A Russian man is facing 46 months in an American jail for running a network of hijacked computers.
Maxim Senakh was sentenced in Minnesota for running the Ebury botnet that was used to steal login names and passwords from computers runn…
The hackers behind the Wannacry ransomware have tried to conceal who they are by using a virtual currency that is more anonymous than Bitcoin.
Victims paid more than $140,000 (£107,000) in bitcoins to recover files scrambled by Wannacry…
The research aims to understand, from a comparative perspective, how the citizens use the internet when data is subsidised and when it is not
Compelling Mozilla-backed research, carried out by Research ICT Africa, finds that signifi…
Facebook's WhatApp unit is testing a feature that could allow users to communicate with businesses via secure chat sessions.
The beta version of WhatsApp's Android app is part of a broader product development effort to make the servic…
BERLIN (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) is to send more potential hoax articles to third-party fact checkers and show their findings below the original post, the world's largest online social network said on Thursday as it tries to fight so-cal…
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said on Thursday it would invest in a new memory chip production line without joint venture partner Western Digital Corp, in a counter-punch against the U.S. firm which has opposed a planned auction of the bu…
Emailing has held on to the top spot as the most common internet activity in Britain, despite the continued rise of social media, a survey has found.
Some 82% of adults say they most often use the web for email, the Office for National …
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) rolled out a tool this week to help Kenyan users spot fake news ahead of a hotly-contested presidential election that has seen supporters of rival candidates trade bitter words online.
Voters go to th…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Snap Inc , owner of the Snapchat messaging app, had their busiest trading day in two and a half months in a volatile session on Monday, as early investors could sell their shares for the first time since its …
Vladimir Putin has banned virtual private networks (VPNs) and Tor in a crackdown on apps that allow access to websites prohibited in Russia.
The law, signed by President Putin, was passed by Russia's parliament last week and will come i…
The creators of several Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have criticised Apple's decision to remove their products from its App Store in China.
The BBC understands that as many as 60 VPNs were pulled over the weekend.
Apple said it wa…
Global Sim card shipments are expected to reach over 5.8 million in 2020, according to the latest data from ABI Research. In 2016, global Sim card shipments lifted 3.9 percent year-on-year to 5.4 billion units, driven by continued advancem…
InterDigital joined 5Tonic, a 5G laboratory in Spain set up in 2015 by experts from Telefonica and the research institute IMDEA Networks. 5Tonic exists as an open ecosystem for 5G research and innovation based in Madrid. InterDigital joins…
The number of active GSM mobile customers in Nigeria fell to 142.65 million in June, down by around 2.29 million from the previous month, according to figures from the Nigeria Communications Commission. The drop was due mainly to market le…
Angolan mobile operator Unitel has introduced the Unitel App that enables customers to manage their account without the need to visit a store or contact the call centre, reports Jornal de Angola. From the Unitel App, customers can consult…
Amazon has taken its first foray into South East Asia, launching its Prime Now service in Singapore.
The move is seen as the start of an aggressive expansion in the region, which has a population of about 600 million people.
It is al…
The provider of best mobile coverage in the UK is influenced by geography as well as the operator, a study suggests.
No one provider dominated, with EE coming out best in England, Vodafone the overall winner in Northern Ireland and Thre…
LAGOS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an effort to make them more employable, its chief executive said on Thursday.
The U.S. technology giant also …
Cyber-thieves have made at least $25m (£19m) from ransomware in the last two years, suggests research by Google.
The search giant created thousands of virtual victims of ransomware to expose the payment ecosystem surrounding the malware…
Car & General, a listed company that deals in automotive, engineering and agricultural products, has announced the launch of TVS StaR HLX 150 in the Kenyan market. The new TVS StaR HLX 150 will help grow the strong market position of the p…
New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution, the government has announced.
Ministers have also unveiled a £255m fund to help councils tackle emissions, including the potential …
When the attack came, it took hold quickly and brought a screeching halt to many businesses across Ukraine.
"None of the computers or machines worked except for the General Electric-powered machines like the MRIs [magnetic resonance ima…
Data about loan accounts belonging to 400,000 customers of Italy's largest bank has been put at risk by two security breaches.
Unicredit said that personal data and account numbers could have been stolen.
But it added that the accoun…
Adobe Systems has said that it plans to phase out its Flash Player plug-in by the end of 2020.
The technology was once one of the most widely used ways for people to watch video clips and play games online.
But it also attracted much…
US passengers who leave items behind in their Uber car will be charged $15 (£11.50) to have them returned, under new rules from the ride-sharing firm.
The fee is already in place in some US cities, but will be rolled out across the coun…
In 2013, police in South Cambridgeshire in England took to the streets with an unexpected crime-fighting tool.
The officers wandered past houses, looking for open windows or unlocked doors, then placed balloons in people’s front rooms a…
Google has begun rounding up information about unfolding natural disasters, terrorism and other crises within its Search and Maps tools.
Visitors will be shown updates from authorities, news articles, emergency telephone numbers and oth…
The Swedish government has admitted to a huge data leak made by one of its own departments during an IT outsourcing procedure in 2015.
Sweden's prime minister said it was "a disaster", Swedish media reported.
Reports say that confide…
As malicious hackers mount ever more sophisticated attacks, China is about to launch a new, "unhackable" communications network - at least in the sense that any attack on it would be quickly detected.
The technology it has turned to is …
India is resisting the push towards driverless cars in order to protect jobs, its transport minister has said.
Nitin Gadkari said the government would "not allow any technology that takes away jobs".
He said India needed to recruit a…
Uber has introduced Real–Time ID to Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya in a bid to further improve security. The technology works by prompting driver-partners to periodically share a selfie in the application (app) before going online and accepting …
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia has put a plan to roll out ultrafast broadband in rural areas of Italy on hold, two sources familiar with the matter said, suspending a project that triggered a row with the government and contributed to th…
The UK government has announced plans to introduce drone registration and safety awareness courses for owners of the small unmanned aircraft.
It will affect anyone who owns a drone which weighs more than 250 grams (8oz).
Drone maker …
Microsoft's graphics program Paint has been included in a list of Windows 10 features that will be either removed or no longer developed.
Paint has been part of the Windows operating system since its release in 1985 and is known for its…
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd said on Thursday it has won the right to sell tools for encrypting phone calls and text messages to the U.S. federal government, garnering an endorsement from the National Security Agency for the product…
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has outlined plans to become a world-leader in artificial intelligence by 2025, laying down a challenge to U.S. dominance in the sector amid heightened international tensions over military applications of…
Imagine logging onto your bank account just by glancing at your phone.
That's what some TSB customers will be able to do from September when the bank introduces iris recognition to its mobile banking app.
It will be the first bank in…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has launched a social feature called Spark that allows members to showcase and purchase products on its platforms, the retail giant's first clear move into the world of social media.
Spark, which is …
Phonemaker OnePlus has admitted a glitch in some of its devices prevented people making calls to the emergency services.
The issue was highlighted on Reddit, where a customer showed their OnePlus 5 phone restarting when a 911 emergency …
The International Space Station has become the first "off planet" addition to Google Maps' Street View facility.
Astronauts helped capture 360-degree panoramas of the insides of the ISS modules, as well as views down to the Earth below.…
The value of the virtual currency Bitcoin has always been volatile.
Even so, there has been particular turbulence in recent days as fears of a "civil war" among its adherents first grew and then subsided, although they have not gone awa…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google on Wednesday announced an overhaul of its search app on mobile phones to include a personalized feed of links about hobbies, travel, sports and other topics, a move that puts the search company into more di…
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) is in early talks with several news publishers about how its social media site can better support subscription business models, the company's head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, said in a statement on…
Google is to sell a revamped version of its smart glasses to businesses, more than two years after the original version of the product was cancelled.
The company said Glass Enterprise Edition had improved battery life and felt more comf…
Users of the encrypted messaging service WhatsApp have reported disruptions in China, prompting censorship claims.
Many reported that voice messaging and pictures wouldn't send without a virtual private network (VPN) to circumvent China…
Research from anti-bullying charity Ditch the Label suggests social media is making youngsters more anxious.
Forty per cent said they felt bad if nobody liked their selfies and 35% said their confidence was directly linked to the number…
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Ericsson reported a worse than expected second-quarter loss on Tuesday and lowered its forecast for the mobile infrastructure market, blaming persistent low investment by telecoms companies.
Ericsson share…
SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday it plans to recover 157 tonnes' worth of rare metals from recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in a bid to minimize the environmental impact of the fire-prone devices.
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Facebook has rejected Pakistan's demand to link new accounts on its main service to users' mobile phone numbers.
Officials had requested the feature to tackle fake accounts, which they say had been used to spread hate material.
They …
Netflix shares surged on Monday after the video streaming firm said it had about 104 million subscribers.
The US company said the better-than-expected number was a sign that investment in new shows and movies was paying off.
Netflix …
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