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Eight million UK homes now have access to full-fibre broadband, a record rise of three million since last year. But fewer than a quarter of those have chosen to upgrade to a full-fibre package, regulator Ofcom's annual…

Move over Google, TikTok is the world's new most popular online destination. The viral video app gets more hits than the American search engine, according to Cloudflare, an IT security company. The rankings show…

An investigation has been launched in the US into more than half a million Tesla cars that are equipped with touchscreens. It follows a complaint filed by a user who discovered he could play games while driving. The US…

For Stephen and Louise, life with their 16-year-old son Alex can be tough. Alex's compulsive desire to play first-person shooters like Counter-Strike late into the night, has caused years of anguish for the family. He has also…

UK law enforcement has donated a tranche of 225 million unique passwords to a cyber-security project helping to protect users from hacking. The National Crime Agency (NCA) recovered the database from cyber-criminals who…

A top Chinese live-streamer has been handed a 1.34bn yuan ($210m; £160m) fine for tax evasion. Huang Wei, known as Viya, is an internet celebrity with tens of millions of followers. She has used her platform to sell a…

Amazon-owned livestreaming site Twitch has banned an Amazon Prime Video channel after a presenter appeared to accidentally reveal her breast during a live show. The official Spanish-language Prime Video channel was suspended from…

Congratulations: you've outdone the chip shortage and conquered the crowds, or maybe Santa's due to be very good to you. Either way, you've got some new technology under the Christmas tree. But these aren't wooden blocks or teddy…

Chiranjeevi lives in Hyderabad, India, with his young family. He is a smiley, glass-half-full kind of guy - naturally positive and full of energy. He's smart, too, and works in an Indian tech company. He's the…

Sainsbury's is among major businesses in the UK and US affected by a cyber-attack on a payroll system provider. On Saturday, Kronos confirmed it was dealing with a ransomware attack on its computer systems. Many…

Imagine if all you needed to own your own house was a worthless hairpin. Well that is exactly the feat Demi Skipper has achieved - by trading up items on TikTok. She started the Trade Me Project in May 2020 and…

Google and Meta face the threat of multi-million-dollar fines for failing to delete content that the Russian government considers illegal - but a close look at court papers reveals these are often simply posts about protests…

Facebook owner Meta says it has banned seven surveillance companies for targeting users on its platforms. A new report by Meta says about 50,000 users will receive warnings about the "malicious activities". It…

US cyber-security officials have ordered federal agencies to protect their systems against a major computer vulnerability by Christmas Eve. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) set a 24 December…

Instagram has apologised for wrongly disabling the account of an artist with the handle @metaverse, for a month. On 2 November, Australian technologist and artist Thea-Mai Baumann had been told she had been "blocked for…

Apple has launched an app for competitor Android's smartphones, which will inform users if there is a tracking device nearby. Apple's AirTags are small location trackers that can be attached to items such as keys or…

Data is an incredibly important asset, and collecting and sharing data can be big business in today’s digital economy. However, in order for a company to profit from the data it collects, it must have measures in place to ensure that…

Grindr, a location-based dating app aimed at the LGBTQ community, has been fined €6.5m (£5.5m) for selling user data to advertisers. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority said that sharing such data without seeking explicit…

A flaw in widely used computer code is prompting 100 new hacking attempts every minute, a security company says. Check Point said it had seen attempts to exploit the vulnerability on over 40% of corporate networks globally.…

Privacy, anonymity, and security are three of the most important concepts to understand when using the internet. But while most treat them as synonyms for having a safe digital presence, they don’t mean the same thing. And you should…

Half of all women have felt unsafe at some point walking alone in the dark, according to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics. They might call a friend, share their location on WhatsApp, or have their…

When Swiss watch boss, Christoph Grainger-Herr, was unable fly to a global trade show in China because of Covid-19 restrictions, he decided to beam in Star Trek-style instead. Mr Grainger-Herr, the chief executive of…

A social media influencer said she had been the victim of cyber-flashing for the past 10 years. Podcaster Jess Davies, from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, said she had received hundreds of unsolicited obscene images.…

One of the winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize has attacked US internet companies for what she called a "flood of toxic sludge" on social media. During her acceptance speech in Norway, Philippine journalist Maria Ressa…

A Canadian man has been accused of co-ordinating ransomware and other cyber-attacks on individuals, businesses and government agencies. The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) announced that 31-year-old Matthew Philbert had…

Google has warned app developers that they need to be clear with users about the information they share with Huq, a British firm that sells location data. Google has said apps which fail to comply with their data policy…

Instagram's chief Adam Mosseri has called on US lawmakers to help regulate the platform. He made the remarks on Wednesday during a Senate hearing which examined the harmful impact of social media on the mental health…

Google says an unusual bug involving the Microsoft Teams app stopped some Android users being able to make emergency calls. One US user posted online that he was unable to call 911 for an ambulance for his grandmother,…

The amount of data we produce every day is truly mind-boggling. At our current rate, 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created every day, but that rate is only increasing as the Internet of Things rises (IoT). In just the previous two…

Amazon has been fined $1.2bn (£910,000) by Italy's anti-trust regulator. It said the tech giant had abused its market dominance by promoting its own logistics service, Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA). It claimed companies had…