AI chip giant Nvidia’s shares sink despite record sales of $30bn
Artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia says its revenues for the three months to the end of July more than doubled compared to a year earlier, hitting a record $30bn…
Telegram repeatedly refused to join child protection schemes
The BBC has learned that Telegram – the messaging app service whose boss has been arrested in France – refuses to join international programmes aimed at detecting and removing child…
Klarna: AI lets us cut thousands of jobs
The buy now, pay later firm Klarna is seeking to get rid of almost half its employees in the coming years through efficiencies it says arise out of its investment…
Man posing as YouTube star jailed for global sextortion plot
Warning: This story contains details readers might find distressing A predator posing as a famous teenage YouTuber who blackmailed hundreds of girls around the globe into performing sex acts on…
Dutch watchdog fines app €290m for driver data transfer
The ride-hailing app Uber has been hit with a €290m (£246m; $324m) fine for transferring the personal data of European drivers to US servers in violation of EU rules, the…
Zuckerberg regrets bowing to White House ‘pressure’ over Covid
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg says he regrets bowing to what he calls pressure from the Biden administration to “censor” content on Facebook and Instagram during the coronavirus pandemic. In a…
Canada to impose 100% tariff on China electric vehicle imports
Canada says it will impose a 100% tariff on imports of China-made electric vehicles (EV) after similar announcements by the US and European Union. The country also plans to impose…
Who is Pavel Durov and what is his app?
Getty Images Pavel Durov founded Telegram in 2013 Pavel Durov, the CEO of messaging app Telegram, has been arrested in France. On Monday, a French police spokesman told the Reuters…
In Russia, questions swirl over Telegram CEO’s arrest
Since Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire and founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested on landing in Paris on Saturday evening, there has been more speculation than substance about…
Telegram says arrested CEO Pavel Durov has ‘nothing to hide’
Messaging app Telegram has said its CEO Pavel Durov, who was detained in France on Saturday, has “nothing to hide”. Mr Durov was arrested at an airport north of Paris…