Vince Zampella, who co-created the widely-popular video game series Call of Duty, has died in a car crash in California, aged 55. Zampella’s death was confirmed by Electronic Arts, which owns Respawn Entertainment, a game studio he co-founded. The influential video game developer was travelling in a Ferrari with another person, when it crashed and […]
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Will the US TikTok deal make it safer but less relevant?
13 hours ago ShareSave Laura Cress,Technology reporterand Lily Jamali,North America technology correspondent, San Francisco ShareSave Getty Images TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed a deal with investors to run its business in the US. But what does this mean for the over 170 million Americans (or so the social media platform claims) who use the […]
TikTok owner signs agreements to avoid US ban
TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has signed binding agreements with US and global investors for the majority of its business in America, TikTok’s boss told employees on Thursday. Half of the joint venture will be owned by a group of investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake and the Emirati investment firm MGX, according to a memo sent […]
Fifa video game to return after four years in Netflix exclusive
Fifa will finally release its much-anticipated return to video games in 2026, several years after its acrimonious split with developer EA. But it is Netflix, rather than a major game studio, which has secured the rights to the upcoming football game. Once one of the most profitable brands in gaming history, issues including a costly […]
Downing Street insists negotiations over US-UK tech deal still live
Downing Street says the UK remains in “active conversations with US counterparts at all levels of government” about a wide-ranging tech deal. The BBC understands talks over the Technology Prosperity Deal have stalled because of US concerns about what it considers to be wider UK trade barriers. Billed as “historic” when it was unveiled during […]
UK launches taskforce to ‘break down barriers’ for women in technology
The government has launched a new taskforce it says will help women “enter, stay and lead” in the UK tech sector. Led by technology secretary Liz Kendall, it will see female leaders from tech companies and organisations advise the government on how to boost diversity and economic growth in the industry. BCS, the Chartered Institute […]
US TikTok investors in limbo as deal set to be delayed again
A billionaire investor keen on buying TikTok’s US operations has told the BBC he has been left in limbo as the latest deadline for the app’s sale looms. The US has repeatedly delayed the date by which the platform’s Chinese owner, Bytedance, must sell or be blocked for American users. US President Donald Trump appears […]
Crypto fraudster sentenced for ‘epic’ $40bn stablecoin crash
A former crypto entrepreneur who was behind two digital currencies that collapsed and lost an estimated $40bn ($29.9bn) has been sentenced by a New York judge to 15 years in prison for an “epic” fraud. Do Kwon, a South Korean national, was co-founder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs, which developed the TerraUSD and Luna digital coins. […]
Oracle shares slide as earnings fail to ease AI bubble fears
Shares of cloud computing giant Oracle plunged more than 10% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the company’s revenues fell short of Wall Street expectations. The company reported revenue of $16.06bn (£11.99bn) for the three months that ended in November, compared with the $16.21bn projected by analysts. Revenue growth was up 14%, with a 68% […]
UK spending half an hour longer online than in pandemic, says Ofcom
3 hours ago ShareSave Laura CressTechnology reporter ShareSave Getty Images UK adults spent over half an hour longer online every day in 2025 than they did during the pandemic, according to an annual survey of internet habits by the regulator Ofcom. The Online Nation report found on average, people in the UK spent four hours […]