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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
EA kicks off first FIFA e-PL final, but is there a major issue with online video gaming?
Behind closed doors at a cinema venue in London, UK, the first e-Premier League (e-PL) finals kicked off with 40 players of the FIFA 19 video game representing the 20 current premier league football teams across two platforms – Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
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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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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
The AI of Things: Better data management today makes AI more successful tomorrow
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the near future is going to be more focused on ‘specific intelligence’, moving toward a world where AI simplifies and improves every aspect of our daily lives: from the phones we carry and cameras we use to the TVs we watch, the cars we drive, the software we use and even
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29 Mar
Bitcoin price may have fallen, but the crypto industry is in good health
The health of the cryptocurrency industry is on the rise, as increased regulation has cracked down on shady Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and institutions continue to offer investment.
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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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29 Mar
Subscription is the new norm, but could consumers become oversubscribed?
Apple is joining Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Now TV, and soon Disney in the increasingly saturated video content streaming market.
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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
Techxit: British blockchain urged to reject “harsh” EU crypto law for tech-friendly Brexit
The British blockchain industry is being encouraged to reject the UK’s adoption of EU law regulating cryptoassets as part of a bid to strengthen the country’s tech industry post-Brexit, dubbed Techxit.
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22 Mar
How machine learning and IoT can help the world’s poorest people
Plummeting cost-to-compute is making machine learning, (ML), artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) applications more accessible than ever.
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22 Mar
Beyond the honeypot: How military-inspired deception tactics are snaring cybercriminals
During World War II, a ghost army fooled Adolf Hitler.
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20 Mar
NotPetya, WannaCry: The privatisation of nation-state capabilities threatens us all
Few people know more about the threat of cyber terrorism than Malcolm Taylor.
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19 Mar
Introducing the Internet of Blockchains: How the Cosmos Network makes blockchain truly scalable
Blockchain technology has potential benefits for swathes of industries, but there is an issue: scalability.
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18 Mar
Trump on technology: These are the technologies that will make America great again
“Nobody knows more about technology than me,” President of the United States Donald Trump told Fox News last year.
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18 Mar
8chan and the rabbit hole: Why driving extremism underground is vital to stopping it
The online forum 8chan has been in the news in relation to the shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, as a key element in the radicalisation of far-right and white supremacist extremists.
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15 Mar
Unpicking the Brexit uncertainty facing UK manufacturers
It’s been nearly three years since the UK voted to leave the European Union.
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14 Mar
Hackers steal passport details from Pakistani Government site
Cyberattackers have compromised a Pakistani Government website, allowing them to log the keystrokes of visitors entering sensitive information into a passport application site.
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13 Mar
Adapt to survive: What’s next for open banking?
It’s likely that you’ve heard the term ‘open banking’ in recent months.
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12 Mar
30 years after Tim Berners-Lee created the web, is it too late to fix it?
Thirty years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee, then a research fellow at physics laboratory CERN, issued a proposal, titled “Information Management: A Proposal”.
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12 Mar
Global far-right effort to influence Brexit unearthed by researchers
Researchers have found evidence of far-right Twitter accounts using suspicious means such as bots to amplify pro-Brexit content, with a “significant” number originating from outside of the UK.
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11 Mar
UK tech industry holds its breath as Brexit hits crunch time
This is set to be a pivotal week for the UK and its departure from the European Union, not least for the tech industry, which is often hailed as a key part of the country’s post-Brexit strategy.
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8 Mar
Have we run out of things to say about women in tech?
Today is International Women’s Day and, predictably, the Verdict inboxes have been overflowing with comments about women in tech issues.
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7 Mar
While Russia sows discord online, China is on a PR offensive
China is using state-sponsored social media influence to create a distorted positive image of itself to the West, according to security researchers.
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7 Mar
Best books on AI in business for World Book Day
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the world of business at an incredible pace, but there are some fantastic resources available to those that don’t want to get left behind.
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6 Mar
Tech Nation Rising Stars: Are these the startups to maintain the UK’s tech dominance in Europe?
Selected by five leading tech entrepreneurs and experts, Tech Nation has announced the ten leading startups that have won a spot on its prestigious Rising Stars programme.
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5 Mar
MIT’s backflipping Mini Cheetah turns robot design on its head
With the ability to run, climb stairs and jump over hurdles, the advanced capabilities of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s four-legged Cheetah robots have been impressing and alarming audiences in equal measures.
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1 Mar
Could wind power be harnessed for future Mars missions?
After 15 years and many ground-breaking discoveries, NASA announced last month that it had bid farewell to its Mars Exploration Rover B Opportunity (affectionately known as “Oppy”) after it ceased communication with Earth.
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1 Mar
Unicorns are far from mythical in London, where tech startups thrive
If Brexit is supposed to send businesses flocking, it hasn’t happened yet.
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28 Feb
Dolby Atmos: Inside the audio tech behind The Oscars’ biggest winners
The Academy Awards often fail to pass by without igniting some sort of controversy.