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UK Decision On Huawei 5G Expected “Pretty Soon” – Defence Minister

But minister warns that China has to follow rules about online behaviour if Huawei is to take part

5 years ago

Mozilla Strengthens Privacy With DoH Switch On

Another move to strengthen its privacy credentials, as Mozilla gradually switches on DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) for its Firefox browser

5 years ago

Apple Hits Back At Google Over iPhone Hack Report

Fight, fight. Google security researchers overstated the level of threat to iPhone users, Apple alleges

5 years ago

Facebook Dating Opens For Service In US

Finding love online via Facebook now an option for Americans with launch of dating service

5 years ago

Firefox 69 Blocks Tracking Cookies, Crypto-mining

No more cryptominers or third party tracking cookies, Mozilla promises with new Firefox release

5 years ago

Facebook Offers Users Facial Recognition Opt Out

No more Tag suggestions. Face recognition ability opened to all users, but opt-out is available

5 years ago

Speedy USB4 Specification Confirmed

Specs for next generation USB connections will deliver greater speeds and Thunderbolt compatibility

5 years ago

Microsoft To Retire Flash From Chromium-Edge Browser

About time? Adobe Flash to be axed from Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge browser

5 years ago

US Commerce Department ‘Has Received 130 Huawei Exemption Requests’

Applications pile up, but department has yet to issue a single licence allowing US firms to get around Huawei blacklist,…

5 years ago

Microsoft HoloLens 2 May Arrive This Month

Senior executive comments suggest device may go on sale in September, as Microsoft focuses augmented reality tech on business and…

5 years ago

Hacker Group Looks To Gain Control Over Vulnerable WordPress Sites

Attack that began in July takes on new form as hackers begin creating rogue administrator accounts on unpatched sites

5 years ago

Hackers Take Over Jack Dorsey’s Twitter Account

The account was used to broadcast offensive messages to more than four million followers following a hack of Dorsey's mobile…

5 years ago

ECB Warns Of ‘Beguiling’ Siren Call Of Facebook’s Libra

Libra cryptocurrency could undermine European Central Bank's ability to set monetary policy, and public trust in money itself, bank warns

5 years ago

Many Consumers Still Use Unsupported Operating Systems – Kaspersky

The long goodbye. Many consumers can't bear to say goodbye to Windows XP or Windows Vista, Kaspersky finds

5 years ago

Android 10 To Arrive Next Week

Google support staff let slip the release date for Android 10, previously known as Android Q

5 years ago

Court Orders Jailed Hacker’s Seized Bitcoin To Be Sold To Pay Victims

Nearly £1m in Bitcoin taken from imprisoned hacker Grant West is to be sold to compensate victims, in a first-of-its-kind…

5 years ago

Capital One Hack Suspect Ordered To Remain In Prison

Seattle resident seen as presenting a flight risk and a threat to herself and others following breach that affected 106…

5 years ago

Initial Backers Of Facebook’s Libra ‘Consider Pulling Out’

At least three of the Libra Association's initial partners said to be looking to distance themselves from the project amidst…

5 years ago

Huawei Sets Blacklist Cost At £8bn As It Introduces Latest AI Tech

Huawei introduces Ascend 910 AI chip and MindSpore framework as national security blacklist spurs efforts to reduce reliances on US…

5 years ago

Publishers Sue Amazon’s Audible Over Speech-To Text Feature

Publishers say Audible's Captions feature, set to debut next month, violates copyright law by converting audiobooks to text

5 years ago

Qualcomm Wins Partial Stay On Enforcement Of Antitrust Ruling

Sweeping decision would have forced Qualcomm to renegotiate deals with customers and licence essential patents to rivals

5 years ago

Huawei Enters ‘Battle Mode’ To Beat US Blacklisting

Founder Ren Zhengfei says firm is facing “live-or-die moment” and says it must enter 'battle mode' to survive

5 years ago

Cerebras Delivers World’s Largest Computer Chip For AI

New chip is the size of an iPad and contains 400,000 cores to handle machine learning challenges

5 years ago

Microsoft Buys jClarity To Boost Java Performance On Azure

Acquisition is part of Microsoft's growing support for open source technologies on Azure, including Linux and Java

5 years ago

UK Teen Sentenced For Hacking, Selling Personal Data

Norwich 19-year-old found to have made hundreds of thousands of pounds in Bitcoin from selling compromised personal data and on-demand…

5 years ago

US Tech Giants Testify Against French Digital Tax

Tax approved in July would disproportionately target US tech firms and would create a burden for consumers and enterprises, opponents…

5 years ago

Adware Hidden In Play Store Apps Infects 8 Million Users

Malware found in 85 apps posing as games or photography utilities displays full-screen ads and takes 'unique' steps to avoid…

5 years ago

Google Shuts Down Android Data Programme ‘Over Regulatory Fears’

Mobile Network Insights service provided aggregated, anonymised user data to mobile operators to help them spot network weaknesses

5 years ago

US Grants 90-Day Extension To Huawei Blacklist Reprieve

Administration says US firms are to be given more time to find other telecoms equipment suppliers before ban comes into…

5 years ago