[ad_1] GettyYou may have seen the word "Bluesky" popping up on your social media pages recently and wondered what people are talking about.It is an alternative platform to Elon Musk's X and in terms of its colour and logo, it looks quite similar. Bluesky is growing rapidly and is currently picking up around one million new sign-ups a day. It had 16.7m users at the time of writing, but that
[ad_1] WASDOne of the main showcases for UK gaming has been cancelled, reflecting the wider struggles of an industry which has seen a series of job cuts and studio closures.The WASD expo - which is usually held in London in April - is a shop window for British talent, with a particular emphasis on smaller, independent game-makers.But its organiser has now gone into liquidation.Co-founder David Lilley told the BBC "increasing
[ad_1] The social media platform Bluesky was hit by an outage on Thursday, amid a rising wave of popularity for the app, which is often described as a friendlier alternative to X,.Bluesky has at times been the most downloaded app on both the US and UK Apple Stores in recent days, with many social media users leaving X, formerly Twitter, in the wake of the US election.But on Thursday, some
[ad_1] Amazon has launched a new outlet called Haul which caps the price of products on sale at $20 (£15.79), in an effort to take on low-cost retailers Temu and Shein.The online shopping giant unveiled Haul as a mobile-only experience available in its Shopping app for US customers on Wednesday.It says shoppers can expect "crazy low prices" on Haul products that are "worth the wait" of up to two weeks
[ad_1] Getty ImagesiCloud is the online storage service from AppleApple is facing a legal claim accusing it of effectively locking 40 million British customers into its iCloud service and charging them "rip off prices."Consumer group Which? says the legal action - which it has launched - could result in a £3bn payout if it is successful, equivalent to £70 per customer.Apple has rejected the suggestion its practices are anti-competitive, saying
[ad_1] British newspaper group the Guardian has announced it will no longer post on X, formerly Twitter, saying it has become a "a toxic media platform".In a message to readers, it said the US presidential election "underlined" its concerns that its owner, Elon Musk, had been able to use X to "shape political discourse."Mr Musk strongly backed Donald Trump and has now been given a role cutting government spending in
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[ad_1] NatWest Group has blocked messaging services WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Skype on company devices to stop staff using them to communicate with each other.The bank had already told employees to stick to "approved channels" for conversations about business matters.But now it has gone further and made the platforms inaccessible on work phones and computers.So-called off-channel communications are a persistent problem in both business and politics, with concerns that services
[ad_1] ReutersDonald Trump's victory in the US presidential election has helped push the price of Bitcoin to a series of record highs.Backers of the digital currency are celebrating, and wondering how much more valuable it could become - with some suggesting it could reach $100,000 per coin.Its price is rocketing because the president-elect has vowed to make the US "the crypto capital of the planet" - a remarkable turnaround given
[ad_1] The struggling genetic testing company 23andMe says it will cut 40% of its workforce, or 200 jobs, as it fights for survival.The once-popular DNA-testing site will also halt work on therapies it was developing.Last year, the company said hackers had managed to gain access to personal information of millions of its users.23andMe's share price has fallen by more than 70% this year, as its co-founder and chief executive Anne
