US charges Russian spies over Yahoo breach
Two Russian spies are among four individuals indicted by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over a huge theft of Yahoo user accounts. The members of the FSB, the Russian intelligence agency,...
Germany warns social media firms over illegal content
Social media firms in Germany could face fines of up to 50 million euros if they take too long to remove illegal content including fake news. Germany’s justice minister has drafted a law that...
California mulls driver-free car tests
The California Department of Motor Vehicles is considering new regulations to allow driverless cars without back-up drivers to be tested on its roads. Currently 27 manufacturers have a permit to...
SXSW 2017: Why is the Vatican at a tech conference?
As Bishop Paul Tighe sat down for our interview, he joked that not only is he probably the only priest at South by Southwest, but also the only person with grey hair. His presence here marks the...
Sinclair ZX Vega+ funding campaign halted by Indiegogo
Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo intervened to stop a handheld retro computer console campaign from acquiring further funding, the BBC has learned. The Spectrum ZX Vega+, backed by Sir Clive...
Apple, Samsung and Microsoft react to Wikileaks’ CIA dump
Several of the tech firms whose products have been allegedly compromised by the CIA have given their first reactions to the claims. Wikileaks published thousands of documents said to detail the US...
Wikileaks: CIA has tools to snoop via TVs
Wikileaks has published details of what it says are wide-ranging hacking tools used by the CIA. The alleged cyber-weapons are said to include malware that targets Windows, Android, iOS, OSX and...
Inside the TalkTalk ‘Indian scam call centre’
TalkTalk customers are being targeted by an industrial-scale fraud network in India, according to whistleblowers who say they were among hundreds of staff hired to scam customers of the British...
