The investigation will look into all aspects of Google’s involvement in the digital-advertising market.
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Facebook’s VR ads test loses first game after backlash
Plans to test ads inside Facebook Oculus games hit a speed bump after first test game quits.
Covid-19: Extra disruption payment to 9,000 NI students
More than 9,000 students will each receive £495 for disruption caused by the pandemic.
Cambridge University bursaries will help ‘remove barriers’
Cambridge University launches an enhanced bursary scheme for students facing financial pressures.
Covid: Grading system leaves Welsh pupils ‘in limbo’
There are concerns pupils will be left “in limbo” for weeks before results are confirmed.
Bitcoin tumbles below $30,000 on China crypto-crackdown
The cryptocurrency slides to its lowest value for five months after China tells banks to stop supporting transactions.
New tool for under-18s to report nude photos of themselves online
Children who are worried a nude picture of them has been shared online can flag it to be removed.
How farmers and scientists strive for more flavour
By manipulating genes scientists say they can create better-tasting produce, but is it necessary?
Bumble closes to give ‘burnt-out’ staff a week’s break
A senior employee wrote on Twitter that the extra holiday was to deal with “collective burnout”.
Poorer white pupils let down and neglected – MPs
White pupils from low income families are falling behind “every step of the way”, an education committee says.
Political trolling twice as popular as positivity, study suggests
Political social-media posts are twice as likely to go viral if they are negative, a study suggests.
I want girls to be proud of being girls, says Ofsted chief inspector
Ofsted’s chief inspector responds to St Paul’s Girls’ School’s decision to ditch the name head girl.