Technology

Digital driving licences are to be introduced in the UK as the government looks to use technology to “transform public services”. They will be accessed on a new government smartphone app and could be accepted as a form of ID when buying alcohol, voting, or boarding domestic flights. Physical licences will still be issued, but ministers believe the voluntary digital ...

Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA’s Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago. Years in the ...

Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior that the bloc leveled last year. The social media company said it’s launching a test that will let Facebook users in Germany, France and the U.S. browse ...

Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices. The proposed settlement filed Tuesday in an Oakland, California, federal court would resolve a 5-year-old lawsuit revolving around allegations that Apple surreptitiously activated Siri to record conversations through ...

US President-elect Donald Trump filed a brief Friday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. “In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathing space ...

A Nasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT on Friday) after it had been out of communication for several days during its burning-hot fly-by. Nasa said the probe was “safe” and operating normally after it passed just ...

Morrisons has apologised after customers were unable to redeem discounts on their loyalty cards and had Christmas deliveries cancelled at short notice. The supermarket offers cheaper prices to More Card members on certain items, and has been heavily discounting Christmas food. “All our stores have now made the top 100 More Card prices the regular price – including the 10p ...

A space rocket built by a Japanese startup blasted off on Wednesday but was later seen spiralling downwards in the distance as the company said the launch attempt had failed. It was the second attempt by Space One to become the country’s first private firm to put a satellite into orbit, after the first try in March ended in a ...

Australia has embarked on an ambitious social experiment to restrict access to social media for children under 16, a move aimed at tackling the rising concerns surrounding digital well-being and child safety. Approved by Parliament last week, the law challenges the entrenched role of platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, and Instagram in young lives, raising questions about feasibility, enforcement, and potential ...

Scientists have been grappling with the mystery of moon’s origin for hundreds of years. The mystery partly solved in 1980s as experts then discovered that the lunar satellite was formed as the aftermath of an explosive impact with the Proto-planet Theia early in Earth’s history. But a recent study came up with another jaw-dropping theory on moon’s origin, denying the ...