Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in the spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people.

US actress Cloris Leachman, who won an Oscar for the The Last Picture Show and Emmys for her comedic work in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and other TV series, has died aged 94.

Apple made the software upgrades available on Tuesday, adding a rare note suggesting it was a serious threat

The Cannes Film Festival, which was cancelled altogether last year due to the pandemic, is being moved from May to July in hopes of having an in-person event.

Law enforcement authorities in several countries have joined forces to disrupt what they call one of the world’s most dangerous pieces of malware. They said it allowed criminal gangs to install ransomware and steal data from computer users.

French drug maker Sanofi has said it will help manufacture 125 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by its rivals Pfizer and BioNTech, while its own vaccine candidate faces delays.

In a statement, chief executive Satya Nadella called it “the dawn of a second wave of digital transformation sweeping every company and every industry”.

The Data Protection Authority took action following a complaint by the country’s Consumer Council alleging that personal data was shared unlawfully for marketing purposes.

The first private space station crew has been introduced – three men who are each paying 55 million dollars (£40 million) to fly on a SpaceX rocket.

A US judge has approved a revised Weinstein Co bankruptcy plan that provides about 35 million dollars (£25 million) for creditors, with roughly half that amount going to women who have accused disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual ...

The European Union has called on Joe Biden to help draw up a common rule book to rein in the power of big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter and combat the spread of fake news that is eating away at Western democracies.

A team of 10 Nepalese climbers who became the first to scale the world’s second highest peak during the harsh winter season have received a hero’s welcome on return home to Nepal.

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has decided not to appeal against a court ruling that convicted him of bribing South Korea’s former president in exchange for business favours.

“An infographic was hacked off of our PR newsroom site,” the newspaper quoted Mr Davis as saying

Bob Avian, a Tony Award-winning choreographer who had a role in some of the most beloved and influential shows on Broadway, has died at the age of 83.

The technology giant said Parler had shown an “unwillingness and inability” to remove a slew of dangerous posts that called for the rape, torture and assassination of politicians, tech executives and many others.

Google has threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government goes ahead with plans to make tech giants pay for news content. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison quickly hit back, saying “we don’t respond to threats”.

Twitter said the January 7 tweet from the embassy in Washington violated its policy on dehumanisation

Italian police have recovered a 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century Salvator Mundi painting of Jesus Christ that was stolen from a Naples church during the pandemic without the priests even realising it was gone.

One name missing in US president Donald Trump’s flurry of pardons is Tiger King Joe Exotic.

China’s highest-profile entrepreneur, Jack Ma, appeared in an online video, ending a two and a half month absence from public view that prompted speculation about the future of the e-commerce billionaire and his Alibaba Group.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has ordered the new owners of an Oklahoma zoo featured in Netflix’s Tiger King documentary to turn over all the lion and tiger cubs in their possession, along with the animals’ mothers, to the federal government.

Jean-Pierre Farandou, the CEO of SNCF, which owns 55% of Eurostar, told France Inter radio that “the situation is very critical for Eurostar”.

The Boeing 737 Max will be allowed to resume flights in Europe next week, the head of the European aviation safety agency has said.

All major markets recorded double-digit declines, down 32.3% in Spain, 28% in Italy and 25% in France.

The city was built on the promise of globalisation; its economy draws from the aviation, hospitality and retail sectors — all hard hit by the virus.

Organisers of the World Economic Forum are expecting leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for a virtual gathering next week — ...

The Boeing 737 Max can return to Canadian airspace beginning on Wednesday, officials said, concluding nearly two years of government review after the aircraft was involved in two deadly crashes that saw the planes grounded worldwide.

Stellantis, the car company combining PSA Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler, was launched on the Milan and Paris stock exchanges, giving life to the fourth-largest car company in the world.Stellantis shares rose 2.5% in Milan in early trading to 13.18 euros ...

A goat and a dog who were each elected mayor have helped raise money to renovate a community playground in Vermont, US.

China’s economy grew 2. 3% in 2020 as a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic accelerated while the United States, Europe and Japan struggled with disease flare-ups. Growth in the three months ending in December rose to 6.

Billionaire Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been sent back to prison after a South Korean court sentenced him to two-and-a-half years over his involvement in a 2016 corruption scandal that spurred massive street protests and ousted South Korea’s ...

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit has reached space – eight months after the first demonstration flight of its air-launched rocket system failed, the company said.

Pfizer confirmed it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its Covid-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to two billion doses per year.

China’s President Xi Jinping is asking former chief executive Howard Schultz of Starbucks to help repair US-Chinese relations that have plunged to their lowest level in decades amid a tariff war and tension over technology and security.

Elvis Presley’s Graceland is now offering online tours for fans around the world, including those who cannot travel to the tourist attraction in the US state of Tennessee during the coronavirus pandemic.

Nasa has declared the Mars digger dead after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature. Scientists in Germany spent two years trying to get their heat probe, dubbed the mole, to drill into the Martian crust.

A Tintin drawing by Belgian artist Herge has sold in Paris for €2. 6 million, breaking the record for the most expensive comic book art.

Illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher, the surviving member of the duo Siegfried & Roy, has died in Las Vegas age 81, according to reports.

Experts believe the shift may reflect a rush of conservative social media users seeking alternatives to platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Parler

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has defended the company’s ban of US President Donald Trump, but also warned of the dangerous precedent it sets.

Tom Hanks will host a TV special celebrating the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president, with performances by Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato and Ant Clemons.

Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postal stamp that will be issued in her native Sweden and is part of a series focusing on the environment.

Comic book lovers and tourists alike can catch a socially distanced glimpse of a Tintin drawing by Herge in Paris before it goes under the hammer on Thursday.

Intel is replacing its chief executive after only two years, but it has been a rough stretch for the chipmaker. Bob Swan, who became the company’s chief executive in early 2019, will be replaced in mid-February by industry veteran Pat Gelsinger.

German carmaker Volkswagen said its global sales fell 15. 2% during 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic but showed significant recovery toward the end of the year. The company more than tripled its sales of battery-only vehicles.

German authorities have now handed over all 14 works from the art trove accumulated by late collector Cornelius Gurlitt that so far were proven to have been looted under Nazi rule, the government said.

SpaceX’s supply ships previously parachuted into the Pacific.

Twitter has announced it has suspended more than 70,000 accounts associated with the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory following last week’s US Capitol riot.

A growing number of Iraqi women are using pandemic restrictions to establish home-based businesses.