To gain the emotional benefits from holding down a job, you just need to work eight hours a week, according to research. Unemployment has previously been tied to mental health problems, with researchers suggesting that the social contact and structure of work can aid emotional wellness. This study found those benefits don’t increase beyond eight hours of work. The findings could prove useful…

The EC has introduced a cap on international phone calls within the EU. The price control will apply to all 28 members from May 15 and to be rolled out in Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein soon. Intra-EU calls will be capped at 19 cents per minute, and SMS at 6 cents per message (not including VAT). In 2017, the EU abolished roaming…

In its latest monthly report, the European Commission claims there’s been a lack of progress after the tech giants last year pledged to crack down on fake news. The commission says Google has not made enough progress in defining “issue-based advertising”, while Twitter has yet to provide details on how it is tackling spam and fake accounts. The European Parliament…

Thousands of people around the world may be listening to your conversations with your Alexa device. That’s according to a Bloomberg report, which says Amazon workers listen to commands to help the artificial assistant better comprehend human speech. The global team is "the latest example of a cloud-based service that purports to use an algorithm that actually has a team of humans…

Europarliament has passed sweeping new legislation that could change the way big tech uses and shares content. The rules — approved by the Europarliament yesterday — could see sites like YouTube made responsible for copyright infringements committed by their users. It could also see news aggregation platforms forced to pay publishers for using their content. Tech companies have long argued that it would…