Driverless cars: safer perhaps, but professor warns of privacy risks
Driverless vehicles could build a “gold mine” of personal data for private companies and would make it easier for them to target people as consumers, an Australian law professor has warned. Des...
Manchester police still relies on Windows XP
England’s second biggest police force has revealed that more than one in five of its computers were still running Windows XP as of July. Greater Manchester Police told the BBC that 1,518 of...
Equifax had ‘admin’ as login and password in Argentina
The credit report provider Equifax has been accused of a fresh data security breach, this time affecting its Argentine operations. Cyber-crime blogger Brian Krebs said that an online employee tool...
Apple iPhone X adopts facial recognition and OLED screen
Apple has revealed a high-end smartphone with an “edge-to-edge” screen that has no physical home button. The iPhone X – which is referred to as “ten” – uses a...
iPhone X: 10 key moments leading up to the new handset
Apple’s 10th anniversary iPhone launch is expected to be the biggest single upgrade the handset has seen since its launch. A revamped design with an edge-to-edge display, facial recognition ID...
Apple suffers ‘major iPhone X leak’
Details of new iPhones and other forthcoming Apple devices have been revealed via an apparent leak. Two news sites were given access to an as-yet-unreleased version of the iOS operation system. The...
Facebook uncovers Russia-funded misinformation campaign
Facebook says it has discovered a Russian-funded campaign to promote divisive social and political messages on its network. The company said $100,000 (£77,000) was spent on about 3,000 ads over a...
Self-made billionaire Bill Gates: Better technology must be developed to help educate people
Through his largest donation in 17 years, Bill Gates recently reaffirmed his commitment to education last week when Bloomberg reported he was pledging $4.6 billion to his personal foundation. Gates...
