Entries by BBC News - Technology

Amazon fined for ‘excessive’ surveillance of workers /in /by

The online retail giant was found to be keeping detailed data on employee working patterns.

Tencent’s Riot Games cuts 11% of global workforce /in /by

Riot Games is the latest to cut jobs in the gaming industry after Amazon, ByteDance and Epic Games.

Fake Biden robocall tells voters to skip New Hampshire primary election /in /by

An investigation is opened into the calls, which are suspected to have been artificially generated.

MrBeast reveals he made $250,000 from X video /in /by

The world’s most popular YouTuber had previously said he would not bother posting videos on the site.

Cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs files for bankruptcy in US /in /by

The company, whose co-founder is in jail in Montenegro, was behind the crashed TerraUSD and Luna tokens.

Elon Musk visits site of Auschwitz death camp /in /by

The X owner’s visit follows criticism of the platform for not doing enough to fight antisemitism.

Palworld: ‘Pokémon with guns’ sells 5m copies in three days /in /by

The surprising success of Palword causes server crashes and exposes “serious bugs” in the game.

DPD error caused chatbot to swear at customer /in /by

The parcel delivery firm says the mistake was a result of a system update, which has been disabled.

Amazon takeover of iRobot to be blocked by EU /in /by

The EU’s competition watchdog has made a decision on Amazon’s bid to purchase iRobot.

Google starts building £790m site in Hertfordshire /in /by

The tech giant plans to use significant heat from the data centre to heat homes in the area.