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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 13 January 2026 Every Post Office victim deserves an OBE, says Betty Brown Share this item with your network: In the first edition of the Computer Weekly ezine for 2026, we reveal who in the world of tech has received gongs in the New Year Honours List, and why. We also sit down with competition lawyer Maria Luisa Stasi, who is in the midst of a legal action to secure billions of pounds in compensation for UK businesses that have been allegedly overcharged by Microsoft for opting to run its software…
Taiwanese officials have issued an arrest warrant for OnePlus CEO Pete Lau on allegations of illegally employing workers in Taiwan. Two Taiwanese citizens who worked for Lau have also been indicted. The China-based smartphone company has been accused of illegally recruiting more than 70 engineers from Taiwan.Members of the Shilin District Prosecutors Office claim that OnePlus reportedly set up a shell company in Hong Kong with a distinct name, then launched a branch in Taiwan in 2015 without government approval. The branch reportedly worked on research and development for OnePlus mobile phones. Taiwanese officials claim these actions by OnePlus violated…
It’s no surprise that Deadpool is coming to Marvel Rivals. Even before his official reveal at the Game Awards this year, it was only a matter of time before one of Marvel’s most popular characters made his way to massive hero shooter. The question lied in how the developers at NetEase would adapt the character’s signature swords, pistols, and meta humor into a game setting. And once that’s done, which of the game’s three roles the developers they assign him? According to today’s reveal trailer, it’ll actually be all of them. That’s right – Deadpool can be a Duelist, Strategist, or…
A Republican lawmaker is vowing to begin contempt-of-Congress proceedings against former President Bill Clinton after he failed to show up on Tuesday to testify before a committee investigating Jeffrey Epstein.House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told reporters he would start proceedings against Clinton next week, and could do the same against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if she fails to answer questions on Wednesday.The committee had issued subpoenas for both Clintons to testify about the late convicted sex offender. Lawyers for the Clintons called the subpoenas “unenforceable”, and said they had already provided the “limited information” they had about…
Joe Pike,Political correspondentandJoshua Nevett,Political reporterEPAPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is considering whether to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza.The new body is part of the White House’s 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas.It is expected to temporarily oversee the running of Gaza, manage its reconstruction, and be made up of world leaders.UK diplomats are seeking more clarity from the US State Department on the role of the board and its members.The Sunday Times first reported that Sir Keir had been invited to join the board.Government sources told the BBC “a formal invitation…
Image: Nicholas Sutrich/Android Central Samsung could be resurrecting its ill-fated voice assistant, Bixby, with the help of AI-powered search engine Perplexity. According to a new leak, the revived Bixby would operate similarly to its earlier incarnation, before Samsung sidelined the assistant in favour of Google Gemini in 2025. Basic tasks would still be handled by Bixby itself, while more complex queries would be passed to Perplexity. These could include hardware troubleshooting, web searches, and deeper research tasks. Based on the leak, shared by Galaxy Techie, Perplexity would be able to deliver responses in a variety of formats, including Interview, Storyteller, and…
ING bank is using generative AI-powered chatbots with a human in the loop to streamline mortgage applications. It is also testing speech-to-speech models
The second season of Battlefield 6 is being pushed back based on “community feedback.” On Tuesday, EA and Battlefield Studios said Season 2 will now arrive on February 17.Season 2 of Battlefield 6 had previously been scheduled for January 20, so we’re looking at a delay of almost a month. As a consolation, the team is extending Season 1 through the start of the next season.”During our ongoing development, we’ve continued to review community feedback and, in order to keep our promise, determined that our best path forward is to extend Season 1 and give ourselves extra time to further…