Image copyright Advertising Standards Authority Image caption The ad was appeared in a message to users An advert for a betting firm seen on the dating app Tinder has been banned for linking gambling to sexual success. The ad for William Hill, which was sent as a message to users, read: “Stuck in the friend […]
Image copyright PHILIPPE LOPEZ Image caption Wikipedia is now blocked in China. All language editions of Wikipedia have been blocked in mainland China since April, the Wikimedia foundation has confirmed. Internet censorship researchers found that Wikipedia had joined thousands of other websites which cannot be accessed in China. The country had previously banned the Chinese […]
Image copyright Reuters Vodafone has said that it will turn on its 5G service in the UK on 3 July. The company will rely on equipment from the Chinese telecoms provider Huawei, among others, to deliver the service. It is the first firm to confirm a UK switch-on date, and both business customers and consumers […]
Image copyright Getty Images Virgin Mobile customers across the UK have been struggling to make calls, send text messages and use mobile data. Since this morning there have been complaints in London, the Midlands, the North West, Bristol and Scotland. Customers vented their fury on Twitter, with some complaining they had been left in the […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Experts worry that there may not be an easy way to verify whether a device has been hacked Security researchers have discovered serious vulnerabilities affecting dozens of Cisco devices. The flaws allow hackers to deceive the part of the product hardware that checks whether software updates come from legitimate sources. […]
Image copyright Reuters Vodafone has said that it will turn on its 5G service in the UK on 3 July. The company will rely on equipment from the Chinese telecoms provider Huawei, among others, to deliver the service. It is the first firm to confirm a UK switch-on date, and both business customers and consumers […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Police facial recognition systems have been shown to do poorly when analysing non-white faces Black and minority ethnic people could be falsely identified and face questioning because police have failed to test how well their systems deal with non-white faces, say campaigners. At least three chances to assess how […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Police facial recognition systems have been shown to do poorly when analysing non-white faces Black and minority ethnic people could be falsely identified and face questioning because police have failed to test how well their systems deal with non-white faces, say campaigners. At least three chances to assess how […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Police facial recognition systems have been shown to do poorly when analysing non-white faces Black and minority ethnic people could be falsely identified and face questioning because police have failed to test how well their systems deal with non-white faces, say campaigners. At least three chances to assess how […]
Image copyright Reuters Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has unveiled a mock-up of a new lunar lander spacecraft that aims to take equipment and humans to the Moon by 2024. The unmanned, reusable Blue Moon vehicle will carry scientific instruments, satellites and rovers. It will feature a new rocket engine called BE-7 that can blast 10,000 […]
