Instagram owner Meta has been fined €405m (£349m) by the Irish data watchdog for letting teenagers set up accounts that publicly displayed their phone numbers and email addresses.
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Snapchat firm cuts 1,300 staff in face of advertising downturn
The company behind Snapchat is making about 1,300 staff redundant and cutting investment in projects such as augmented reality glasses, as the social media business fights an advertising downturn.
Over 1,000 regional businesses are fending off cyber-attacks with police-led cyber resilience
The Cyber Resilience Centre for the South East has announced that it is now working with 1000 south-east small businesses, helping them to actively protect themselves against the rising threat of cyber-attacks.
Apple security flaw ‘actively exploited’ by hackers to fully control devices
Apple has disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices.
Google apologises after software update causes search engine to go down
Google has apologised for a software update issue that caused a major international outage on Tuesday.
Government offers funding of up to £25m for 5G and 6G tech
The UK government is offering investments of up to £25m to fund research and development into 5G and future 6G network equipment.
Google overcharged app users, claims legal challenge
Allegations that Google overcharged millions of British app users and broke competition law are set to go to a full trial in a near-£1 billion claim.
Spotify snaps up Wordle spin-off Heardle in interactive push
Streaming giant Spotify has snapped up daily music game Heardle as the firm builds out its interactive offerings to keep music lovers listening.
Twitter sues Elon Musk over $44bn deal exit
Twitter sued Elon Musk last night for violating his $44 billion deal to purchase the social network and asked a Delaware court to force the world’s richest man to complete the takeover.
UK cyber crime body urges business to prepare for long haul over Russian conflict
Cyber security experts today urged UK organisations to prepare for an extended period of heightened threat in relation to the Russia-Ukraine conflict as they published new guidance aimed at supporting staff resilience.
Nottingham named worst UK city for broadband outages
Almost 11 million consumers have suffered a broadband blackout lasting more than three hours over the last year, with Nottingham named Britain’s “outage capital”.
New ‘karaoke’ mode which rates your singing appears on Spotify
Spotify appears to have introduced a new karaoke feature that rates listeners’ singing.
Cloudflare fixes fault that caused hundreds of websites like Shopify and Peloton to stop working
A major outage at content delivery network Cloudflare caused hundreds of websites across the internet to stop working and return a ‘500 Internal Server error’ message this morning.
iPhone court battle could result in payout for 25 million Britons
Apple misled users over an upgrade that actually slowed iPhones’ batteries, a tribunal will be told, and 25 million British users could be eligible for hundreds of pounds each if a consumer champion wins a legal claim launched today.
Using E-signatures and digital agreements to enhance hybrid working
Hybrid Working is reshaping not only the future of work but also the present. Ronan Copeland, GVP General Manager, EMEA, DocuSign explores how the right digital tools drive employees to create, innovate, and collaborate better.
