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Friday, 31 August 2018
Bitcoin wallet Bitfi withdraws 'unhackable' claim
The cryptocurrency wallet, backed by John McAfee, had already caused controversy.
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Abusive tweets to MPs 'more than double' between elections
Abusive tweets about MPs rose from 10,000 to 25,000 between 2015 and 2017, research suggests.
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Viagogo taken to High Court by competition regulator
The ticket reselling site has repeatedly failed to make changes demanded, the competition regulator says.
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Somnox robot aims to put owners to sleep
A machine that resembles a breathing pillow aims to provide a safer alternative to sedatives.
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Online rolls and fake accounts poison Arab social media
Social media fraud continues to fuel a plague of disinformation in the Arab world.
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Google and Mastercard in credit card data deal
Google is buying credit card data from Mastercard but the firms had not announced the deal.
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China targets video gaming to tackle myopia in children
New restrictions will try to tackle rising levels of near-sightedness among children.
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Astronauts tackle air leak on International Space Station
A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS.
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Thursday, 30 August 2018
Acer unveils new gaming cockpit and other tech news
BBC Click's LJ Rich looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
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Tablet bends 'like ancient scroll'
A Canadian university has developed a tablet with a flexible screen that can rolled up.
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Bye bye loneliness
How internet-connected robots are helping combat the scourge of isolation and loneliness.
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8K TVs unveiled by Samsung and LG at Ifa tech show
The world's two bestselling television-makers are showing off rival 8K screens at the Ifa tech show in Berlin.
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Celebgate hacker jailed over Jennifer Lawrence hack
Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence was targeted in the hack, for which three others have already been jailed.
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New York renamed 'Jewtropolis' in map hack
Snapchat's mapping software appears to have been hacked in what it calls an act of vandalism.
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Google says Trump's bias claims are 'not true'
Claims Google did not promote President Trump's State of the Union address are denied by the search giant.
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Gay dating app Grindr to sell shares
Kunlun Group, the Chinese owner of Grindr, plans to sell shares in the dating app.
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Dyson gears up for electric car testing
Plans are unveiled for a 10-mile test track in Wiltshire to test the electric vehicle being developed by Dyson.
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Emails read while commuting 'should count as work'
Wider access to wi-fi on trains and the use of mobile phones has extended the working day, a study says.
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Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Air Canada app data breach involves passport numbers
Experts warn that the theft of passport details could be "severe" for those affected.
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130 million hotel IDs breached in China
A Chinese hotel group's database may have been accidentally uploaded to the internet.
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Elon Musk reignites Twitter slur controversy
The Tesla chief asks why he has not been sued by a British man he had defamed and apologised to.
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Exam result details now obtainable for free under GDPR
The new rights cover this summer's exams but could cause "problems" for exam bodies, one expert says.
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Facebook Watch video service launches worldwide
The on-demand video service will compete with YouTube and Netflix.
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Galileo: Brexit funds released for sat-nav study
UK ministers set aside £92m to study the feasibility of a sovereign satellite-navigation system.
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