June 13, 2024 4:15 AM EDT Meta Platforms Inc. was hit with a Norwegian complaint over its plans to use the images and posts of users on Facebook and Instagram to train artificial intelligence models. The process to opt-out breaches strict E.U. data protection rules and “has been made deliberately cumbersome by using deceptive design … Read more

Life is about growth, and one of the best ways to grow is to invest in your own learning. When you’re out of school, it’s not the easiest thing to do. But that’s why an app like Headway Premium is so valuable. This app gives you unlimited access to more than 1,500 book summaries to … Read more

Thibaud Hug de Larauze is waving his iPhone, boasting that it is more than seven years old. “It works great,” he says. Not what you’d expect from a tech entrepreneur heading one of France’s biggest “unicorn” startups – Back Market – which has raised more than $1bn to expand into 18 countries. The chief executive … Read more

Apple has just held its yearly WWDC Developers Conference where it revealed huge updates to the iPhone and iPad that make things more customisable along with improving messaging and introducing a refreshed Photos app. iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 are both big releases but Apple hasn’t forgotten about the millions who use its Mac PCs … Read more

NEW YORK — In the last two years, bird flu has been blamed for the deaths of millions of wild and domestic birds worldwide. It’s killed legions of seals and sea lions, wiped out mink farms, and dispatched cats, dogs, skunks, foxes and even a polar bear. But it seems to have hardly touched people. … Read more

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 42, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)  I also have for you a new minimalist phone, a book to read, a … Read more

Containers stacked at the Tanjong Pagar Terminal in Singapore. (Aparna Nori/Bloomberg) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Inflation looks to be easing across the developed world, except for one glaring pocket of hot prices: cargo costs on the high seas. Spot rates for full-size shipping containers to the U.S. and … Read more

The F-series is an important lineup for Poco, as the Poco F1 was the first phone from the brand to launch in India. A friend of mine still has the phone, and it runs fine even today. The F1 was a true flagship killer with an affordable price tag. However, things aren’t the same as … Read more

Share Tweet Share Share Email Reading is a joy many of us love. We read books, newspapers, and lots of things on our computers or phones. But reading can be hard on our eyes, especially when we use screens a lot. That’s where blue light reading glasses come … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Whenever a new technology comes along, the world has traditionally looked to Apple to know what to do with it. Under Steve Jobs, the company was renowned for converting groundbreaking technologies into the next must-have … Read more