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Amazon could avoid UK tax for two more years thanks to Rishi Sunak’s tax break
Firm increased business expenses in 2021 after former chancellor introduced 130% ‘super-deduction’ relief scheme
Read more » | Desktop version »NHS ransomware attack: what happened and how bad is it?
Cyber-attacks on health bodies appear to be on the rise again after a hiatus early in the pandemic
Read more » | Desktop version »Meta injecting code into websites to track its users, research says
Owner of Facebook and Instagram is using code to follow those who click links in its apps, according to an ex-Google engineer
Read more » | Desktop version »‘Data void’: Google to stop giving answers to silly questions
Search engine updates ‘featured snippets’ to reduce the number of often comical errors it makes
Read more » | Desktop version »Twitter allows MBS aide implicated in spying plot to keep verified account
Saudi official Bader al-Asaker accused by US of recruiting employees to secretly report on dissidents’ anonymous accounts
Read more » | Desktop version »Samsung Z Flip 4 launch: popular hi-tech flip phone gets upgrade
Cutting-edge folding phone unveiled with Z Fold 4 folding tablet, Galaxy Watch 5 and Buds 2 Pro earbuds
Read more » | Desktop version »Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth $6.9bn as Twitter trial looms
Tesla CEO admits he could need the funds if he loses a legal battle with Twitter and is forced to buy the social media platform
Read more » | Desktop version »Tesla’s self-driving technology fails to detect children in the road, group claims
Safe technology campaigners release ‘disturbing’ video advert showing car in Full Self-Driving mode hitting child-sized mannequin
Read more » | Desktop version »GMB calls for £15 an hour minimum pay at Amazon warehouses in UK
The company has offered only a 35p rise, and hundreds of workers stopped work last week in protest
Read more » | Desktop version »WhatsApp opens the door to silent exits from annoying groups
App spares users the embarrassment of a blanket notification as part of series of updates over coming month
Read more » | Desktop version »Google outage: tech giant apologises after software update causes search engine to go down
Users reported the search engine was down and problems with Gmail, Google maps and Google images
Read more » | Desktop version »Huge rise in self-generated child sexual abuse content online, report finds
Disturbing global trend should be ‘entirely preventable’, says Internet Watch Foundation head
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