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Facebook to limit ads children see after revelations Australian alcohol companies can reach teens
Advertisers on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger will no longer be able to market to under 18s based on their interests
Read more » | Desktop version »Google, Apple and Microsoft report record-breaking profits
‘Perfect positive storm’ for big tech as pandemic fuels huge quarterly sales and stock market gains
Read more » | Desktop version »Wanted: browsers to help uncover the truth about online search result bias
Researchers are looking for volunteers for a study into whether search results really are influenced by previous browsing history
Read more » | Desktop version »Tesla second-quarter profits top $1bn even as it struggles to handle demand
A global shortfall of semiconductors has affected the Tesla supply chain as well as car manufacturers across the world
Read more » | Desktop version »Cryptocurrencies could lead to ‘limitless’ losses for UK government
Experts warn of danger of untraceable funds if companies accepting payments in cryptos go bust
Read more » | Desktop version »Tech firm hit by giant ransomware hack gets key to unlock victims’ data
Kaseya’s universal key can free the files of hundreds of organizations, ending the worst of the attack’s fallout
Read more » | Desktop version »AI firm DeepMind puts database of the building blocks of life online
AlphaFold program’s prediction of nearly 20,000 human protein structures now free for researchers
Read more » | Desktop version »Revealed: the people who signed up to the Magacoin Trump cryptocurrency
It bills itself as the ‘digital currency for the MAGA community’ but data shows most of the magacoin is allocated to its self-styled creator
Read more » | Desktop version »Uber and Lyft drivers join day-long strike over working conditions
Workers for app companies call for better wages and protections for those seeking to unionize
Read more » | Desktop version »Why Apple’s walled garden is no match for Pegasus spyware
Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Spotlight on Apple security … shake-up in the video game market … online age verification … and space tourism
Read more » | Desktop version »Bitcoin price slides amid EU call to make transfers traceable, and rise of ‘stablecoins’
European regulator want banks to hold personal details of cryptocurrency clients, while US wants swift work to establish less volatile ‘stablecoins’
Read more » | Desktop version »Airbnb suspends Victorian host who rejected couple for receiving Covid vaccine
Host repeated false claim coronavirus vaccine ‘transmitting to unvaccinated people’
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