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Google Chrome Users May Have Been Impacted By A Massive Spying Campaign

June 21 2020 | TW News Correspondent

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, stea...
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Coronavirus: New Covid-19 Tracing Tool Appears on Smartphones

June 20 2020 | TW News Correspondent

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 it...
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Eric Schmidt: Huawei Has Engaged in Unacceptable Practices

June 18 2020 | TW News Correspondent

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 b...
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Apple Faces Two EU Anti-Competition Probes

June 17 2020 | TW News Correspondent

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...
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Babylon Health Admits GP App Suffered a Data Breach

June 10 2020 | TW News Correspondent

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 patien...
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Huawei Launches Media Blitz as UK Weighs Its Role in 5G Networks

June 08 2020 | TW News Correspondent

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 "t...
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Coronavirus: Huawei Warns UK Against 5G U-Turn After Pandemic

April 13 2020 | TW News Correspondent

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 p...
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Coronavirus: Amazon Builds Its Own Testing Lab for Staff

April 12 2020 | TW News Correspondent

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. Some have involved multiple infected workers. The company said it had assembled a team to build its own "incremental testing capacity". Amazon staff have previou...
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Coronavirus: UK Broadband Data Caps Removed During Pandemic

March 31 2020 | TW News Correspondent

The UK’s main internet providers have agreed to remove data caps on fixed-line broadband during the coronavirus pandemic.

The move is part of a range of new measures agreed between telecoms companies and the gover...
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