Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Almost all EU government websites have trackers Online tools which track user behaviour for advertisers have been found on a swathe of EU public health websites, including NHS and Gov.uk pages. These trackers could compromise sensitive data about people, according to researchers at data protection compliance service Cookiebot. The […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Republican congressman Devin Nunes says Twitter isn’t enforcing its Terms of Service A US politician has accused Twitter and three of its users of running an “orchestrated defamation campaign” against him. Republican congressman Devin Nunes of California has said that tweets from the parody accounts @DevinNunesMom and @DevinCow violate […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The US financial regulator claims that Elon Musk’s tweets violate their settlement agreement The US financial regulator is insisting that Elon Musk be found in contempt of court for his tweets. The Tesla CEO has defended a tweet that he posted in February, revealing the carmaker’s production goals for […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hydro employs more than 35,000 people One of the world’s biggest aluminium producers has switched to manual operations at its Norwegian smelting facilities following a cyber-attack. Hydro, which employs more than 35,000 people in 40 countries, says the attack began on Monday night and is ongoing. A spokesman told […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A tribute to victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks The original live video of last week’s Christchurch attacks was viewed 4,000 times before it was removed, Facebook has said. On Friday, a gunman live-streamed for 17 minutes the attack on two mosques that killed 50 people. Fewer than 200 […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kate Nash started out by uploading her music on MySpace MySpace, one of the first online social networks, has apologised after a server migration caused a huge loss of data. A message on its website says that “any photos, videos and audio files” uploaded more than three years ago […]
Image copyright Reuters Ocado’s revenue grew by 11.2% in the 13 weeks to 13 March compared with the same period last year, although the online food retailer’s income was hit by a fire in its warehouse in February. It brought in £404m during the period, but the fire in its Andover base had a 1.2% […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A tribute to victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks Facebook has said a live broadcast of last week’s Christchurch attacks was viewed fewer than 200 times, as the firm faces growing criticism for failing to block the footage. On Friday, a gunman live-streamed for 17 minutes an attack on […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kate Nash started out by uploading her music on MySpace MySpace, one of the first online social networks, has apologised after a server migration caused a huge loss of data. A message on its website says that “any photos, videos and audio files” uploaded more than three years ago […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Social media sites had “questions to answer” said Jacinda Ardern Facebook says it has deleted more than 1.5 million copies of the video of the mosque attacks in New Zealand in the first day after the incident. In a tweet, it said that 1.2 million of those copies were […]
