Technology from the London-based start-up is to be used to track down misinformation and spam and 'improve the health of the conversation'
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Huawei Row Overshadows Trump State Visit To Britain
The US president is expected to use a meeting with prime minister Theresa May to warn the UK to ban China from 5G networks
Google Cloud Restored After Four-Hour Outage
The disruption affected Google's online tools such as Gmail as well as those of third-parties, including Snapchat and Vimeo
Nearly All Businesses Suffer Phishing Attacks – Mimecast
Nearly all businesses have suffered some form of phishing attack during the past year, survey finds
Tech Firms Oppose GCHQ ‘Ghost’ Encryption Proposal
Apple, Google, Microsoft signal opposition to GCHQ proposal to eavesdrop on encrypted messages
All Docker Versions Vulnerable To Unpatched Flaw – Report
All versions of Docker are vulnerable to serious flaw, but a patch is being reviewed
Database Contains Millions Of Dating App Records
Database contains 42.5 million dating app profiles discovered that contains thousands of American records
Julian Assange ‘Too Ill’ To Appear For Court Hearing
The health of Wikileaks co-founder in question after his lawyers state he is too ill to appear for court hearing
Malware Riddled Laptop Sells For $1.3m
Eleven year old laptop containing six infamous viruses has been auctioned off for more than $1m as a piece of 'artwork'
Alexa Patent To Listen To All Words Spoken
Privacy threat? New Amazon patent means Alexa could always listen and record every word spoken to it
Huawei Expands Challenge To US Federal Ban
Lawsuit against American government amended, as Chinese firm expands its legal challenge in the US courts
Study Finds Airline Apps Riddled With Security Bugs
Airlines' mobile apps typically contain an average of 21 vulnerabilities each and transmit data over multiple unsecured connections, researchers find
Researchers Release Micropatch For ‘BlueKeep’ Critical Windows Flaw
The bug has been compared to the 'EternalBlue' vulnerability behind WannaCry, NotPetya and other worldwide malware outbreaks
Banks Launch Fraud Repayment Scheme
The voluntary refund programme aims to address 'no fault' scams in which customers are tricked into authorising payments, but not all banks have joined
Facebook Set To Launch ‘GlobalCoin’ Virtual Currency Next Year
But the social network faces tight regulatory scrutiny over its poor track record on protecting users' personal data
US Start-Up Accuses Top Huawei Executive Of Conspiracy To Steal Trade Secrets
The confrontation between Huawei and a start-up co-founded by one of its ex-employees arrives amidst broader trade tensions with China
Draft China Regulations ‘Could Block US Technology’
The proposed cyber security rules could be used to effectively bar US technology imports in retaliation for Huawei sanctions, industry watchers say
ICO: UK Data Breach Reports Up Four Times Under GDPR
Information commissioner urges firms to focus on 'getting it right' – but promises first GDPR penalties coming soon
Snap Employees ‘Abused Internal Tools To Spy On Users’
The 'disappearing' message platform vendor has dedicated tools to gather user data for internal purposes, and has had to contend with staff abuse of those tools in the past, finds a report
Baltimore Struggles After Ransomware Attack
Ten thousand computers belonging to American city still crippled by devastating ransomware attack
Julian Assange Faces New US Charges
Wikileaks co-founder has been hit with 17 new charges filed by the US Justice Department
Mobile Banking Malware On The Rise, Kaspersky Lab Warns
Worrying number of attacks by mobile banking malware, report from Kaspersky Lab discovers
Google Admits To Storing Unhashed Passwords
My bad. Google admission after it stored plain text passwords for 14 years on its internal systems
TalkTalk Fails To Inform Customers, After Breach Data Found Online
Personal details of 4,500 customers found online, despite being told by TalkTalk the data had not been compromised
EU Security Official Calls For Loopholes In 5G Standards
Next-generation networks make it too difficult for security agencies to spy on targets, says EU counter-terrorism coordinator Gilles de Kerchove in leaked memo
Chinese Drones Pose Spying Risk, US Authorities Warn
Drones manufactured or sold by Chinese firms, such as market leader DJI, may pose a risk to national security or critical infrastructure, authorities say
France Plans 5G Launch For Next Year In Spite Of Trade Turmoil
The country says it is not planning to ban Huawei or any other company, but will make decisions based on security and network performance
US Delays Huawei Sanctions, Citing Stability Risk
Google said it would resume working with Huawei after the announcement of the 90-day stay of execution, while Huawei says extension 'doesn't mean much'
Salesforce Customers Still Experiencing Issues After Major Outage
The outage began on Friday after the deployment of a database script that inadvertently granted users broad permissions over companies' data
European Companies Report Increase In Forced Technology Transfers To China
An EU industry group finds that the number of firms reporting forced technology transfers has doubled over the past two years