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Nissan accused of dumping its electric car pioneers Owners of Nissan Leaf electric cars have accused the firm of “dumping its pioneers” after it announced its app would stop working for older vehicles. The firm says the app – which allows remote control of functions such as heating – is stopping because the UK’s 2G network is being switched off. …

Apple fined €1.8bn by the EU for breaking streaming rules Apple has been fined €1.8bn (£1.5bn) by the EU for breaking competition laws over music streaming. The firm had prevented streaming services from informing users of payment options outside the Apple app store, the European Commission said. Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Apple abused its dominant position in the market …

After the outage, Musk said Tesla spent $500 million on charging the network Tesla ( TSLA.O ) will spend more than $500 million this year to expand its fast-charging network, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday, days after abruptly laying off workers running the business. “Just to reiterate: Tesla will spend more than $500M expanding our Supercharger network …

Microsoft gets US $242m verdict in Cortana patent claim Microsoft ( MSFT.O ) must pay IPA Technologies patent owner $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft’s Cortana virtual assistant software infringed on IPA patents. A jury agreed with the IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft’s voice recognition technology infringed on the IPA’s …

Musk’s Starlink satellite is disrupted by a massive solar storm Starlink, the satellite arm of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, warned on Saturday of “degraded service” as Earth was hit by the biggest geomagnetic storm from solar activity in two decades. Starlink owns around 60% of the approximately 7,500 satellites orbiting the Earth and is the dominant player in the satellite internet. …

Plans to increase the resilience of the 999 system were announced The government has announced new measures it says will increase the resilience of the 999 system, following the worst outage in nearly 90 years. Technical issues across the country mean calls are not being connected to emergency services in June 2023. The government will increase its surveillance of any …

Apple is the latest tech giant under siege To understand the extent to which the US government’s new lawsuit attacks the essence of the identity Apple has forged for itself, let’s first consider the firm’s fan base. Apple has a unique position as a technology brand. I’ve been to a lot of Apple events in my time, both virtual and …

Apple, Meta and Google will be investigated by the EU The EU has announced investigations into some of the world’s biggest technology firms over anti-competitive practices. Meta, Apple and Alphabet, which owns Google, are being investigated for possible violations of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) introduced in 2022. If they are found to be breaking the rules, firms can face …

Elon Musk’s X anti-hate group case thrown out A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s social media firm X against a group that claims hate speech has increased on the platform since the tech tycoon took over. X has accused the Center Against Digital Hate (CCDH) of taking “unlawful” steps to access his data. A US …

Charges for Uber Eats drivers over face scan bias case A black Uber Eats driver has been fined after “racially discriminatory” facial recognition checks prevented him from accessing the app to get work. When Pa Edrissa Manjang started working for Uber Eats, in November 2019, the app didn’t often ask him to send a selfie to register for a job. …