A hacker who carried out cyber attacks on more than 100 companies has been ordered to pay back £922,978.14 of cryptocurrency.
Grant West had been jailed for fraud after carrying out attacks on brands such as Sainsbury's, Uber and Argos.…
Among the thousands upon thousands of words that make up the privacy policies of the tech giants, one you rarely find is “human”.
There are zero uses of the word in Amazon’s privacy policy for its Alexa voice assistant. The same goes fo…
All major UK airports must introduce 3D baggage screening equipment before the end of 2022, the government says.
Ministers say the technology will boost security, speed up pre-boarding checks, and could end the restrictions on travellin…
It is a familiar experience - you are surfing the web, perhaps looking at an online shoe shop, and half-an-hour later when you are on Facebook an advert pops up for the very pair of shoes you have been looking at.
This happens because o…
How much would you pay to have a stylus in your phone?
That’s the essential question for the Note 10 Plus. It wasn’t always this way: the Note line has meant a few different things over its eight-year history. It was the first phone t…
Although many data plans these days are advertised as “unlimited,” most actually have a cut-off point when your data stream is going to slow radically. If you don’t want to pay the premium prices that “unlimited” plans demand, then it’s ev…
YouTube is shutting down its private messaging feature on September 18th, the company announced in a support post. It said it made the decision after choosing to focus its attention on public conversations, like the Stories feature it laun…
Google made a subtle announcement today on Twitter: it’s in the process of rolling out new AI features for its Lens platform that will let you search your Google Photos library for text that appears within photos and screenshots. Then, you…
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) is in advanced talks with South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd (051910.KS) to source batteries for vehicles to be made in its Shanghai plant, a person familiar with the matter said.
The move represent…
When Instagram first hit the news this week, it was over a hoax. A host of celebrities had posted to their timelines a battered image declaring that Instagram would soon make our deleted photos and messages public, and use them against us …
One of the private companies aiming to deliver a commercial lunar lander to the Moon has adjusted the timing for its planned mission, which isn’t all that surprising, given the enormity of the task. Japanese startup ispace is now targeting…
Social media "influencers" - people who promote goods and services for money online - are getting younger and younger it seems. And services are springing up to teach parents and kids just how to do it.
Ralphie Waplington is just two-an…
The boss of a company which gets children into computer programming has warned a current skills shortage will get worse unless it is tackled.
Robotical's Sandy Enoch said the problem hit home after struggling to fill developer jobs hims…
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Watching someone else revising for hours might not sound like the best use of time.
But if you've done your GCSEs recently, you've probably done exactly that on StudyTube.
It's a "weird little niche of YouTube where you have students…
The next version of the Android operating system (OS) will not be named after a dessert or sweet treat, ending a tradition that started in 2009.
Following the pattern, the name of the new version would have started with Q.
But Google…
Google has shut down 210 channels on YouTube it said were part of a "coordinated” attempt to post material about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
The firm said attempts had been made to "disguise the origin of these accounts and other…
Russia has launched a rocket carrying a life-sized robot to the International Space Station (ISS).
It was launched from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday and is set to arrive at the station on Saturday.
The robot…
China Telecom said on Thursday it is ready to build a 5G mobile network with its rivals in order to reduce costs, a proposal that is likely to cut multi-billion dollar equipment orders for vendors such as Huawei Technologies.
China’s bi…
Microsoft has said that it will stop listening in to Xbox users, saying it was "no longer necessary".
It comes after Vice news revealed that it had been recording and listening to the private conversations of gamers - many of whom were …
Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) on Thursday denied a media report which suggested that the German carmaker was interested in buying a stake in United States electric car manufacturer Tesla.
“The speculation about buying a stake in Tesla made by …
Apple has advised owners of its new credit card to keep it away from leather and denim.
Keeping the card in a leather wallet or in the pocket of a pair of jeans could cause "permanent discolouration".
The Apple Card is a relatively p…
Huawei is in Greater Manchester this week, showing off its "5G Experience tour".
But times are tough for the Chinese telecoms equipment maker.
Huawei has been under severe international scrutiny in recent months for its alleged close…
French President Emmanuel Macron is pressing ahead with a digital tax in France, a move U.S. President Donald Trump described as “foolishness”, and the French leader is keen to reach an international agreement on taxing big tech companies.…
How you buy or rent property – and how others sell or lease it to you – is in the midst of dramatic change, the kind perhaps not seen in the real estate world since the birth of the skyscraper in the 19th century.
The reason: property t…
Lioness Manager Phil Neville has called for footballers to quit social media to protest against racist abuse.
He said social media companies need to do more to tackle bullying and abuse online.
This comes after Manchester United midf…
Many of us might not have heard of bullet journals but they are at the heart of a trend that has been growing significantly over the past year.
Essentially, these journals are financial trackers which have been hand-drawn in a notebook …
Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) proposed digital currency Libra faces anti-trust probe by European Union regulators, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a document seen by the organization.
The European Commission is "currently investigating po…
Intel Corp on Tuesday unveiled its latest processor that will be its first using artificial intelligence (AI) and is designed for large computing centers.
The chip, developed at its development facility in Haifa, Israel, is known as Ner…
"Ten phones, two laptops, digital cameras... all just sitting here. We're not dealing with it." Louise Lewis is surveying a collection of old gadgets that have piled up in her home.
Her technological stash, experts say, is typical. But it…
Facebook is drawing back the veil to show what data it collects on users.
Many may not like what they see.
A feature in settings called Off-Facebook Activity will show all the apps and websites that send information about you to Face…
6 Android apps that were downloaded a staggering 90 million times from the Google Play Store were found to have been loaded with the PreAMo malware
Mobile device security threats are on the rise and it’s not hard to see why. In 2019 the…
Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) messaging service WhatsApp is in talks with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services, in a bid to tap the nation’s fast growing e-commerce sector, people familiar with the m…
PlayStation console maker Sony Interactive Entertainment will acquire Insomniac Games - the studio behind the "Spider-Man" video game.
SIE is a unit of Japan's Sony and the deal will enhance its ability to compete with game streaming se…
China said on Tuesday it had a right to put out its own views after Twitter and Facebook said they had dismantled a state-backed social media campaign originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong.
Twitter…
The world's oldest continuously working webcam is being switched off after 25 years.
The Fogcam was set up in 1994 to watch how the weather changed on the San Francisco State University campus.
It has broadcast almost continuously si…
A Californian-based start-up has unveiled what it says is the world's largest computer chip.
The Wafer Scale Engine, designed by Cerebras Systems, is slightly bigger than a standard iPad.
The firm says a single chip can drive complex…
Jaguar Land Rover is developing new 3D technology as part of next-generation head-up display research
Technology could project driver safety information ahead of the driver with the potential to improve reaction times to road haz…
Apple’s next Apple Watch revision could include new materials for the case, including titanium and ceramic. That’s according to new assets pulled form the latest watchOS beta release, as uncovered by Brazilian site iHelp.br (via 9to5Mac).…
Twitter is blocked in China, but its state news agency is buying promoted tweets to portray Hong Kong protestors as violent
Twitter is being criticized for running promoted tweets by China’s largest state news agency that paint…
A mother expressed her concern about extremist content poisoning the minds of boys as they use the internet, in a post that went viral. She thinks there are warning signs parents should heed.
In an age where anyone can access just about…
Alphabet Inc’s Google has shut down a service it provided to wireless carriers globally that showed them weak spots in their network coverage, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, because of Google’s concerns that sharing data fro…
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday the U.S. government will extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from U.S. companies so that it can service existing customers, even as…
Google is adding a new feature to its Assistant that will let you assign reminders to other people, so long as that person is part of an opt-in group of trusted fellow Assistant users. The feature is designed mostly for families — it will …
It wasn’t always easy to change your PlayStation Network (PSN) account name. Actually, it wasn’t until April 2019 that Sony allowed account holders to do it at all. Now, each account is allowed to change their username once for free. Any c…
Plex today is launching a new desktop application for Mac and Windows, with the goal of eventually replacing Plex Media Player as the company’s only desktop solution. The app’s arrival also signals a change in direction for the company, w…
Apple just released iOS 13 beta 7 to developers today, and people are already digging through the software to find hints about the rumored iPhone 11. iHelp BR has discovered that the latest iOS 13 beta includes an asset that hints at an …
Transsion Future Hub, a subsidiary of Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion, is teaming up with Kenya’s Wapi Capital to source and fund early-stage African fintech startups.
Headquartered in Shenzhen, Transsion is a top-seller…
A website owned by the European Central Bank has been hacked, the bank has announced.
ECB said that attackers had managed to hack into its Banks’ Integrated Reporting Dictionary (BIRD) website, and that it is possible that the names, em…
Hong Kong’s political unrest is posing a dilemma for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) on the timing of its planned $15 billion listing in the city, with sources saying China’s biggest e-commerce company is now considering several timetab…