Category: <span>Tech News</span>

Uber is reclassifying its 70,000 drivers in the United Kingdom after the UK Supreme Court upheld a ruling last month that they should be classified as workers and not independent contractors. The company said Tuesday that as “workers” — a classification unique to employment law in the UK that falls short of “employee” — drivers will be entitled to...

Why are we in the news? Because Yuppiechef has recently agreed to become a part of the Mr Price Group, and be owned by them, once the deal is approved by the Competition Commission. Hang on — wait. What’s that going to change for customers? Not much really. We’re still going to be the same...

Free streaming platform Tubi has plans to branch out into original programming, Bloomberg reports, citing sources familiar with the company’s plans. The streamer will likely start with original movies, but is also exploring episodic TV shows, and is speaking with potential advertisers about partnerships, the report states. Fox Corp. acquired Tubi for $440 million last March, in an...

Netflix has more than 200 million subscribers around the world, and now the company is looking at ways to curb password sharing for both business and security reasons. A new feature, first spotted by GammaWire, prevents people who are not authorized to use the account from accessing it. A Netflix spokesperson told The Verge, “This test is designed to help...

TikTok has announced new in-app features to further fight bullying and harassment, in addition to adding features to support people with eating disorders. The Filter All Comments feature will allow creators to choose which comments will appear in the replies section. When the feature is enabled, only comments approved by the video creator will be displayed...

The iMac Pro has been discontinued, with the Apple Store on last Friday removed all build-to-order configurations for the product. The only model now available to buy is the $4999 base config and the Apple Store says that is only available ‘while supplies last’. Some other SKUs remain available at third-party retailers for the time being. The iMac Pro...

Some users on Instagram reported that they were no longer seeing the number of likes on posts, as Hypebeast reported. In an official statement, the social media platform has now noted that the disappearance was because of a “bug.” But it is important to understand that the “bug” is part of ongoing private tests experimenting with hiding like...

Video chat application Zoom will introduce a new feature on Zoom for GSuite Add-On. Effective Sunday, April 25th, Zoom will be enabling new Zoom Phone features in the Zoom for GSuite Add-On that will prompt all users to reauthorise Google’s access to contacts and the company directory so that users can place calls directly through Google...

Jay-Z acquired Tidal for $56 million in 2015 and announced plans to turn it into the first artist-owned streaming service. Square Inc. has agreed to buy a majority stake in Tidal, the streaming music service led by rapper Jay-Z, as part of an effort to expand the company’s suite of financial tools to musicians and...

South Africa’s Information Regulator (IR) has written to Facebook South Africa “and provided an analysis of some of the concerns that it has” around WhatsApp’s new privacy policy, it said in a statement on Wednesday night, Business Insider SA reported. Facebook responded to the IR’s statement: “We are reviewing a letter from the Information Regulator...