Xbox One: Microsoft unveils new console that 'changes everything'

First major revamp of Xbox since 2005 integrates TV, internet and gaming in what Microsoft describes as 'rocket-science stuff'Microsoft revealed a new Xbox console on Tuesday that not only integrates TV, internet and gaming, but also will measure your heartbeat and recognise your voice.The company said the Xbox One will revolutionise its users' lifestyles by integrating the cloud, voice co

Apple chief calls on US government to slash tax

Tim Cook warns Congress that he would refuse to repatriate $100bn stashed offshore unless US severely reduced its 35% tax rateApple has called for US corporate tax rates to be slashed after it admitted sheltering at least $30bn (£20bn) of international profits in Irish subsidiaries that pay no tax at all.In a dramatic display of how threats from multinational corporations are driving down

Xbox One: mini FAQ

A speedy look at some of those unglamorous questions gamers may have about Microsoft's new console, from always online requirements to pre-owned games and GamerscoresSo Xbox One has been unveiled and Microsoft is set to introduce us to a new interconnected entertainment universe. We've got a million questions about the console, but here are three issues important to lots of gamers, as well as

Microsoft unveils Xbox One console - as it happened

Microsoft shows off its new rival to Sony's Playstation 4 in first major revamp of Xbox since 2005 Amanda Holpuch

Tim Cook defends Apple tax policy in Senate hearings – as it happened

Apple has denied findings by congressional investigators that they use 'highly questionable' tax minimization strategy. Jim Newell

Xbox One unveiled - live stream

Microsoft reveals details of its eagerly awaited follow up to its Xbox 360 gaming machine in Redmond, Washington. After months of speculation, and following the announcement of the PlayStation 4 in February, tech pundits are desperate to see what the latest next-generation console will look like.

Why has Google's Eric Schmidt brought this awful smell with him?

How Samantha Cameron might have commented on the Google boss's visit to No 10 Downing StreetWell it is SO stressful-making, everyone is nervous & Eric Schmidt has practically moved in & on top of everything there is this awful smell of rotten eggs? I'm like Dave, please ask Jo Johnson to DO something & Dave just goes chill babes, Eric and I are beyond relaxed, just open the window? I'm like,

Vodafone delays 4G superfast mobile internet launch until September

Vodafone, which had been expected to launch a rival to EE by June, is waiting for Apple to release a compatible iPhone 5Vodafone has delayed the launch of its 4G service until around September, a full 10 months after rival EE brought the first version of superfast mobile internet technology to the UK.Having spent £790m on 4G spectrum at a government auction in February, Vodafone had been e

George Gray obituary

Leading authority on the chemistry of liquid crystals whose work led to the development of the ubiquitous LCDThe public gauges scientists by how their research affects everyday lives. The legacy of Professor George Gray, the world's leading authority on the chemistry of liquid crystals, could be measured by the quality of televisions, mobile phones and MP3 players and, at a deeper level, how

Fighting hate speech against women on Facebook

A major new campaign calls on the social networking site to put an end to misogyny on its pages – including graphic videos and images that make light of violence against women. Here's hoping the message gets through this timeLast month, in a fit of anger, Laura Bates tweeted a screenshot of a Facebook page called "Drop kicking sluts in the teeth" to the beauty company Dove. Bates, the founder

Pebble smart watch - review

Born in a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $10m in a month, Pebble's watch is wearable computing made real. Cleverly, the designers make sure it does a few things really wellNowadays, when my phone rings, my wrist buzzes. When someone texts me, I don't look at my phone to find out what they said; I look at my watch.Why? I've got a Pebble - the "smartwatch" launched on Kickstarter last

Flickr back in the picture with 1TB of storage

Yahoo hopes its rebooted photography service is 'not only beautiful, but bigger and better than anything else'Having made headlines with its $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo has also revamped its Flickr photo-sharing service, boosting its free storage to 1TB for every user and revamping its website and Android app."We hope you'll agree that we have made huge strides to make Flickr aweso

Call of Duty Ghosts preview – the next generation of CoD

Activision unveils the next-generation debut of its multi-million selling CoD series, complete with high-end graphics effectsThe first live footage we see is a forest. Well, this is Call of Duty – _of course_ it's a forest. A week before the big Xbox reveal, Infinity Ward is showing off Ghosts to a roomful of journalists in LA. Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, has been onstage

Xbox 720: Microsoft banking on entertainment services in the next generation

Rival to Sony's PlayStation 4 due to be revealed in Washington on Tuesday, with name of latest incarnation still a mysteryThe world's gaming press is descending on Redmond, Washington, on Tuesday, as Microsoft gears up to reveal the successor to its hugely successful Xbox 360 machine. After months of speculation, and following the announcement of the PlayStation 4 in February, tech pundits ar

Apple tax row: Ireland says its tax regime is not to blame

Deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore insists any loopholes in international tax rules exploited by Apple were 'issues that arise from other jurisdictions'Ireland's deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore has insisted any loopholes in international tax rules exploited by Apple were not the fault of the Irish tax regime.Some of the computing group's Irish subsidiaries have been criticised by a US

Senators accuse Apple of 'highly questionable' billion-dollar tax avoidance scheme

Senators claim Apple has avoided paying billions in US tax by creating offshore entities that are not tax resident anywhereApple uses a "highly questionable" web of offshore entities to avoid paying billions in US income taxes, a Senate committee alleged on Monday.The complex arrangement includes three subsidiaries, based ostensibly in Ireland, which appear not to be designated as tax resi

Privacy and the moral hazard of surveillance

If online oversharing is a public health problem, then the state's decision to harness it for its own purposes means that huge, powerful forces within government will come to depend on itWhenever government surveillance is debated, someone inevitably pooh-poohs the subject as cause for alarm: after all, people overshare so much sensitive personal information with services like Facebook that t

Boot up: Intel v big data, wearable and health, Apple on tax, Google Island and more

Plus Dell blames Windows 8 (again), Jolla hopes with Sailfish, southeast Asia's smartphone growth, and moreA burst of 9 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamIntel's data economy initiative aims to help people capture the value of personal data >> MIT Technology ReviewIntel is a $53bn-a-year company that enjoys a near monopoly on the computer chips that go into PCs.

Fiat's YouTube hit shows adverts breaking down borders online

Arianna featuring Pitbull's Sexy People is perfect example of ad-promo hybrids that wouldn't be allowed on TVAs technology slowly removes the distinction between content watched on a television and content viewed on a computer screen or mobile device, it's increasingly difficult to draw an absolute distinction between programming and advertising.Strictly enforced broadcasting regulations e

Chatterbox: Tuesday

The place to talk about games and other things that matterIt's Tuesday – XBOX DAY!!!*GamesKeith Stuartguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

The science of webcomics| Dean Burnett

Do webcomics use an 'emergent system'? Maybe not but it's enough for Dean Burnett to shoehorn an interview with the authors/artists/web gurus behind Exterminatus Now in the Guardian science sectionWebcomics are increasingly widespread and popular. It could be argued their proliferation is linked to the decline of print comics, in the same way that free news sites and blogging are often blamed

Google faces new pressure over tax claims

Revenue and Customs is investigating fresh lines of inquiry after interviewing whistleblower who gave evidence to WhitehallHM Revenue and Customs is investigating fresh lines of inquiry into Google's tax affairs after interviewing a former executive at the company who gave anonymous evidence to parliament, the Guardian can disclose.Barney Jones, 34, who worked for the internet company betw

Yahoo announces Tumblr acquisition deal – as it happened

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer announces deal to buy blogging platform for $1.1bn – and gives Flickr a revamp, tooAmanda Holpuch

Yahoo-Tumblr acquisition announcement: live stream

Yahoo is giving more details of its $1.1bn acquisition of the picture-sharing social network Tumblr at a press event in New York starting at 4pm ET

Now that Tumblr's hit it big, who's next in line on the New York tech scene? | Heidi Moore

The high price Yahoo paid for Tumblr acts as validation – and encouragement – for New York's burgeoning tech companiesBarely had the ink dried on Yahoo's announcement of its $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr – "we won't screw it up," the acquirer promised – than the New York tech world erupted in gossip and speculation about which company among them would be next to find an equally rich and self-d

Yahoo vows not to 'screw it up' over Tumblr

Web pioneer reveals details of acquisition of blogging platform, as site's 26-year-old founder tells staff: 'Fuck yeah'Yahoo promised "not to screw it up" as it formally announced its acquisition of the Tumblr blogging platform for $1.1bn ahead of the US stock market opening on Monday.The relaxed wording of the memo for one of the internet giant's biggest acquisitions was echoed in the mem

Up to 60% of whiplash claims are fraudulent or exaggerated, MPs told

Transport select committee examining scale of whiplash payouts told 10-60% of claims were probably not entirely genuineUp to 60% of the whiplash claims brought by car drivers or passengers after accidents are either fraudulent or exaggerated, MPs have been told.David Powell, a manager at Lloyd's Market Association, told the transport select committee investigation examining the size and nu

Online food delivery rivals Seamless and Grubhub set to merge

The combined mega delivery service will serve more than 500 cities and enable delivery from over 20,000 restaurantsOnline food ordering companies Seamless and Grubhub have announced a merger, creating an as-yet-unnamed mega delivery service.The new company will serve more than 500 cities and enable food orders at more than 20,000 restaurants. It will also pose a threat to smaller delivery

BBC told to improve online local news

Review by the BBC Trust says web services have improved, but coverage of regional news is 'not particularly comprehensive' • Click here to read the BBC Trust reportThe BBC has been told to up the standard of its online local news and look to mine more personal data from users of its website network, but otherwise its web services have been given the seal approval by in a review by the BBC T

Giant 1950s robot Gygan up for sale

Eight-foot-tall radio-controlled robot capable of responding to voice or light ray commands is to be auctioned in LondonGygan, a giant radio-controlled robot, which more than half a century ago entranced the world by flashing its car headlamp-like eyes, turning its head stiffly from left to right, and shuffling forwards at the terrifying speed of 10 feet a minute, is to be auctioned after dec