Google may have been tracking your mobile apps without permission
Google is facing a major lawsuit after allegedly continuing to track mobile app users even after they had opted out of sharing their data.The online giant is accused of monitoring...
Verizon’s 5G network is tiny—Verizon ads “falsely implied” it’s nationwide
Enlarge / A Verizon booth at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles in September 2018. Verizon has reluctantly agreed to stop running ads that falsely imply the carrier's 5G...
Plusnet’s broadband deals now cost just £13.83 per month – the UK’s lowest price
Who needs fancy TV add-ons, free gifts or clever advanced routers with complicated names. If the number 1 factor for you when it comes to broadband deals is the price,...
Video providers slammed by credential stuffing attacks
Nearly a fifth of all credential stuffing cyber attacks – 17 billion out of 88 billion – observed during 2019 targeted media and content delivery services, and this is likely...
11 obscure questions, Facebook, Max Schrems and the European Court of Justice
At 9.30am on Thursday in Luxembourg, a country of which we know little, in the European Court of Justice (ECJ), a strange court of which we know even less, 11 obscure...
Why is Walmart putting $1.2 billion more in Flipkart?
When Jio Mart --- a potentially powerful e-commerce venture from Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms --- started rolling out in 200 cities across India, it was expected to stir up...
Compare NBN plans: best-value options from Telstra, TPG, Optus and more
A decade after it was first announced and the NBN rollout is almost complete, so there’s a very good chance that wherever you are in Australia, you’ll have access to...
Telstra is now guaranteeing good Wi-Fi coverage for NBN users – but it costs extra
As so many of us continue to work, study or teach from home, it’s arguably never been more important to have a fast and reliable internet connection.In an Australian first,...
Microsoft urges patching severe-impact, wormable server vulnerability
Enlarge / A data center stock photo. I spy with my little eye some de-badged EMC Symmetrix DMX-3 or DMX-4 disk bays at right and some de-badged EMC CX disk...
Amazon supermarket will roll out fancy new smart cart when it opens
Enlarge / Amazon has provided an educational video explaining how to use a grocery cart when it is also the register. Amazon is working to expand its grocery business—not Whole...