaming giant Tencent is rolling out facial recognition to stop children playing between 22:00 and 08:00. The “midnight-patrol” technology will stop “tricks” circumventing the government curfew, introduced in 2019 with a cap on what young gamers could spend on in-game transactions, it says. The bans require gamers to register with their official IDs, linked […]

Audio-edit software Audacity has denied accusations its new privacy policy has transformed it into “possible spyware”. The open-source free tool, with 100 million users worldwide, is popular with podcast and music editors. Its updated policy says data can be shared with its Russia-based infrastructure company, WSM, as well as regional law enforcement. Audacity says the […]

About 200 US businesses have been hit by a “colossal” ransomware attack, according to a cyber-security firm. Huntress Labs said the hack targeted Florida-based IT company Kaseya before spreading through corporate networks that use its software. Kaseya said in a statement on its own website that it was investigating a “potential attack”. Huntress Labs said […]

Sir Richard Branson has named the date he’ll fly to the edge of space. It will be 11 July, or very soon after. He’ll be a passenger in the back of the Unity rocket plane his Virgin Galactic company has been developing in the US for the better part of two decades. The vehicle can […]

UK-based space start-up OneWeb has received a cash injection of $500m (£361m) from Indian firm Bharti Global. The deal means Bharti will now take a 39% stake, making it the biggest shareholder in the satellite provider. The UK government is also a major shareholder after it and Bharti put in $1bn to buy OneWeb out […]