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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

6 years ago

ARM Memo Tells Staff To Halt Huawei Work – Report

ARM becomes latest chip firm to distance itself from Chinese firm after memo tells staff to halt co-operation

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

Google Updates Glass Headset With Industrial, Professional Focus

The redesigned device competes with Microsoft's HoloLens 2 and other enterprise-focused augmented reality displays

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

US Postal Service Trials Self-Driving Lorries For Mail Haulage

The two-week trial will see retrofitted trucks move freight across 1,000 miles with an autopilot taking control on motorways

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

Privacy Groups Warn On ISPs’ ‘Widespread’ Use Of Deep Packet Inspection

The practice undermines the EU's existing net neutrality rules and also has worrying privacy implications, campaigners say

6 years ago

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'…

6 years ago

LVMH Debuts Blockchain-Based Product Tracking

The Aura system is designed on a consortium model, allowing any luxury firm to use it to provide tracking services…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

Probe Finds Autopilot Was Engaged During Fatal Tesla Crash

The driver in a March crash had engaged his Tesla Model X's Autopilot a few seconds before the incident, preliminary…

6 years ago

Google Restricts Huawei’s Access To Android After US Blacklisting

Google says it is 'reviewing the implications' of the US ban but that current Huawei Android devices will retain access…

6 years ago

Google Faces Italian Antitrust Probe Over Smart Devices

Alleged smart device domination by Google is under investigation by Italy's competition watchdog

6 years ago

Microsoft Issues Critical Update For Windows XP

Bad sign? Five years after support for XP ended, Microsoft issues patch for Windows XP and Windows 2003

6 years ago

Intel ‘Zombieload’ Fix Prompts Processor Slowdown Fears

Meltdown and Spectre flashback? Researchers warn of data centre processor slowdown from Zombieload fix

6 years ago

Microsoft Previews Blockchain-Based Decentralised ID System

The ION network would use Bitcoin's blockchain for identity assurance, while creating a secondary network to vastly speed up processing…

6 years ago

More Than 25,000 Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Routers Found Leaking Sensitive Data

The issue appears to be due to an incomplete patch for a known issue dating from 2014

6 years ago

SpaceX Set To Launch First ‘Production’ Broadband Satellites

The launch planned for this week follows that of two demonstration satellites in 2018

6 years ago

Facebook US Settlement Could Impose 20 Years Of Oversight

A deal with the FTC reportedly in the works could extend oversight of Facebook's data practices, but critics say it's…

6 years ago

Vodafone To Launch First UK 5G Services On 3 July

The launch in six initial cities follows trials and demonstrations in busy airports and railway stations

6 years ago

WhatsApp Discovers ‘Advanced’ Surveillance Hacks

The company urges its 1.5 billion users to update after finding devices were tapped using a vulnerability in the software

6 years ago

US Supreme Court Gives Go-Ahead To Apple Consumer Antitrust Lawsuit

The action alleges Apple's App Store violates federal monopoly law by forcing users to buy from it and imposing a…

6 years ago

Uber Slides In Second Day Of Trading After IPO Disappointment

Unprofitable ride-hailing firm had set price at low end of range, but is still punished by sceptical investors and wider…

6 years ago

Bitcoin Rises Above $7,000 Following Binance Heist

The volatile cryptocurrency has regained some of its losses after shedding some three-quarters of its value last year

6 years ago

Amazon Trials Tech To Replace Warehouse Packers

The automated system, reportedly being tested in the UK, could allow Amazon to phase out thousands of its warehouse staff

6 years ago

Initial Design Work Completed On SKA Radio Telescope Supercomputer

The five-year project, led by the University of Cambridge, designs one of the two supercomputers planned to process data from…

6 years ago

Facebook Sues App Developer Over Data Misuse

The company says it is cracking down on the way third parties handle users' personal information, amidst pressure for tighter…

6 years ago

Build 2019: Windows 10 Moves Toward Password-Free Future With FIDO2 Certification

The move makes Microsoft's 800 million active Windows 10 devices compatible with the WebAuthn standard for online biometric authentication

6 years ago