Trump declares TikTok, WeChat “national emergency,” preps bans
Enlarge / If the Trump administration has its way, these logos will be scarce inside the US in a few weeks. Trade War! USA v. China View more stories The...
Cyber attack combined with Covid-19 puts Travelex into administration
More than 1,300 UK jobs at foreign exchange company Travelex will be cut as a major cyber security attack in 2019 combined with this year’s Covid-19 slowdown take their toll. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)...
Virgin Media customers targeted in Twitter phish
Virgin Media customers reaching out to contact the firm’s official Twitter account about tech support and broadband issues are being victimised by a relatively unsophisticated fraudster posing as the internet...
Challenger bank sees huge growth during pandemic
App-based challenger bank Starling has seen a huge rise in its number of business and retail customers in the past nine months, despite the period being hit by the Covid-19...
Lawn chairs and kitchen tables: Ergonomics in the involuntary work-from-home era
Enlarge / This is your skeleton. This is your skeleton working from home. Any questions?Aurich Lawson / Getty Images With offices shuttered around the world, many people are experiencing working...
Everyone’s least favorite web browser will soon be impossible to uninstall
The new Chromium-based version of web browser Microsoft Edge will soon be impossible to uninstall from Windows devices.The new Edge browser was launched in January, replacing the outdated HTML-based version...
TikTok to be banned in US in 45 days
US president Donald Trump has signed two Executive Orders banning Chinese video-sharing app TikTok and its compatriot, the somewhat lesser-known WeChat, in 45 days’ time, saying that “additional steps must...
Will TikTok be back in India, riding on Microsoft’s shoulders?
TikTok was banned amidst much brouhaha in India last June. But in less than two months, the odds on it returning shortened as Microsoft Corp is in talks to buy...
TikTok and WeChat face imminent US ban after Trump signs executive order
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that appears to ban Americans from doing business through TikTok and WeChat, two popular apps operated by Chinese technology companies ByteDance...
More than 20GB of Intel source code and proprietary data dumped online
Intel is investigating the purported leak of more than 20 gigabytes of its proprietary data and source code that a security researcher said came from a data breach earlier this...