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Ex-Google engineer among those pardoned by Donald Trump
Read Time: 2 minutes Published4 hours ago A former Google engineer sentenced to 18 months in…
OPINION | Israel helping African governments to place us all under surveillance
Read Time: 4 minutes As internet penetration and smartphone usage in Africa grows, digital spaces are…
WhatsApp users flock to rival message platforms
Read Time: 2 minutes Message platforms Signal and Telegram have both seen a huge surge in…
WhatsApp and Facebook to share users’ data outside Europe and UK
Read Time: 3 minutes WhatsApp is forcing users to agree to sharing information with Facebook if…
CES 2021: The tech expo swaps Vegas for a virtual show
Read Time: 8 minutes Under normal circumstances this would have been one of the busiest weeks…
CES 2021: New tech unveiled at annual showcase
Read Time: 10 minutes Vegas missing the CES crowdOpening the online show earlier, host Justine Ezarik…
Elon Musk becomes world’s richest person as wealth tops $185bn
Read Time: 3 minutes Elon Musk has become the world’s richest person, as his net worth…
Signal and Telegram grow in popularity as users shun WhatsApp
Read Time: < 1 minute Following WhatsApp’s latest update in their terms of service, messaging apps Signal…
US intelligence task force accuses Russia of cyber-hack
Read Time: 3 minutes US intelligence agencies have said they believe Russia was behind the “serious”…
Bitcoin tops $34,000 as record rally continues
Read Time: 2 minutes Bitcoin’s value surged above $34,000 (£24,850) for the first time on Sunday…
Trump Twitter ‘hack’: Police accept attacker’s claim
Read Time: 2 minutes But they will not be punishing Victor Gevers, who was acting “ethically”.…
Five Russian hacks that transformed US cyber-security
Read Time: 4 minutes The latest hack, allegedly by Russia, is a reminder that Moscow is America’s…
Google sued again over anti-competitive search practices
Read Time: 3 minutes Google is being sued by 38 US states, accused of trying to…
US cyber-attack: Russia ‘clearly’ behind SolarWinds operation, says Pompeo
Read Time: 4 minutes US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Russia for what is…
Online harms law to let regulator block apps in UK
Read Time: 5 minutes UK watchdog Ofcom is set to gain the power to block access…
Coronavirus: Hackers targeted Covid vaccine supply ‘cold chain’
Read Time: 3 minutes The company says it tracked a campaign aimed at the delivery “cold…
Web Summit: Facebook urges Biden to restore global internet
Read Time: 3 minutes The Chinese internet operated on “a completely different set of values” to…
US turns up heat on China’s biggest chip-maker
Read Time: 3 minutes The move by the Department of Defense means US investors are now…
Timnit Gebru: Google staff rally behind fired AI researcher
Read Time: 2 minutes Timnit Gebru says she was fired after sending an internal email that…