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Russia trying to hijack hardware, claim US and UK

18 April 2018

The UK and the US issued a joint statement this week saying that Russia is actively trying to hijack computers and networking hardware for espionage purposes


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Become a time lord with this remote control clock

18 April 2018

An invention that makes time fly lets you send the kids to bed early and see off lingering guests


The flexible future of green energy

The flexible future of green energy

18 April 2018

The UK's transition from fossil-fuel guzzler to renewable energy pioneer is being driven by flexible technology and clever investment, says Matt Setchell of Octopus Group


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How Facebook let a friend pass my data to Cambridge Analytica

16 April 2018

Facebook has been alerting users whose data ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica – and our reporter Timothy Revell is one of the unlucky millions


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Rise of the ATM hackers - how scammers are getting free money

13 April 2018

Hacking into cash machines to get them to spit out money or just blasting them open is on the rise, whilst card skimmers are decreasing in popularity


Carbon-free shipping is possible, so why aren't we doing it?

Carbon-free shipping is possible, so why aren't we doing it?

13 April 2018

New UN-agreed limits on carbon emissions from shipping don’t go far or fast enough, especially as we already have the tech to make shipping carbon-free


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No more bad, blocky video calls thanks to smart AI compression

13 April 2018

An AI that compresses images by simply throwing bits away and making up what should be there instead could make blocky video calls a thing of the past


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Zuckerberg survived Washington – here’s what’s next for Facebook

12 April 2018

Mark Zuckerberg spent two days answering mostly soft questions from the US Congress, but some of his answers were revealing, says James Ball


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