Science and Tech

Intel was once unrivalled as the world’s chip maker. Now it’s fallen behind its rivals.

The surging global popularity of TikTok has seen the co-founder of its parent company, ByteDance, become China’s richest person. According to a rich list produced by the Hurun Research Institute, Zhang Yiming is now worth $49.3bn (£38bn) – 43% more than in 2023. The 41-year-old stepped down from his role in charge of the company in 2021, but is understood …

After a long wait, Apple has finally released its artificial intelligence (AI) tools for iPhone – to a select few. Apple Intelligence, a suite of AI tools announced in June, became available to owners of some iPhones around the world on Monday. The new features include notification summaries, tools to assist users in writing messages, and a glowing new interface …

Instagram has revealed that it lowers the quality of older, less popular videos – reserving higher quality for more popular content. Adam Mosseri, head of the Meta-owned social media platform said on Sunday “we bias to higher quality… for creators who drive more views”. He said Instagram reduces the quality of videos that have not been watched for a long …

A Scottish children’s hospital charity has introduced a gamer in residence for young patients in Glasgow. The new job involves visiting children to play video games with them, preventing boredom and providing some light relief. Steven Mair, who was appointed by the Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity, says gaming has already provided huge benefits to the patients. He said that playing …

Perthshire Picture Agency Tricia Fox’s small business in Scotland has been affected by the row between two major US companies One of the world’s biggest web publishing platforms – used by a large chunk of the internet – is locked in a spat which is affecting thousands of businesses worldwide. While most of the work WordPress does is not seen …

Microsoft’s chief executive Satya Nadella earned $79.1m (£61m) last year, a rise of 63% compared to his compensation the year before. That was despite a request from Mr Nadella to reduce one element of his pay package because of cybersecurity flaws at the tech giant – which resulted in him getting $5m less than he otherwise would have. In common …

Microsoft Activision Blizzard The Call of Duty series is one of the best-selling games in history It has been eagerly anticipated, but this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has finally dropped for gamers to get stuck into. The Call of Duty (CoD) series is one of the best-selling in history with more than 425 million lifetime sales and …

The FutureTECH Show/The Presenter Studio Waseem Mirza wanted his phone to run for longer Actor and presenter Waseem Mirza was not happy when he realised he would have to change his phone – particularly as it was working just fine. Although the hardware was running smoothly, Samsung ended security updates for the phone in 2020. “I just wish there was …

A communications satellite designed and built by embattled aerospace giant Boeing has broken up in orbit. The satellite’s operator, Intelsat, has confirmed the “total loss” of iS-33e, which has affected customers in Europe, Africa and parts of the Asia-Pacific region. Intelsat also says it has taken steps to complete “a comprehensive analysis” of the incident. Boeing has been facing crises …