Month: February 2024

FBI director has publicly identified the risk posed by a Chinese cyber operation that is believed to have compromised thousands of internet-connected devices Relations between the US and China – particularly over Beijing’s threats to annex Taiwan – have plummeted in recent years, prompting growing concern about the potential for hostilities or all-out conflict. So …

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Biden’s presidential election campaign says it will continue meeting voters where they are, including on social media The chair of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, a senior Democrat, said he is concerned about the decision by the campaign of president Joe Biden to join TikTok. On Sunday, Biden’s reelection campaign used the Super Bowl to …

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Network operating in western Europe is ‘paving way for new wave of online manipulation’ in crucial election year, French agency says French military and cybersecurity experts say they have identified a Moscow-based network spreading propaganda and disinformation in western Europe. France’s Viginum agency, which was set up in 2021 to detect digital interference from foreign …

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Network had different problems over the weekend and Monday but service now said to be recovering Mobile operator Three has apologised as more than 10,000 customers experienced outages after problems with its service over the last few days. The company, which has more than 10 million UK customers, issued apologies in posts on X on …

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The Guardian and Mission Local unravel ‘grey money’ network flooding progressive city with conservative cash In a way, it’s a story as old as time: ultra-wealthy figures pouring a flood of money into city politics in an effort to shape the way it is run. Still, the political-influence machine that tech billionaires and venture capitalists …

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BYD is increasingly dominating the world market and now wants to persuade UK motorists to snap up its vehicles It is the car brand that has become the biggest seller of electric vehicles (EVs) in the world – yet many people will struggle to recognise the name. Now Chinese company BYD (it stands for “build …

China wants us to buy its electric cars. Should you hit the road in one? Read More »

Kate Jackson’s cosy, creative existence in rural Northumberland has spawned a YouTube channel, two websites, an online shop – and financial independence One sunny day in 2017, Kate Jackson, then 61, took a wooden wool-spinning wheel into her garden. She propped her iPad against a brick, pressed record and started talking as she spun – …

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Super-premium phone-tablet is the thinnest and lightest ‘folder’ yet – but compromises on camera Honor’s Magic V2 is the best designed folding phone-tablet yet. It feels just like a regular phone when closed but then opens up like a book to reveal a large, plush screen. Launched in China last year, the Magic V2 has …

Honor Magic V2 review: exquisite hardware let down by software Read More »

US regulator sued in October to compel Musk to testify as part of an investigation into his $44bn purchase of what is now known as X Elon Musk has been ordered to testify again as part of an investigation by US regulators into his 2022 purchase of the social media platform Twitter, later renamed X. …

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Pamplona-based Cocuus is on a loud and disruptive quest to fuse science, technology and nutrition Cocuus, a cutting-edge tech startup headquartered in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Pamplona, embraces the cliches of its sector every bit as willingly as the drunken tourists who blithely entrust themselves to fate, horns and hooves during the …

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