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Tech Digest daily roundup: Pope has Twitter ‘blue tick’ removed
Twitter has finally started removing "legacy" blue ticks from verified accounts, with some of the world's best-known figures losing the verification sign. The Pope, author JK Rowling, football star Cristiano Ronaldo, US rapper Jay-Z, and TV stars Ant and Dec have lost their blue ticks on the social networking site, along with the Conservative and…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Sega to buy Angry Birds owner for £625 million
The maker of Angry Birds video games has agreed to be bought by the Japanese gaming giant behind the Sonic the Hedgehog character. Japan's Sega Sammy Holdings is paying €706m (£625m) for Finland-based Rovio Entertainment. Rovio has said Angry Birds was the first mobile game to be downloaded one billion times, and the brand has…
Tech Digest daily roundup: UK Government announces more details about emergency alert system
The government has released further details about next week's UK-wide test of an emergency alert system. A message will appear alongside a loud alarm on millions of mobile phones at 3pm on 23 April. The text that will appear has now been revealed - and it will say: "This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Hogwarts Legacy set to become biggest video game release of 2023
Hogwarts Legacy, a major video game adaptation of the wizarding world created by JK Rowling, has arrived, following a fierce online debate. An open-world adventure title like this has been at the top of some Harry Potter fans' wish lists for some time. But others are calling for a boycott because of Rowling's public comments…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter users vote for Elon Musk to step down
Twitter users have voted in favour of Elon Musk stepping down as the platform's chief executive after the billionaire ran a poll on his future. A total of 57.5% voted "yes" after Mr Musk asked his 122 million followers whether he should stand down. Mr Musk, who bought Twitter for $44bn (£36bn), said before the…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Space X will continue funding Starlink in Ukraine
Elon Musk says his rocket firm SpaceX will continue funding its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, a day after he said it could no longer do so. "The hell with it... Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free,"…
Tech Digest daily roundup: TikTok ditches 3 minute video limit
TikTok is to ditch its three minute limit on videos and will soon allow all users to upload clips up to 10 minutes long, the Chinese social network has confirmed. It brought in the existing limit in July 2021, upping it from 60 seconds, having initially expanded it from the original 15 seconds. The app…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple to crack down on AirTag misuse
Apple plans to introduce a number of changes to make it harder to misuse AirTags to track someone. The button-sized devices are designed to work with Apple's 'Find My' network to locate lost items. The company said its changes to the device will make suspicious tags easier to find, and alert users earlier that an…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Rolls-Royce electric plane takes maiden flight
Rolls-Royce’s first all-electric plane has completed its maiden flight ahead of a world record attempt later this year. The Spirit of Innovation’s 15-minute flight took place at the Boscombe Down military testing site on Wednesday, powered by the most “power-dense” battery pack assembled for an aircraft, the company said. Rolls said the 400kW electric powertrain was…
Tech Digest daily round up: Apple launches ‘no longer a spectacle’
A smaller notch. A faster processor. A new camera with cinematic mode. In the pantheon of Apple keynote events, Tuesday’s iPhone 13 launch was towards the modest end. “We still see room for innovation,” was one analyst’s rather dry take. Perhaps Tim Cook didn’t want to make any risky moves on an unlucky number. The unveiling…
