Image copyright PA Media The government has received a report into Huawei that is likely to change its policy over the Chinese firm’s role in the UK’s telecoms networks. Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden said GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre had delivered its findings. NCSC is believed to have said it can no longer assure the […]
A machine which is able to put together about 300 pizzas per hour has been developed by Picnic. The dough base still has to be prepared by a human but the sauce and toppings are added by machine. Inside the machine are ingredient modules such as sauce, cheese, vegetables and meat. A camera takes pictures […]
Image copyright Byron Bernstein / Instagram Tributes have been paid to video games streamer Byron Bernstein, known as Reckful, who died on Thursday. Mr Bernstein was a well-known and loved e-sports player and had 960,000 followers on streaming site Twitch. His brother Gary Bernstein confirmed that Reckful had taken his own life, aged 31. Twitch […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption E-scooters are a common sight in cities like LA – but are illegal in the UK until the weekend The UK’s blindness charity says e-scooters remain a “real and genuine threat” ahead of their legalisation. The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) said that the government’s safeguards, announced this […]
Image copyright Reuters The government has signalled it is set to take a tougher line against Chinese telecoms equipment-maker Huawei. A review is under way into how forthcoming US sanctions would affect the UK’s continued use of its products. “Given that these sanctions… are extensive, it is likely to have an impact on the viability […]
Image copyright Getty Social media platform TikTok has told the BBC it did not receive or store any data from Apple iPhone clipboards. In a developer trial of the latest update to the phone’s operating system, iOS 14, users are notified whenever an app accesses the handset’s clipboard. TikTok was one of 53 apps that […]
Northern Ireland is planning to release its own coronavirus contact-tracing app within weeks, the BBC has learned. It follows the failure of the NHS app in England, which was trialled on the Isle of Wight. The NI app will be based on the Google/Apple model. It is designed to be compatible with an app due […]
Mobile network O2 has been sending some of its former customers refunds, 15 years after the end of their contracts. Several people posted on Twitter that they had received a letter and cheque from parent company Telefonica stating: “You’ve got a refund.” Some were suspicious that the letter was sent by cyber-fraudsters. But O2 confirmed […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Online harms include things such as cyber-bullying and images of self-harm Ofcom will not hesitate to impose fines on social media firms who fail to deal with harmful content, its new boss has said. The watchdog would also consider temporarily suspending platforms in extreme cases of harm. Chief executive […]
Image copyright PA Media Image caption Police officers in Ireland trialled the app ahead of its planned national rollout Ireland’s health authority plans to press ahead with the launch of a coronavirus contact-tracing app based on Apple and Google’s technology. The Health Service Executive told the BBC that it would submit a memo to government […]
After months of work, the UK has ditched the way its coronavirus-tracing app works, prompting a blame game between the government and two of the world’s biggest tech firms. So what went wrong? At the end of March, I got a text from a senior figure in the UK’s technology industry. This person said they […]
In a major U-turn, the UK is ditching the way its current coronavirus-tracing app works and shifting to a model based on technology provided by Apple and Google. The Apple-Google design has been promoted as being more privacy-focused. However, it means epidemiologists will have access to less data. The government now intends to launch an […]