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Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said it is looking into a data dump of personal information from hundreds of millions of Facebook users. The database is believed to contain a mix of Facebook profile names, phone…

On Wednesday last week, Google's Fiona Cicconi wrote to company employees. She announced that Google was bringing forward its timetable of moving people back into the office. As of 1 September, she said, employees wishing to…

One in eight porn videos promoted to first-time users of the UK's leading adult sites are labelled with text describing sexually violent acts, according to a study. It analysed titles and descriptions of 131,738 videos on…

People can now enter their phone numbers into a website to see if they appeared in a recent Facebook data breach. Details of more than 530 million people were leaked in a database online, largely consisting of mobile…

An advert for High Street clothing brand Pretty Little Thing, filmed by a TikTok creator house, has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The video was made by The Wave House, a collective of six social…

A new regulator aiming to curb the dominance of tech giants has started work in the UK. The Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will first look to create new codes of conduct for companies such as Facebook and Google and their…

It's been confirmed that E3, the biggest video game event in the world, is set to go ahead this year. Instead of its usual Los Angeles location it will be held digitally and free for everyone to attend due to the pandemic.…

England and Wales' contact tracing app will soon ask users to share details of venues they have checked in to, if they test positive for the coronavirus. The update to the NHS Covid-19 app will be deployed ahead of shops…

Authorities in Australia and the US are investigating a handful of gamers over match-fixing and illegal betting in Counter-Strike competitions. The Esports Integrity Commission is working with the FBI to investigate a "small but…

Google’s Pixel and Apple’s iPhone both in privacy hot seat for siphoning mobile device data without consent. Mobile device-tracking by Apple and Google take center stage in a report revealing that, despite both allowing users to opt…

Cyberattackers have set up a website for a fake company called SecuriElite, as well as associated Twitter and LinkedIn accounts. The same North Korean threat actors that targeted security researchers in January appear to be readying…

A vast majority of companies in a global survey from Microsoft report being a victim of a firmware-focused cyberattack, but defense spending lags, but defense spending lags. Attacks against firmware are snowballing, outstripping many…

Chris Haas, director of information security and research at Automox, discusses how to shore up cybersecurity defenses and what to prioritize. Last year and early spring has been undoubtedly tough for cybersecurity. We’ve seen one of…

In today's digital world, cyber-bullying is devastating - it can cause severe emotional trauma and even suicide because it's anonymous; there's no audience - cyber bullies operate in private with no one to see the crime unfold and they use…

A pair of YouTubers have pleaded guilty to faking a bank robbery that led to an unsuspecting Uber driver being held at gunpoint by police. Alan and Alex Stokes, 24, who have six million followers on their channel,…

Beauty YouTuber James Charles has admitted sending sexually explicit messages to two 16-year-old boys. "I fully understand my actions and how they are wrong," the 21-year-old influencer said in a video posted to his…

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has admitted that sanctions imposed on it by the US in 2019 have had a major impact on its mobile phone business. The US took action amid claims that the company posed a security risk and…

Facebook has removed a video of former US President Donald Trump from the page of his daughter-in-law Lara Trump. The social media giant banned Mr Trump from its platform in January following riots by his supporters on the Capitol…

Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, have voted in a historic poll to decide whether they want to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. The results are not expected until next week - but if…

A fugitive Italian gangster's urge to show off his cooking skills has landed him in jail after seven years on the run. Italian police tracked down Marc Feren Claude Biart, 53, through the culinary videos he had…

Cortana, Microsoft's virtual assistant designed to compete with Apple's Siri and Google's Assistant, is to be retired on mobile. Instead it will focus on offering productivity help in Windows 10, Outlook and Teams. The…

A young child inadvertently sparked confusion over the weekend by posting an unintelligible tweet to the official account of US Strategic Command. The agency is responsible for safeguarding America's nuclear weapons.…

A thousand pounds' worth of Pokémon cards, two PlayStation 5s and a hundred pairs of designer trainers. That's just what 18-year-old Jake (not his real name) has lying around in his bedroom. He's part of a growing…

It was the offer from the gambling company which he is convinced started his addiction. If he deposited up to £300, they'd match it. James - not his real name - says: "That was basically the initial hook that got me…

A collaborative effort between Chinese police and gaming giant Tencent has led to the closure of what police say is the biggest ever video-game-cheat operation. The gang designed and sold cheats to popular video games, including…

‘Fake' accounts claiming to be Amazon workers have been praising their working conditions on Twitter. Votes are currently being counted in Alabama to decide whether Amazon warehouse workers will form a union.…

CEO says Apple rejected a security update needed to protect human-rights abuse evidence. In a blog post filled with a passionate defense of human rights and internet privacy, Andy Yen, the CEO of secure internet provider ProtonVPN,…

Cyber-security companies are warning about the rise of so-called 'extortionware' where hackers embarrass victims into paying a ransom. Experts say the trend towards ransoming sensitive private information could affect…

Voters could see political adverts on social media during the Senedd election campaign without knowing who is behind them. Leaflets and print adverts must say who has produced and paid for them. Campaigners said…

Ministers could be banned from using self-destructing messages on Whatsapp or Signal for official business if a legal challenge is successful. Transparency campaigners have sent a letter to the government, arguing…