Tesla Elon Musk unveils plans to put one million Tesla robo-taxis on the road next yearThe Telegraph - By Olivia RudgardTesla will launch a self-driving taxi service in 2020, Elon Musk has said. The chief executive said the electric car company would have "over a million robotaxis" on the road next year. At a presentation
Technology How I turned £35k into a £650m fortune: Britain's top tech entrepreneur Rishi KhoslaThe Telegraph - By Natasha BernalRishi Khosla’s future at the top of one of Britain’s fastest-growing start-ups was never assured. Back in 2002, after dozens of calls to international investment banks that had given him the cold shoulder,
Bill Gates Bill Gates backed 'vegan meat' company files for $1.2bn stock market listingThe Telegraph - By Olivia FeldBeyond Meat, the manufacturers of plant-based meat substitutes, has filed for an initial public offering in New York. The Los Angeles-based company which makes vegan burgers, sausages and chicken plans
Microsoft Microsoft under pressure to keep China's '996' tech workers' voices heardThe Telegraph - By Margi MurphyMicrosoft is under pressure to keep a campaign against long working hours at many technology companies in China online and “uncensored” after it was blocked by a number of companies. A memo distributed
Huawei Huawei revenue jumps 39pc to more than £20bn despite espionage fearsThe Telegraph - By Ellie ZolfagharifardHuawei’srevenue rose 39pc over a year earlier in the latest quarter despite US pressure on allies to ban its equipment from fifth generation networks. The world’s largest maker of telecommunications equipment
Technology It’s Wi-Fi v 5G in the battle to connect up driverless carsThe Telegraph - By Hasan ChowdhuryIn the future, any car that does not have autonomy would be about as useful as a horse. So said Elon Musk recently with typical bravado. With carmakers pumping billions into driverless car technology,
Music Industry The best music streaming services: Apple Music, Spotify and Amazon Music comparedThe Telegraph - By Matthew FieldWe have all become familiar with music streaming apps, creating playlists, sharing music, listening to radio and enjoying tens of millions of songs across Spotify, Apple Music and more. But which music
British Museum 'Absolute unit': How MERL, a British museum of country life, became a viral sensation loved by the internet and Elon MuskThe Telegraph - By Matthew FieldIn a most unlikely internet pairing, a British museum and Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of electric car giant Tesla, have caused a viral sensation on social media. The museum in question is the MERL:
Amazon Music Amazon and Google launch free music services in challenge to SpotifyThe Telegraph - By Matthew FieldAmazon and Google both have revealed free versions of their music streaming services, ramping up pressure on Spotify’s place as the world’s most popular music streaming app. The two technology giants launch
Instagram Millions of Instagram users' passwords exposed to staff, Facebook admitsThe Telegraph - By Olivia FeldFacebook has revealed that millions of Instagram users' passwords were stored in plain text on the company's servers, making them potentially accessible to employees. The social network, which owns Instagram,
Pinterest Pinterest shares jump 30pc as investors rush into $12.7bn IPOThe Telegraph - By Olivia Feld and Olivia RudgardShares in Pinterest rose by as much as 30pc on Thursday as the image-sharing app went public in New York, showing that rampant demand for tech listings continues despite recent market stumbles. Pinterest
Lyft Investors sue Lyft for overhyping IPO after shares fall by a third in two weeksThe Telegraph - By Olivia RudgardInvestors are suing taxi-hailing app Lyft claiming it overstated its market share and failed to disclose safety problems with its shared electric bicycles. The company floated on the stock market last
Google Google offers Europeans choice to download rival web browser to ease antitrust concernsThe Telegraph - By Natasha BernalGoogle has revealed plans to offer Android users in Europe a choice of search engines and browsers in a bid to ease anti-trust concerns. The search giant will offer users opening the Google app store choice
Samsung Galaxy Fold Samsung's £1,800 folding phones are breaking after just two daysThe Telegraph - By Olivia RudgardThe launch of Samsung's first folding smartphone has been thrown into crisis after it emerged that many early versions of the device are breaking when unfolded. The Samsung Galaxy Fold, which will cost
Facebook Facebook uploaded 1.5 million people’s email contacts without their consentThe Telegraph - By Hannah BolandFacebook has admitted that it "unintentionally" uploaded email contacts of as many as 1.5 million users without their permission, in the social network's latest privacy blunder. The company said the issue
Blood Tests The sweat-collecting biosensor plasters which could end blood testsThe Telegraph - By James CookA bio-sensing 'smart' plaster has been developed by a joint US-China research team to put an end to painful blood tests via injections. The bandage contains four tiny wells fill with dye. When it is attached
China Chinese tech billionaire Richard Liu faces US rape lawsuitThe Telegraph - By Olivia FeldThe Chinese billionaire behind the giant online retailer JD.com has been accused of raping a 21-year-old student when on a visit to a US university. Richard Liu is being sued by Jingyao Lin, a student
Technology Training software firm Learning Technologies seals US push with deal worth up to $30mThe Telegraph - By Natasha BernalLearning Technologies Group (LTG), an AIM-listed provider of staff training software, has bought US human resources business Breezy in a deal worth up to $30m (£23m). The deal, LTG's latest in a string
European Union EU puts spotlight on tech giants with new rules on unfair practicesThe Telegraph - By Natasha BernalGoogle, Amazon and eBay will be forced to tell companies exactly how they rank their services online after tough new rules to avoid unfair competition were approved in Europe on Wednesday. Internet sites
Tech Industry Tech firm increases revenues by a third after giving staff Wednesdays off workThe Telegraph - By James CookA tech company in Australia has increased its revenues by a third after giving its employees every Wednesday off to relax. Melbourne-headquartered agency Versa, which develops software for Amazon and smart
Video Sharing Apple and Google block video sharing app TikTok in India over pornography fearsThe Telegraph - By Matthew FieldApple and Google have submitted to a court order in India blocking downloads of the viral video-sharing app TikTok, a Chinese-made smartphone app that is popular with teenagers around the world. TikTok,
Qualcomm Intel abandons its quest to break into 5G smartphones after Apple and Qualcomm reconcileThe Telegraph - By Telegraph ReportersIntel has announced that it is winding down a multi-billion-dollar, multi-decade effort to win a foothold in the mobile phone industry. The mammoth chipmaker, whose products dominate many other kinds computing
Netflix Netflix dismisses threat from Disney's new streaming service as it posts record $4.5bn revenueThe Telegraph - By Olivia Feld and Laurence DoddsNetflix has reported more than $4.5bn (£3.5bn) in revenue in the first three months of 2019, even as the number of competing services rapidly multiplies. The video streaming service said it had enjoyed
Huawei Huawei's employee ownership claims are a sham covering up possible Communist control, research findsThe Telegraph - By Laurence DoddsNew research has rubbished Huawei's claim to be owned and controlled by its employees, calling it "misleading" and "a myth". The Chinese telecoms giant has long told outsiders that it is owned by its even
Qualcomm Apple settles Qualcomm lawsuit over 5G chipsThe Telegraph - By Olivia RudgardApple has settled a lawsuit with Qualcomm, allowing the company to scramble to catch up with its competitors in the race to release 5G phones. The agreement ends a multi-billion dollar legal battle over
Technology Gig economy workers receive new rights across European UnionThe Telegraph - By Hannah BolandWorkers in the so-called "gig economy" including Uber drivers and Deliveroo couriers will be given new employment rights across the European Union, after lawmakers approved the new rules on Tuesday. The
Spotify Spotify's new London R&D hub to create nearly 300 jobsThe Telegraph - By Matthew FieldSpotify has opened up a new research and development hub in London that the music streaming giant said will create close to 300 new jobs in the capital. The Swedish company confirmed it would move staff
Technology YouTube added 9/11 conspiracy theory tags to Notre Dame videosThe Telegraph - By Matthew FieldYouTube has been directing viewers of videos showing the devastating Notre Dame fire to fact-boxes debunking conspiracy theories about the September 2001 terror attacks on the Twin Towers. Links to an
Technology Fintech firm Finablr looks to raise $200m in race towards London IPOThe Telegraph - By Hasan ChowdhuryFinancial technology firm Finablr is set to press ahead with its listing on the London Stock Exchange as the Europe's public markets finally warm up after a sluggish start to 2019. The United Arab Emirates-based
