Xbox’s Phil Spencer: ‘We’re not driven by how many consoles we sell’

As the Xbox Series X and Series S are released, Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer says the next games generation is all about how many players you have, not how many consoles you shift

WhatsApp now lets users send disappearing messages

Feature on Facebook-owned app is designed to help people cut their digital footprint

Facebook leak reveals policies on restricting New York Post’s Biden story

Moderators had to manually intervene to limit distribution of Hunter Biden report

Big tech accused of avoiding $2.8bn in tax to poorest countries

Reform of international corporate taxation could transform health and education, says report

Lawsuit against Google is a significant and long overdue moment

The anti-monopoly claim against Alphabet will take years in the courts but a case has been brought nonetheless

The Hunter Biden story was a test for tech platforms. They barely passed

Facebook and Twitter are trying to avoid repeating the 2016 misinformation disaster, but haven’t totally figured out how

Arm co-founder: Nvidia takeover would create another US tech monopoly

UK should intervene to stop sale of Cambridge-based chip designer, says entrepreneur

Finally US politicians are taking the fight to the tech giants

The House of Representatives’ report is a timely attack on Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google

Rebels within: the Facebook staff openly challenging Zuckerberg

A developer’s powerful resignation letter is the latest condemnation of the social network’s attitude to hate speech

Rishi Sunak: UK needs to protect tech secrets from foreign investors

New state aid rules required to stop hostile countries getting access to firms, says chancellor

Google to lease extra 70,000 sq ft in UK offices despite remote working

New offices will reportedly be near to the under-construction ‘landscraper’ HQ in London’s King’s Cross

Airbnb pays £1.8m extra UK tax after investigation

Holiday rental giant says it is also cooperating with HMRC over details of hosts’ incomes

Coronavirus drives surge in support for unionisation, say games industry activists

Unpaid overtime, 100-hour weeks, instant dismissals … the pandemic has brought fresh momentum to the games industry’s union drive

MPs to debate Arm Holdings $40bn sale despite Nvidia boss’s guarantees

Jensen Huang’s offer of legally binding guarantees to safeguard UK interests fail to allay doubts