When Australia's coronavirus lockdown forced bars and restaurants to shut down in March, breweries were left with huge inventories of unsold, stale beer. But instead of going to waste, some expired ales and lagers in the state of South Australia have been serving a new purpose: powering a water treatment plant.

US sanctions, wanted by the Trump administration, have blocked Huawei from using Google services and other components produced in the United States, which are essential for the functioning of modern smartphones. Huawei is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of smartphones and network equipment and is at the center of a complex battle between the United States and China over security.

Despite a couple of trailers and a drop of information on the PlayStation Blog, the marketing cycle for GhostWire: Tokyo hasn't quite begun in earnest. The latest game from Tango: Gameworks, famously driven by the godfather of survival horror, Shinji Mikami, is still shrouded in mystery, and for the most part, that's how Tango wants it.

Apple Inc removed 29,800 apps from its Chinese app store on Saturday, including more than 26,000 games, according to data from research firm Qimai. The takedowns come amid a crackdown on unlicensed games by Chinese authorities. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A coalition of 35 U.S. states, cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportioning seats for the House of Representatives, a move that critics have said is designed to help Republicans.

Some supposedly inert ingredients in common drugs — such as dyes and preservatives — may potentially be biologically active and could lead to unanticipated side effects, according to a preliminary new study by researchers from the UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR).

AT&T touted the “successful” launch of HBO Max — with the new service helping to boost overall HBO and HBO Max customers by a net 1.7 million over the first six months of 2020. As of June 30, 2020, AT&T’s WarnerMedia reported 36.3 million total U.S. subscribers to HBO Max and HBO, up from 34.6 million at Dec. 31, 2019. That’s an increase of 5% over that time period.

The embattled viral video app TikTok could be split off from its Chinese parent company and sold to investors in the United States in order to shield it from regulatory wrath, according to reports. ByteDance, the $110bn (£86bn) Beijing start-up behind TikTok, is said to be discussing the plan with a small group of its US investors, who would buy a majority stake in the app.

The UK took its "eye off the ball" in relation to Russia's attempts to meddle in British politics and deliberately "glossed over" allegations of a Kremlin-sponsored influence campaign during the Brexit referendum, an influential group of UK lawmakers say.

Ghost of Tsushima has received a lot of praise from Japanese magazine Famitsu which has given it a perfect score. It is the third western game to reach this milestone. Ghost of Tsushima is out on July 17 and the review embargo was lifted on July 14. Famitsu, which is a Japanese gaming magazine equivalent to Edge there, has given Ghost of Tsushima a perfect score. The review criteria at Famitsu is different compared to other publications where four editors offer their opinion on a game and each s...

After China imposed a restrictive national security law on Hong Kong, tech companies find themselves at a crossroads. Giants like Google and Facebook stopped responding to requests for user data in the city, but may eventually have to pull out altogether.

On March 12th 2020 a space telescope called Swift detected a burst of radiation from halfway across the Milky Way. Within a week, the newly discovered X-ray source, named Swift J1818.0–1607, was found to be a magnetar, a rare type of slowly rotating neutron star with one of the most powerful magnetic fields in the universe.

Extremists have found a home on Tiktok, and the platform is working out what to do about it.

The next step in Apple's goal of making the iPhone the sole thing anyone has to carry, continues with the device being able to securely replace passports, driver's licenses, and other physical forms of identification.