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Facebook Denies Claims Mobile Data Sharing Broke Privacy Pledges

Facebook shared users' data with more than 60 mobile device makers without gaining their consent, New York Times claims

6 years ago

Microsoft Buys Code-Sharing Site GitHub For $7.5bn

The move means changes for developers - but also big Microsoft competitors such as Google, Facebook and Amazon

6 years ago

Intel Faces Age Discrimination Allegations Over Layoffs – Report

Chip giant become latest tech firm to be investigated over alleged age bias by axing mostly older staff

6 years ago

HP Revenues Beat Expectations Thanks To Robust PC Demand

Strong performance for HP's personal system division bolsters quarterly results, as new CFO is also revealed

7 years ago

Apple To Use OLED Screens In 2018 iPhones – Report

Next generation of iPhones will utilise OLED panels, a decision that has impacted Apple's exiting screen suppliers

7 years ago

Amazon Defends Work On Police Face Recognition

The ACLU and other civil liberties campaigners said Amazon Rekognition could turn into a mass surveillance tool

7 years ago

Researchers: Malware Surge ‘Could Indicate Imminent Attack’

Another NotPetya? The rapid spread of VPNFilter malware could mean plans for a fresh attack on the Ukraine - where…

7 years ago

Google’s Chrome Browser To Remove ‘Secure’ HTTPS Indicators

From September, Chrome will gradually eliminate messages showing a site uses HTTPS - while adding stronger warnings for those that…

7 years ago

AI, Cloud And Blockchain ‘Creating New Risks’ For Banks

Financial organisations must work with authorities to revamp banking regulations, study finds

7 years ago

University Fined £120,000 Over ‘Serious’ Security Breach

Hackers penetrated an unsecured microsite that had been left online for more than 10 years, stealing sensitive data and posting…

7 years ago

ICO Fines Prosecutors £325,000 Over Mislaid Police Interviews

The unencrypted discs, containing sensitive video interviews, went missing in the publicly accessible area of a CPS office in Brighton

7 years ago

Russian Malware Compromises Telegram Chats

The TeleGrab malware steals chats from Telegram's desktop application, which doesn't support end-to-end encryption

7 years ago

China’s Tianjin Forms £11.6bn Fund To Boost Artificial Intelligence Growth

The move comes amid a growing 'arms race' that has fuelled major AI initiatives from the UK, France and the…

7 years ago

ICANN Looks For Guidance As GDPR Deadline Looms

The US-based domain name coordinator has acknowledged it will not be able to obtain an official exemption from EU data…

7 years ago

Intel Leak Reveals Upcoming High-End Z390 Chipset

Documentation accidentally published by Intel gives details on a new motherboard chipset with high-end features

7 years ago

Parliament Says Facebook Answers Not Good Enough

Facebook reveals it tracked users with more than 10 million social plug-ins on third-party sites

7 years ago

Hackers Steal Millions From Mexican Banks Via Fake Transfers

The incident may have been orchestrated by organised criminals, says Mexico's central bank

7 years ago

Encryption Helping Crooks Evade Police, Finds NCA

Apps for encrypted communications are now being used by criminals of all kinds, not just hackers, says the National Crime…

7 years ago

PGP Encrypted Emails At Risk From ‘eFail’ Attacks

Unpatched bugs could allow attackers to decode PGP-encrypted emails - even those that are years old

7 years ago

Operating Systems Hit By Major Security Flaw

Windows, macOS, Linux, VMware, Xen, KVM and others are affected by issues caused by their misinterpretation of chip documentation

7 years ago

Ofcom: UK Broadband Speeds Show Sharp Rise

Home broadband speeds jump by 28 percent year-on-year as users switch to superfast networks

7 years ago

Google Ramps AI Technologies At Key Conference

Google I/O 2018: New tech includes Duplex, which phones businesses on a user's behalf to book appointments

7 years ago

NSA Call Record Collection More Than Triples

The surveillance agency obtained 534 million call and text records last year

7 years ago

UK Manufacturers Top Attack Target For Cyber Crooks

Study from NTT Security also finds ransomware infections grew by 350 percent last year

7 years ago

MPs Warn On ‘Unprecedented’ Brexit Trade IT Challenge

Defra and the Department for International Trade face an 'impossible' task in preparing for Brexit

7 years ago

ZTE Asks America To Lift Component Supply Ban

Chinese firm submits application to US department asking for ban on software and components to be lifted

7 years ago

Cambridge Analytica ‘Retained Facebook Data Derivatives’

Defunct company covered up its use of valuable predictive models drawn from Facebook information, claims report

7 years ago

Deutsche Telekom Switches On 5G Mobile Data In Berlin

Operator trials 'Europe's first live 5G data link' in the centre of the German metropolis

7 years ago

Intel Chips ‘At Risk’ To Eight New Spectre-Style Flaws

The chaos caused by Spectre earlier this year was not a one-off, report claims

7 years ago

Australian Bank Confirms Loss Of 20 Million Accounts

But the biggest lender down under, fails to notify clients of the loss of two magnetic tapes containing customer data

7 years ago