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The United States is reportedly working on a deal which would see Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, free to return to China without being extradited from Canada. Meng, 48, has been under house arrest for two years this week. She was arrested in Canada following an extradition warrant issued by the US for a

More details have emerged about who will be first to get the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine when the UK rollout begins next week, with the first doses having now arrived from Belgium. The highly-anticipated jab reached Britain on Thursday after being brought through the Eurotunnel on lorries. It is now being delivered to each of the

Facebook is to ban proven false claims about COVID-19 vaccines, but warns it will “not be able to start enforcing these policies overnight”. The change to the company’s policies follows the UK becoming the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for public use. It follows months of criticisms of Facebook, alongside

Switching from ultra high-definition (UHD) video streaming on a smartphone to standard definition could reduce carbon emissions by eight times, according to the Royal Society. In a new report on tackling climate change, the scientists offer electronic device users tips to reduce their carbon footprint. Digital technologies – from the services we use through to

The public should take the COVID-19 vaccine when it is offered to them if they want to see an end to social distancing, one of the government’s top medical officers has said. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, the deputy chief medical officer, told a Downing Street news conference that while people were “fed up” with ongoing coronavirus

This is an historic moment. The beginning of the end of the pandemic. And it starts here in the UK, the first country to licence a COVID-19 vaccine. The Pfizer/BioNTech jab was shown in clinical trials to prevent 95% of COVID cases. And it works just as well in the elderly, who are most at

One of the world’s largest radio telescopes, used to monitor the stars for more than half a century, has collapsed.  The 57-year-old telescope at Puerto Rico‘s Arecibo Observatory also featured in the James Bond film GoldenEye, when Pierce Brosnan’s 007 famously scaled the structure while grappling with Sean Bean’s traitorous 006. Unfortunately, the telescope sustained

Online retailer Very has cancelled what scalpers have claimed were more than 1,000 orders for the new Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles, which they intended to resell at a higher price. Limited supplies of the new consoles have driven numerous parties to the money-making tactic of attempting to buy more than one and

British telecoms providers will be banned from installing 5G equipment manufactured by Huawei from next September, the government has said, even if they still have unused stock. Although British companies were already set to be banned from purchasing new equipment from the end of this year, the new rules will address concerns that radio equipment

The government has secured an additional two million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which trials suggest has a 95% effectiveness. The announcement came as the government appointed a minister, Nadhim Zahawi, responsible for the national deployment of the jabs. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Moderna vaccine: ‘No evidence of

Free vitamin D deliveries will be offered to around 2.7 million vulnerable people by the government, officials have said. Vitamin D is necessary for immune system health, leading experts to question whether it may help reduce the risk or severity of the coronavirus. Care homes across England will be sent the supplement automatically for their

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it needs “more than a press release” about the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in order to evaluate trial results. Speaking at a WHO news conference on Friday, its immunisations director Dr Katherine O’Brien said: “What we have seen is a press release. “And what is really the next most important

Gamers are sharing tips on how to derail auctions for high-end graphics cards and consoles to try to end scalping – where people buy limited-supply goods to sell on at a profit. Fake bids for the latest consoles have been spotted, but some of the most committed activism is coming from PC gamers, especially those

A new UK watchdog is to police the dominance of tech giants such as Google and Facebook to try to prevent them exploiting consumers and small businesses. The Digital Markets Unit will enforce a new code of conduct governing the behaviour of the powerful online platforms. The move comes in response to government concerns that

Amazon says it is “really sorry” following reports that customers who had pre-ordered the new PlayStation 5 instead received deliveries of cat food and a foot massager. Social media users have expressed their disappointment at what they claim are a spate of unsolicited deliveries, including cat food, a grill, and packing tape, instead of the

Bitcoin fell 8.7% on Wednesday – just as it neared its highest-ever price – passing $19,000 (£14,241) for the first time since its 2017 collapse. It was joined by other cryptocurrencies in the drop, all of which had been buoyed in recent weeks by strong demand from institutional investors. Despite the losses, Bitcoin – which remains