Shopify has expanded its relationship with TikTok to bring shopping tabs and product discovery to the video-sharing social network. The multinational e-commerce platform said that social media shopping has become one of its fastest growing channels.
Samsung Group has plans to invest 240 trillion won ($205.6 billion) across three years. The money will be spent expanding its presence in the biopharmaceutical, AI, semiconductor, and robotics industries.
Chinese ride-hailing business Didi has reportedly paused its plans to launch in the UK and Europe. A source close to Didi told the BBC that plans for the Western European rollout had been halted.
The number of online grooming cases recorded by police increased by around 70 per cent in the past three years, reaching an all-time high in 2021. According to the NSPCC, offenders are exploiting risky design features on apps and platforms popular with children – with Snapchat and Instagram the most common tools used by groomers.
Deliveroo and Boots UK have announced a new delivery partnership launching at 14 pilot stores across the UK. The tie-up marks the health and beauty retailer’s first on-demand delivery partnership.
The UK Health Security Agency is to launch a UK-wide antibody surveillance programme for the general public this week. Home antibody tests will be available for up to 8,000 people a day across the UK who opt in to the service through NHS Test and Trace.
Global marketing communications agency Wunderman Thompson has bought AI-focused technology business Satalia for an undisclosed amount. Satalia offers AI solutions for companies across a number of industries, including retail, grocery, telecommunications, and consultancy.
Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla has revealed plans to develop a humanoid robot in 2022. Tesla said the robot would eliminate "dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks."
Post Office customers can now collect parcels and letters using an app to show their ID. The platform serves as an alternative to using a physical document such a passport or driver's licence as a form of identification.
PayPal has announced the launch of a new service that enables UK customers to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency. PayPal customers in the UK will be able to choose from four types of cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash. They can start by buying as little as £1 of cryptocurrency via the platform.
Poly Network has offered hackers a $500,000 bug bounty after they stole millions from the decentralised finance provider (DeFi). On Thursday hackers returned part of the $600 million in cryptocurrency stolen from the business.
Research has found that abusive posts are not as likely to be detected if they include emojis. A new study from the University of Oxford suggests that emoji-based hate is proving a key emerging challenge for the detection of online hate.
Facebook’s merger with Giphy could harm competition between social media platforms and remove a potential challenger in the display advertising market, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said. The merger brings together Facebook, the largest provider of social media sites and display advertising in the UK, with Giphy, the largest provider of GIFs.
Hackers have returned part of the $600 million in cryptocurrency they stole from Poly Network on Tuesday. According to the decentralised finance provider (DeFi), the hackers have returned $342 million.
Ransomware attacks have increased by 64 per cent in the past year, according to new research. A study from digital security company Barracuda Networks identified 121 incidents of ransomware over the past 12 months, from August 2020 to July 2021, and examined the attack patterns and trends that have emerged.