Scams and fraud involving cryptocurrencies rose to £1.3bn last year – in spite of an 80 percent drop in crypto-asset values
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Huawei Criminal Charges Cast Pall Over US-China Trade Talks
The US allegations arrive as negotiations begin in Washington to ease the escalating trade war
Russian Government Scheme Exposes Corporate Data
More than 2,000 MongoDB databases operated by major domestic and foreign companies were left accessible under the government programme
Google Accused Of Using Sensitive Data To Target Online Ads
The technical standards behind real-time bidding routinely disclose sensitive information about users' health, ethnicity, finances and other areas, says a GDPR complaint
Nvidia Issues Revenue Alert As Trade War Continues
Nvidia has joined Apple and Intel on the list of US companies hit by a slowdown in China amidst bitter trade conflict with the US
Gartner: Cloud Fuels Enterprise Software Spending Surge
Brexit and US-China trade tensions pose less of a threat than skills shortages, as businesses buy into the cloud and the Internet of Things
Chinese Chip Giant Fujian Jinhua To Cease Operations After US Ban
The start-up, founded with massive state investment in 2016, has all but run out of imported materials following the US' industrial espionage indictment last year
Cyber-Crime Losses Soar To £34.6m In Second Half Of 2018
More than 13,000 people reported falling victim to cyber-crime in the latter part of the year, as hackers target email and social media accounts
Poland Set To Ban Huawei From 5G Network
In a sudden turnaround, Poland now says it will replace Huawei with European or US suppliers in wake of spy arrest
US Health Insurers To Work With IBM On Blockchain Trials
The planned blockchain-based network could be used to slash costs around claims processing, payments and maintaining provider directories
Huawei Targets Top Smartphone Spot Amidst Row With US
As political battle rages, Huawei highlights stellar smartphone growth, introduces groundbreaking 5G gear – and promises to show its folding smartphone next month
UK Outsourcing Contracts Plunge By 27 Percent As Brexit Looms
Conventional outsourcing plummets as businesses exercise caution, while as-a-service outsourcing contracts rocket by 48 percent across EMEA
Ministry Of Justice Network Chaos ‘Not Caused By Cyber-Attack’
Justice minister blames unknown partner data centre issues for network disruption affecting courts and other MoJ services over the past week
Microsoft Finally Signals End Of Windows Phone
Windows 10 Mobile diehards have just over 360 days to switch to Android or iOS, before Redmond pulls support
IT Life: Justin Day, 6point6 Cloud Gateway
6point6 Cloud Gateway chief executive Justin Day talks about the shift from hardware to software, flying cars and the historic significance of the Commodore 64
UK’s 2018 Tech Sector Venture Investment Shows Sharp Drop
Venture capital investment in London tech companies was down 29 percent on the previous year, but was still nearly double that of Berlin, its nearest rival
Multi-Purpose Malware Surge Strikes Enterprises
Attacks that use multiple methods to distribute numerous threats are on the rise, finds Check Point
Decades-Old Flaws Leave SCP Clients Vulnerable To Attack
The bugs in Secure Copy Protocol could allow a malicious server to manipulate data on a user's system – and so far only one client has been patched
Enterprise Cloud Spending Boom Crowds Out Non-Cloud Tech Budgets
Research finds cloud spending surpassed £190bn last year, fuelled by cloud providers' heavy infrastructure investments
Kheiron Begins NHS Trials For Breast Cancer Diagnosis AI
The tests, involving historic patient records in Leeds and the East Midlands, are the latest to probe the use of AI in the healthcare sector
Reclusive Huawei Founder Says Firm Does Not Spy For China
Ren Zhengfei's comments follow the arrest of a Huawei staff in Poland on spying charges, the latest incident to put pressure on Huawei's 5G ambitions
Amazon Web Services’ DocumentDB Takes Aims At MongoDB Workloads
Amazon's new managed non-relational database service raises questions about the future of open source in the cloud era
US Government Shutdown Disrupts Security On .Gov Sites
Researchers find dozens of expired security certificates affecting sensitive sites used by the likes of NASA and the Department of Justice, blocking some services and exposing others to attack
Germany May Order Facebook To Halt Some Data Collection
Germany's Federal Cartel Office is reportedly taking aim at Facebook's collection of user data from third-party sources
China Tightens Grip On Blockchain-Based Services
Users of blockchain-based information services will have to register their real names and identity numbers in latest crackdown – even as Hong Kong moves to attract virtual asset traders
IT Life: Jamie Hutton, Quantexa
Quantexa chief technology officer Jamie Hutton talks about artificial intelligence, international money laundering, and his favourite DJ app
Microsoft Says Windows 7 Activation Bug Was Caused By Server Update
The issue, affecting some volume-licensed Windows 7 systems, occurred at the same time as the release of Microsoft's January patches, but the two are unrelated
European Court Opinion Sides With Google ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Limits
In a preliminary opinion, the court finds that delisted search results only need to be made inaccessible for users within Europe
Cambridge Analytica Parent Fined £15,000 Over Data Refusal
SCL Elections had argued that a US citizen had no more right to request data held on him 'than a member of the Taliban'
CES 2019: Google Advances Assistant Against Amazon’s Alexa
Google has tripled its presence at CES as it builds its Assistant into more devices, while other tech on display includes AI toilets and smart televisions