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Police To Use Drones To Locate Missing Persons

Drone programme officially launched in Scotland this week using AI to help search remote areas for missing or vulnerable people

5 years ago

US Promises Huawei Licences Coming ‘Shortly’

Licences allowing US firms to circumvent national security blacklist are 'forthcoming very shortly' as end of temporary reprieve looms

5 years ago

GlobalFoundries And TSMC Settle Patent Infringement Differences

Kiss and make up. Legal hostilities between GlobalFoundries and TSMC have been settled

5 years ago

ARM Will Continue To Supply Huawei With Chip Tech

British chip designer ARM will continue to supply Huawei with chip designs, after ruling the designs do not contain any…

5 years ago

Intel Sues Fortress Investment Over Patent Lawsuits

Lawsuit from chip giant Intel, alleges that investment company is a semiconductor patent troll

5 years ago

Microsoft Reaps Cloud Growth Benefits, But Surface, Xbox Struggle

Cloud focus continues Microsoft's momentum, amid warning signs over Xbox and Surface performance

5 years ago

Trend Micro Buys Cloud Security Specialist For £54m

Cloud Conformity acquisition aimed at helping customers guard against misconfigured public cloud accounts, beginning with Amazon Web Services

5 years ago

Smart Speakers Hacked To Listen In, Steal Passwords

Malicious third-party apps for Google Home and Amazon's Alexa can listen in on conversations and trick users into revealing passwords

5 years ago

Facebook Considers Alternative Approaches To Libra

Project could use multiple coins pegged to national currencies rather than a single synthetic cryptocurrency, Facebook says, as regulatory pressure…

5 years ago

EU Data Regulator Finds ‘Serious Concerns’ Over Microsoft Contracts

Microsoft's contracts with EU agencies found to have 'significant scope for improvement' where it comes to protecting citizens' data

5 years ago

Russian Cyber-Spies ‘Hijacked Iranian Attack Infrastructure’

Turla hacking group carried out at least 20 successful cyber-raids around the world using Iranian attack tools, NCSC says

5 years ago

Kolkata Police Shut Down Scam Call Centres

Fraudsters convinced Devon man his computer had been taken over by a Russian criminal involved in trafficking guns, ammunition and…

5 years ago

Broadcom Ordered To Halt Exclusivity Deals By EC

Chip giant ordered to halt exclusivity deals after European watchdog utilises powers last used 18 years ago

5 years ago

Digitising Human Capital: How AI is Transforming HR

One of the first areas of your business that will see a significant impact by AI is recruitment and HR.…

5 years ago

Equity Firm Buys UK’s Sophos For £3.1bn

Acquisition of Oxfordshire-based cyber-security firm, which aided NHS during WannaCry attacks, follows fall in value of sterling in wake of…

5 years ago

Italy To Implement Digital Tax From January 2020

Country pushes ahead with 3 percent levy on internet transactions as digital tax negotiations continue on Europe-wide and global level

5 years ago

Developers Reduce Firefox Code Injection Exposure

Mozilla has removed features that exposed the browser to code injection attacks via its about: pages and JavaScript's 'dangerous' eval()…

5 years ago

Financial Firms Quit Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Project

As Visa, Mastercard, eBay, Stripe and Mercado Pago exit the project Libra is left without the backing of a major…

5 years ago

Researchers Develop Autonomous Drone For Wind Farm Inspections

New technology reduces need to ferry human technicians out to offshore wind farms, potentially resulting in significant cost savings for…

5 years ago

Vodafone Bug Lands Users With Huge Roaming Charges

Users outside the UK left unable to make calls or use data after 'technical error' lands them with bills into…

5 years ago

Samsung Display Confirms Plans For $11 Billion Screen Investment

Despite a global oversupply of screens, Samsung confirm plans to plough huge investment into production of more advanced displays

5 years ago

End of iTunes Road For Apple Mac Users

Where is my music? Goodbye iTunes, after latest Catalina update for Apple Mac users

5 years ago

US Adds More Chinese Firms To ‘Entity List’

Another 28 Chinese companies have been added to US blacklist over alleged mistreatment of Muslim minorities

5 years ago

US Supreme Court Rejects Wisconsin’s Apple Patent Appeal

Victory for Apple after rejection of patent challenge, but a Midwestern university is not giving up its legal fight against…

5 years ago

Windows 10 Preview Build Adds Security, Smartphone Features

Users can now log into Safe Mode with a PIN, Your Phone features roll out to newer Samsung devices and…

5 years ago

Programmer Hacks Ransomware Crooks, Releases Decryption Keys

German developer releases thousands of decryption keys for Muhstik ransomware after being forced to pay out £600 to decrypt his…

5 years ago

Programming Shortcuts ‘Lead To Security Risks’

New research highlights vulnerability risk of using potentially insecure code snippets posted on social media outlets such as Stack Overflow

5 years ago

EU Antitrust Watchdog Looks To Sanction Chip Giant Broadcom

Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager set to deploy rarely used powers against Broadcom as EU steps up action against US tech…

5 years ago

Met Police ‘Provided Seven Images’ For King’s Cross Face Recognition Scheme

Police acknowledge working with private King's Cross developer on face recognition scheme, amidst ongoing concern about the use of the…

5 years ago

PayPal Pulls Out Of Facebook’s Crytocurrency Plans

Online payments provider says it wants to focus on its own core business, as Libra cryptocurrency continues to draw fire…

5 years ago