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Twitter is the latest tech company to rethink their programming terminology to remove racially sensitive terms. It follows the conversation around Breaker founder Leah Culver, which we first talked a…

The fastest-growing black hole in the universe now consumes the equivalent of a sun every day, according to new research.

Elsewhere in space, scientists have observed the remnants of a former gas gian…

A lab will open to research new ways to care for people at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. With the coronavirus crisis meaning human contact is limited, researchers hope to find affordable tech …

Indian Tik Tok users are devastated that the app has been banned in their country. Creators are being forced to turn to instagram and Youtube as 59 china-made apps are now blacklisted due to tensions…

The UK is sweltering thorough a summer solstice heatwave, which the Met Office warns could see UV levels spike to record levels. Its website says the index rarely hits a maximum of eight, but on Thur…

Donald Trump’s comeback rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has prompted a big question: Did teenagers, TikTok users and fans of K-Pop music troll the president of the United States? They claim they reserved t…

Australian PM Scott Morrison sends out a warning down under as China appears to be responsible for a major state cyber attack on their businesses and "all levels of government",

Matt Hancock gives UK …

In a move the company says will let people find new ways to tell stories, Twitter's testing out a voice function on its iOS app. Soundbites of up to 140 seconds long are now being allowed, with the f…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg reveals plans to push 4 million people to the US polls creating the "largest voting information effort in US history". Users will be able to switch off political adverts …

Chapter 16 of Dead by Daylight - the horror game created by Behaviour Interactive -  lands later on and we have a little teaser until the full release this afternoon. Elon Musk is getting his own way…

Twitter has announced that its removed more than 30,000 accounts from the platform being used to spread state-backed propaganda. The social media site said the accounts which had been removed were li…

Sony's taken the wraps off its next generation console the PS5, with it's "bold" new look. Social media memes have already started, comparing the machine to objects like a wi-fi router and a duck bea…

A row's breaking out among developers over some of the language used in the technology industry. It follows a tweet from the Breaker podcast app founder Leah Culver who says she's no longer going to …