Microsoft has decided to close its Mixer livestreaming service and is partnering with Facebook Gaming instead.
Mixer made headlines last year when it signe...
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Google Chrome extensions downloaded more than 32 million times were used to spy on the popular browser's users in a massive global surveillance campaign, according to a new report.
The report, from cybersecurity firm Awake Security, found at least 111 "malicious or fake" Chrome extensions capable of taking screenshots, stealing login credentials and capturing passwords as users typed them...
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A Covid-19 tracing software tool has appeared in the settings of both Android phones and iPhones as part of an update of their operating systems.
The "exposure notification" tool is switched off by default, and is not a tracing app itself.
It enables an app to run in the background while still using Bluetooth.
This lets the app measure...
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Huawei poses challenges to national security and has engaged in unacceptable acts, Google's former boss Eric Schmidt has told the BBC.
But he says the West should respond by competing with China and its technologies, rather than disengaging.
Mr Schmidt now chairs the Pentagon's Defence Innovation Board.
The UK is currently reviewing whether to continue letting Huawei help...
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Apple faces two European Commission probes into whether it has broken competition rules.
One investigation centres on iPad and iPhones being limited to installing apps from Apple's own App Store, among other restrictions imposed on third-party developers.
The other involves Apple Pay, with one issue being that other serv...
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Babylon Health has acknowledged that its GP video appointment app has suffered a data breach.
The firm was alerted to the problem after one of its users discovered he had been given access to dozens of video recordings of other patients&#...
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Huawei is launching a newspaper and internet campaign to mark 20 years of business in the UK.
In an open letter to the public, the Chinese telecoms company says it is "as committed as ever" to provide "the best equipment" to the UK's 5G mobile and full-fibre broadband providers.
It comes amid a new security review that could lead the UK government to ban use of Huawei's 5G networ...
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Chinese telecoms company Huawei has warned that disrupting its involvement in the rollout of 5G would do Britain "a disservice".
In January, the UK government approved a limited role for Huawei in building the country's new data networks. But in March, a backbench rebellion within the Conservative party signalled efforts to overturn the move. In an ope...
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Retail giant Amazon says it will build its own coronavirus testing lab to monitor the health of its staff.
Cases of Covid-19 have been reported at more than 50 Amazon facilities across the US...
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