Apple services had a “record-breaking year,” according to a blog post by senior vice president Eddy Cue. In 2025, Apple had 850 million average weekly App Store users (up from 813 million in 2024), over $100 billion in Apple Pay merchant sales, and a 36% increase in monthly Apple TV engagement. Apple Music also had…
Automated investment platform Betterment has confirmed that hackers broke into some of its systems last week and accessed the personal information of an undisclosed number of its customers. In an email sent on Monday, which TechCrunch has seen, Betterment said that hackers gained access to some company systems on January 9 by way of a…
A Hong Kong court has lifted a temporary anonymity order and ruled that a barrister cannot keep his identity hidden in criminal proceedings over allegations that he twice molested a former pupil nine years ago. Eastern Court’s Principal Magistrate David Cheung Chi-wai ruled the media could report the name of the defendant, Simon So Shun-yan,…
Laura CressTechnology reporter Getty Images The UK will bring into force a law which will make it illegal to create non-consensual intimate images, following widespread concerns over Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot. The Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said the government would also seek to make it illegal for companies to supply the tools designed to…
SABC Carolina Cecilia Chirindza and Rosita were lifted to safety by a South African helicopter helping recovery operations She was seen as a “miracle baby” after being born in a tree which her mother had climbed to escape flooding, but nearly 26 years on Mozambican Rosita Salvador Mabuiango has died after a long illness, her…
Danielle KayeBusiness reporter Getty Images Former Fed chair and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is one of several economic policy leaders to rally behind Jerome Powell Three former heads of the US central bank on Monday strongly criticised a criminal investigation into chair Jerome Powell, describing it as a bid to undermine the Federal Reserve’s…
A Hong Kong man is fighting for his life in hospital after jumping from his first-floor flat following a gas explosion that ripped through his home and blew out a window frame. Police said the man, 42, plunged to the ground after the blast around 6.40pm on Monday at an ageing residential building at 43…
Anti-government protests have swept through major cities and towns across Iran, and the authorities are responding with a harsh crackdown. BBC Verify has been examining disturbing footage from a mortuary in Tehran, showing scores of bodies. These images could hold crucial clues about what’s really happening inside Iran. Merlyn Thomas reports. Produced by Alex Dackevych….
Joe Tidy,Cyber correspondentand Liv McMahon,Technology reporter Getty Images Instagram has denied it has been victim to a data breach after many users received emails prompting them to reset their password. The firm said it had resolved a problem which allowed “an external party” to get the social media platform to send out legitimate password reset…
