Apple has pulled apps that let users flag sightings of officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The tech giant said it had removed ICEBlock from its App Store after law enforcement made it aware of “safety risks” associated with it and “similar apps”. Another app called ICE Immigration Alerts has been removed from […]
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Hackers delete children’s pictures and data after nursery attack backlash
Hackers who attempted to extort a nursery chain by posting stolen images and data about children on the darknet have removed the posts and claim to have deleted the information. The criminals began posting profiles of the children to their website last Thursday, adding another 10 children days later and vowing to continue until Kido […]
Half of UK adults now regularly use mobile payments
Half of UK adults are now regularly paying for things by tapping their phone, new banking data suggests. A surge in the use of mobile payments via services such as Apple Pay or Google Pay has been recorded across different age groups, figures from trade body UK Finance show. “People are more comfortable leaving their […]
Chinese woman convicted in UK over £5.5bn bitcoin scam
A Chinese national has been convicted of playing a key role in what is believed to be the single largest cryptocurrency seizure in the world, worth more than £5.5bn ($7.4bn). Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, pleaded guilty on Monday at Southwark Crown Court, London of illegally acquiring and possessing the cryptocurrency. Between 2014 […]
Nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles online
Hackers holding pictures and private data of thousands of nursery children and their families to ransom say they will publish more information online unless they are paid. Criminals calling themselves Radiant hacked the Kido nursery chain and posted profiles of 10 children online on Thursday and a further 10 on Friday. They have also published […]
Microsoft cuts off some services used by Israeli military unit
Microsoft has cut off some services to a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defence after an investigation found its technology had been used to conduct mass surveillance on people in Gaza. Brad Smith, president of the company, said using the firm’s technology to conduct mass surveillance on civilians was a violation of its standard terms […]
Man arrested in connection with cyber-attack on airports
14 hours ago ShareSave Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reporter and Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World Service ShareSave Getty Images A person has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack which has caused days of disruption at several European airports including Heathrow. The National Crime Agency (NCA) said a man in his forties was arrested in West Sussex […]
YouTube content creators contributed £2.2bn to UK economy in 2024
3 hours ago ShareSave Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor ShareSave Emma Lynch/BBC YouTube content creators contributed £2.2bn to the UK economy in 2024 and supported 45,000 jobs, according to an impact report carried out by Oxford Economics. It comes as an all-party parliamentary group is launched to represent UK creators and influencers. Its co-chair Feryal Clark, Labour […]
TikTok algorithm to be retrained on US user data under Trump deal
TikTok’s algorithm – the technology that determines what users see in their feed – will be copied and retrained using US user data as part of a deal to secure the app’s future in the country. A White House official said on Monday that TikTok’s recommendation system will be audited by tech giant Oracle, and […]
Trump and Xi make progress in talks on TikTok’s future in US
US President Donald Trump has said he and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping approved a deal on the future of TikTok’s US operations during a phone call on Friday, although there was no confirmation from Beijing. Trump wrote on Truth Social the call was “productive” and he “appreciated” Xi’s approval of deal, which would reportedly see […]