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Google

Google Maps to start showing more eco-friendly routes

Facebook gives users power to limit comments on public posts

Facebook gives users power to limit comments on public posts

Jupiter Artland recreated in Minecraft

Sculpture park recreated in Minecraft

Social media

Social media firms ‘failing to meet even minimum test’ over Covid misinformation

Apple

Apple’s WWDC to stay virtual for a second year

Dead Man's Phone game

Interactive mobile game launched to tackle ‘hidden issues’ of race in Britain

TikTok

TikTok joins campaign to stop online wildlife trafficking

Man creates video game where users can try to unblock the Suez Canal

Man creates Suez Canal video game to capture ‘gargantuan’ task of freeing boat

Young girl holding smartphone

Eating disorder charity warns against social media adverts for body-editing apps

National Cyber Security Centre launch

UK’s cyber security unit ‘clear-eyed’ on China’s technology ambitions

Apps on a smartphone

MPs launch inquiry into power of social media influencers

Ofcom office sign

Ofcom to create tech hub and up to 150 new jobs in Manchester

Facebook

Facebook apps used in more than half of online child sex crimes, NSPCC says

NCSC

Cybersecurity ‘not taken as seriously as it should be’, says new agency chief

Bafta Game Awards

Hades is the big winner at the Bafta Game Awards

John Cleese

John Cleese says NFT boom is ‘completely absurd’ as he offers drawing of his own

Laptop

Businesses warned of hidden cyber attacks as number of reported breaches falls

Boy George

Boy George to create content for cryptocurrency exchange platform