Robert Scammell
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9 May
Robopets help combat loneliness in care homes, study finds
A UK study has shown how robotic pets, or ‘robopets’, can help combat loneliness among elderly care home residents.
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8 May
You know nothing, Sky Go: PS4 update causes streaming misery for Game of Thrones fans
Sky customers using Sky Go on their PlayStation 4 (PS4) have been reporting severe streaming errors following the latest software update.
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7 May
Milk sensor ‘smells’ spoiled milk so you don’t have to
Many have long trusted the ‘sniff test’ to determine if milk has gone off, but soon technology could take care of that for you. Researchers have developed a milk sensor that can detect – or ‘smell’ – if milk has spoiled.
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3 May
Watch: How Hiber nanosatellites provide IoT connectivity anywhere on Earth
Hiber nanosatellites might be small, but the Dutch space startup has big ambitions: to provide low-cost, low-power internet connectivity to internet of things (IoT) devices anywhere on the planet.
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26 Apr
Facebook faces inquiry for password breach. But is a fine coming?
Ireland’s data regulator has opened an inquiry into Facebook’s failure to securely protect millions of its users’ passwords.
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25 Apr
Cryptomining almost ‘extinct’ but business ransomware attacks rocket 500%
Cybercriminals are turning back to ransomware attacks in their droves, with a 500% increase in attacks on enterprises since this time last year.
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24 Apr
Toyota partnership to automate HD maps for autonomous vehicles
Toyota’s research division has announced plans to use satellite imagery to create automated high-definition maps for its autonomous vehicles.
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18 Apr
Facebook’s 1.5m email harvest shows continued privacy failings
Facebook has admitted it “unintentionally” harvested and uploaded email contacts from 1.5 million people, showing once again a lacklustre approach to user privacy.
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16 Apr
Wooden solar evaporator could provide cheap, safe water
Scientists have created a prototype for a wooden solar evaporator that could lead to cheaper small-scale desalination devices.
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16 Apr
Lithium-ion material breakthrough signals better, faster charging batteries
Researchers have shown how it is possible to create a lithium-ion battery that can charge in minutes but still operate at a high capacity.
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15 Apr
Torrent Game of Thrones at your risk – the file is dark and full of malware
Fantasy epic Game of Thrones returns to the UK tonight for its eighth and final season.
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12 Apr
Bounty fined £400,000 for illegally selling data of 14 million parents and newborns
The UK’s data watchdog has fined pregnancy and parenting club Bounty £400,000 for illegally selling personal details of more than 14 million parents to credit reference and marketing agencies.
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11 Apr
How Julian Assange went from liberal darling to alt-right information kingpin
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, marking an end to the seven-year chapter of his political asylum.
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10 Apr
AI in banking to be worth $300bn by 2030, but millions of jobs at risk
It’s no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly valuable across all industries.
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10 Apr
Two out of three hotels accidentally leak guest data to third-parties
Two out of three hotel websites are unintentionally leaking guests’ booking details and personal data to third-party sites in a widespread hotel data leak, according to cybersecurity firm Symantec.
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9 Apr
Latest sextortion scam speaks your language to steal thousands in Bitcoin
A new wave of sextortion scam emails is targeting victims in multiple languages and locations around the world to blackmail victims into paying thousands of pounds in Bitcoin.
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8 Apr
Blocked, fined, personally liable: UK clamps down on social media firms for harmful content
Social media companies could face a raft of tougher regulations to ensure that they protect their users from harmful content online under new proposed UK laws.
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5 Apr
London Blue scammers target Asia with BEC campaigns
A prolific scamming group dubbed London Blue is now targeting business employees in Asia and using spoofed email addresses to trick businesses into handing over cash.
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4 Apr
Newham Council fined £145,000 for Gangs Matrix breach
The UK’s data watchdog has fined a council in the London borough of Newham £145,000 for disclosing the personal information of 203 people listed on a police intelligence database known as the ‘Gangs Matrix’.
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4 Apr
Facebook data leak: Social media giant haunted by third-party developers
Facebook is once again paying the price for giving third-party developers unfettered access to user data, following a data leak in which millions of user records were found freely available on an Amazon Web Service server.
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3 Apr
Plants integrated with nanomaterials could detect explosives
Scientists have shown how nanomaterials can be added to plants, creating the possibility of giving them useful abilities such as detecting explosive chemicals or harvesting light more efficiently.
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2 Apr
‘Island hopping’ cyberattacks are threatening supply chains
Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the world’s sprawling, complex supply chains in a practice known as ‘island hopping’.
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1 Apr
April Fools’ Day: Five tech flops that could have been a joke
It’s April Fools’ Day, which means scores of companies are promoting joke products in the hope of tricking both journalists and consumers into believing their ridiculous ideas are a reality.
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29 Mar
Silver lining in damning Huawei security report, says former GCHQ officer
Huawei is facing fresh criticism after a UK government-led report found “serious vulnerabilities” in its 5G technology – but it’s not all doom and gloom for the Chinese telecommunications giant, a former British intelligence officer has said.
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28 Mar
Huawei security risk: UK report finds “serious vulnerabilities” in 5G tech
A UK government report has found “serious vulnerabilities” in Huawei products and “significant technical issues” in its engineering process.
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28 Mar
AI pacemaker software saves lives by identifying devices in “seconds”
Researchers have created artificial intelligence (AI) software that identifies the make and model of cardiac rhythm devices – such as pacemakers – in seconds, massively speeding up treatment times in potentially life-threatening conditions.
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27 Mar
Over half of IT professionals rely on legacy database tech
Data may be the new oil, but many IT professionals are relying on legacy database technology to manage the highly valuable commodity.
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26 Mar
Article 13 passed: The internet reacts to the ‘death of the internet’
The European Parliament has passed Article 13 and Article 11, the controversial update to Europe’s copyright law, drawing widespread condemnation from technology experts and internet users.
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26 Mar
Biocompatible electronics given “billion-fold” conductivity boost
Scientists have significantly increased the conductivity of a type of melanin skin pigment, opening up the possibility of biocompatible electronics for implantable devices or, more speculatively – human cyborgs.
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25 Mar
Starship Technologies delivery robots arrive on Arizona campus
Students at Northern Arizona University now have no excuse to skip breakfast, because an autonomous delivery robot can bring it to their door “within minutes”.
