Twitch opens up its money-making tools to tens of thousands of non-Partnered channels

 On the heels of yesterday’s news about expanded subscription options for partners, video streaming site Twitch today announced another way for its creator community to generate revenue, with the launch of an Affiliate program. Explains the company, the new program will allow non-partnered video creators to gain access to a variety of tools that will allow them to make money from… Read More

The autonomous robotic sunshade and other news

BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.

'Why I hacked the government'

Hacker Jake Davis says he was motivated by the idea of the internet as a 'Utopian space'

UK's online shoppers top global spending survey

UK households spent the equivalent of $5,900 (£4,611) using payment cards online in 2015.

Juicero: Juicing boss defends $400 machine

Juicero ridiculed after it emerges sachets of ingredients can be squeezed just as easily by hand.

Tesla recalls 53,000 cars over brake issue

Some Model X and Model S vehicles are affected, but there have been no reports of accidents.

Cameroon ends internet shutdown on orders of President Paul Biya

Online access is restored three months after it was cut off in English-speaking areas over protests.

How to manage data analytics programmes and teams

Data analytics technology won’t deliver business value by itself – it needs to be deployed, and its users organised to deliver value

People present the biggest challenge, say infosec professionals

More than 80% of security professionals identify people as the industry’s biggest challenge, but companies are becoming better prepared to deal with cyber breaches, a survey reveals

Security Think Tank: Red teaming will benefit security mature organisations most

How can organisations use red teaming to identify security gaps?

Banks suffer average of 85 attempted serious cyber attacks a year, and one-third are successful

Banks face daily cyber attacks, many of which succeed in stealing data, research finds

Streamers flock to YouTube Live, but the money (and crowd) is still at Twitch

 YouTube Live is making impressive strides in catching up to incumbent Twitch, but it has a long way to go yet. On the bright side, it doesn’t look like they’ll run out of road: streaming looks to be a fairly sustainable business. Read More

Game over, man! The NES Classic is discontinued planet-wide

 Well, it was fun while it lasted. The NES Classic Edition (it went by several names, but you know what I mean) was the must-have item of the holidays and pretty much ever since, owing to short supply of the compact retro gaming console. And Nintendo just confirmed that it was indeed ending production of the device in Europe, the last region they were still officially available. Read More

StarCraft is now free, nearly 20 years after its release

 Have you always wanted to check out that StarCraft game you’d heard so much about, but somehow managed to go nearly 20 years without buying a copy? Good news! Nearly two decades after its 1998 release, StarCraft is now free. Legally! Read More

Everything Facebook launched at both days of F8 and why

 Typing with telepathy? Hearing through your skin? An augmented reality developer platform? These are just a few of the launches and demos Facebook showed off at the social network’s big F8 conference. Here’s an updated breakdown of each major announcement from both days of F8 and why they’re important to you and Facebook. Read More

Ofcom: Openreach must do more on duct and pole access

Ofcom releases more detailed proposals to enable CSPs to access Openreach’s national network infrastructure for fibre broadband roll out

Dunkin' Donuts and Here Technologies join AWS cloud customer roll call

Companies have separately declared AWS to be their preferred infrastructure partner, as the cloud giant continues to make significant in-roads into the enterprise

Mastercard integrates biometric technology into cards

MasterCard tests out biometric technology embedded into payment cards, with further trials in Europe planned

Camden open data platform aims to blaze a trail across London

Camden council’s open data platform aims to enlist other London boroughs in a drive to be “world class”. The borough is home to leading lights of UK tech, including Google UK and BT Openreach

How to ensure tech staff gain ‘essential soft skills’

Nottingham Trent University’s infrastructure services manager explains how she has made sure her technology team have the essential soft skills they need to support users

With its Unity Buy SDK, Shopify now lets mobile games sell real goods

 Mobile game developers tend to enjoy offering swag related to their games, especially if those amass any kind of decent-sized audience. The Unity Buy SDK from Shopify, announced at its Unite developer conference today, makes it easier to build a store for real stuff right inside your game, so that players can buy t-shirts, mugs, toys and emblazoned with your logo and characters as easily as… Read More

Russia's secret

Stem subjects - science, technology, engineering, maths - have an image problem. But not in Russia.

Smart nation

Smart bus stops and virtual hospitals are all part of Singapore's smart plans but what do citizens think?

USAF F-35A stealth jets train at RAF Lakenheath

United States Air Force stealth jets are training in Suffolk on their first overseas deployment.

Wi-fi connected 'smart' juicer criticised

A smart juicing device has been criticised on social media after journalists found you could squeeze a similar amount of juice using your hands.

Celebrities warned over Instagram ads

It is the first time the US consumer regulator has intervened on the issue.

Bose sued for logging listening habits

A lawsuit alleges the firm is gathering data on listening habits without getting permission.

'Benign' worm seeks out vulnerable smart devices

The program is vying with other malicious worms trying to take over gadgets to use them in attacks

Credit card with a fingerprint sensor revealed by Mastercard

A biometric sensor on the card will be used to verify users' identities when making purchases.

Jet-propelled sky taxi tested in Germany

Plane-maker Lilium hopes to launch a five-seater sky taxi service in the future.

Facing the future

They may threaten the human workforce, but they are crucial to the modern economy.

Smartphone pitfalls

Are smartphones empowering poor Kenyans or simply causing more problems than they solve?

Tarzan on test

How a robot designed to swing between cables could help farmers monitor crops.

Brian Eno's app Reflection uses science to create music

Music pioneer Brian Eno discusses his generative music app Reflection.

Flying car prepares for launch

Anna Holligan went to see what Dutch developers claim is a world first.

Industrial strategy 'must help' UK creative industries

Ministers told film-making, music, and video games are becoming important parts of industry.

Driving test: Learners must be able to use sat navs

Four changes in December will introduce "more real life scenarios" to the test, ministers say.

Six key security weaknesses in industrial systems

Organisations should mitigate six key vulnerabilities in industrial control systems to reduce the risk of cyber attack, warns security firm FireEye

Yelp deploys Splunk to improve data access

Yelp uses Splunk Enterprise in IT and across business services to help build revenue opportunities

Interview: Chris Young, chief executive of McAfee

McAfee’s chief shares his views on Brexit, GDPR, encryption and his company’s new independence in an exclusive UK interview with Computer Weekly

Enterprise adoption of encryption accelerating, study shows

Cloud adoption and escalating threats are accelerating adoption of encryption, a study has revealed

Cloud, AI and security driving network monitoring industry

We explore the latest developments and trends in enterprise network monitoring and management

Microsoft will reveal Project Scorpio Xbox console details at E3 on June 11

 Microsoft just sent out invites to members of the media for its big reveal of Xbox Project Scorpio, the upgraded console that will be the “first true 4K console for gamers” according to the company. We’ve long expected E3’s press event to be the big consumer debut for Scorpio, but Microsoft spelled out that it will indeed be the star of the show in a blog post on… Read More

PlayStation Vue adds ESL’s esportsTV to its internet TV lineup

 PlayStation’s streaming TV service Vue is getting content that could be very near and dear to many users’ hearts: ESL’s esportsTV. LA-based ESL counts itself the world’s largest esports company worldwide, and it esportsTV channel will broadcast 24/7 esports content via a linear channel for the first time ever in the U.S. The launch is coming soon, and will arrive in… Read More

Boy learns to drive on YouTube for McDonald's joyride

The Ohio boy drove his sister to the restaurant and obeyed all traffic laws, police say.

Callisto Group hackers targeted Foreign Office data

The UK's Foreign Office was targeted by highly motivated and well-resourced hackers over several months in 2016.

Burger King advert sabotaged on Wikipedia

Public changed Whopper burger page to say it was "worst hamburger product" and contained "cyanide".

Artificial intelligence: How to avoid racist algorithms

Why do so many algorithms seem to echo human bias?

Airbnb account hijackers burgle homes

Airbnb is making security changes after a BBC probe into thefts involving the rental service.

EU-backed fund to encourage data-sharing between startups and enterprises launches

Three-year project seeks to encourage enterprises to embark on information-sharing exercises with startups and SMEs to bolster data-led innovation

How will the apprenticeship levy impact tech employers?

The government has changed the way apprenticeships are funded in the UK, but how will this affect the technology industry?

Foreign cyber attackers may have targeted EU referendum

Cyber attacks may have targeted the EU referendum website in an attempt to influence the outcome, MPs have warned

Government must keep EU telecoms and broadband rules after Brexit

The Broadband Stakeholder Group has published a report on the future of the broadband and telecoms sector, urging the government not to lose touch with EU regulations after Brexit

Katie Price calls for online trolls register

The former glamour model and her son talk to BBC 5 live about online trolls and cyber-bullies.

Headset homage to Lemmings released and other tech news

BBC Click's Dan Simmons looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.

Amazon ramps up smart speakers battle against Google

Amazon is allowing other firms to use its far-field microphone technologies for free.

Yahoo faces Chinese dissidents' lawsuit

A fund of more than $17m set up to help Chinese dissidents was misspent, a law suit alleges.

Toyota develops robotic leg braces for older people

The brace works by sensing and adapting to the way the wearer walks, providing "just enough support".

New-format Patch Tuesday reveals Office and Hyper-V flaws

Microsoft has changed the way it alerts Windows admins and has issued critical patches for Office and Hyper-V

Growth of hyperscale operators risks squeezing smaller players out of cloud, research warns

As the hold of the hyperscale datacentre operators on the wider cloud market tightens, Synergy Research Group looks at the impact their influence is having on the wider IT market

Pure Storage launches FlashArray//X with NVMe drives

FlashArray//X has NVMe drives but end-to-end storage-to-host NVMe connectivity will have to wait for an NVMe-over-fabrics (NVMf) version planned for release later this year

Changing channels: How DevOps, shared infrastructure and smart hiring help ITV innovate

Tom Clark, head of Common Platform at ITV, explains how embracing agile thinking and shared infrastructure is helping the broadcaster stay one step ahead of its commercial competitors

Data breaches strip tens of millions off UK firms’ market value, study shows

Security experts say the fact that data breaches at FTSE 100 firms cost on average £120m in market value should be a wake-up call for boards to ensure they have an adequate cyber security strategy

Interview: Codecon – a platform for skills development through instant feedback

By providing programmers with instantaneous feedback, they are more likely to improve and develop the skills they’ll need for the corporate environment, says Codecon creator

Commercial PC sales help to reverse IDC’s negative forecast

PC market defies experts by recording growth of 0.6% after five years of decline

How to tune storage performance for different workloads

We run the rule over what’s needed to get the best storage performance for databases, virtual servers and desktops, web and email servers and analytics use cases

Leaked Star Wars: Battlefront II trailer is visually stunning

 If you’re a fan of the Star Wars (many people are) then you may also be a fan of this trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront II, which just popped up a bit early on Vimeo. The trailer is amazing, showing action-packed sequences rendered using the in-game engine, which seems to be able to deliver top-notch visuals of the variety normally reserved for cutscenes. Perhaps you played Star Wars… Read More

Nintendo reveals Joy-Con battery grips and new color, standalone Switch dock

 Nintendo will offer a special battery grip accessory for its Joy-Con controller accessory, which will be offered in sets of two and add more life to the already considerable 20-hour runtime of the Joy-Cons using their built-in power. Nintendo is also going to add a new color option for Joy-Cons, a Neon Yellow that will make sure everyone knows you’re using a Switch and can’t… Read More

Nike to investigate 'misuse' of logo in race hate merchandise

The US sportswear company responds after Amazon and eBay remove products with a Gypsy and Traveller racial slur.

Virtual reality headsets seek cord-free future

AMD is looking to cut the cords on VR with its investment in start-up Nitero

Farewell, NES Classic Edition

 Nintendo had a bonafide – and apparent surprise – hit on its hands with the NES Classic Edition. But like all good things, its time is done. This afternoon, the company confirmed with TechCrunch that, “Throughout April, NOA territories will receive the last shipments of Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition systems for this year.” It’s not… Read More

House of Fraser drops Oracle support to invest in multi-channel retail

IT departments need to cut costs to reinvest in new projects. House of Fraser has a multi-channel strategy and Oracle support wasn’t strategic

Kelihos botnet downed after arrest of alleged kingpin

The US has led the takedown of the international botnet Kelihos after the arrest in Spain of the Russian believed to have operated the botnet since 2010

Video will become ‘cash cow’ for telecoms providers, says Huawei

Video services have the potential to generate a lot of money for telcos, according to Huawei president of products and solutions Ryan Ding

Ofcom to readjust BT dark fibre pricing after error

Competition and Markets Authority rules in favour of appeal filed by TalkTalk relating to how much BT is allowed to charge other providers for buying dark fibre

Europol and Brazil agree co-operation on cyber crime

Brazil, which has a significant and growing cyber crime problem both as the target of international attacks and the source of regional attacks, is set to work more closely with Europol to fight cross-border crime

Thurrock Council latest to put gigabit broadband in public housing

Thurrock Council will fit out thousands of publicly owned properties with gigabit fibre-to-the-premises broadband

‘Can do’ attitude of DevOps teams is driving cloud-first strategies

The cloud-first strategies of businesses across sectors are maturing, with DevOps teams playing a leading role

Going mobile in Moscow: city digitisation the Russian way

Computer Weekly meets with Andrey Belozerov, strategy and innovations advisor to the CIO of Moscow, to learn how the city government is taking a joined-up approach to digitisation and smart city technology

Middle East’s Uber-like service adopts facial recognition technology

Ride-hailing service is using facial recognition technology to reassure customers that drivers are authorised

Security as a service on the rise in the UAE

Organisations in the United Arab Emirates are increasingly turning to security services

Unreal’s ‘photorealistic character sample’ is like a Rob Lowe from the uncanny valley

 Making the character models you see in games is a very involved process, and as a few recent titles have shown, the faces especially are hard as hell to do right. The folks behind Epic’s Unreal Engine, which powers more than a few of those games, have kindly offered a ‘photorealistic character sample’ — a Rob Lowe-looking dude who looks almost real enough to touch. Almost. Read More

Hana speeds up customer service for blinds maker

Hillarys Blinds switched its SAP CRM from Oracle to the Hana platform to optimise business processes

Outsourcing service left Scottrade Bank customer data exposed

Mistake by outsourcing service provider left the details of 20,000 Scottrade Bank customers vulnerable to theft

Sponsored gamers

The University of Utah becomes the first US college to offer scholarships for competitive video gaming.

The good stuff

Philanthropy tech is on the rise, from gaming with a conscience to video ads earning cash for charities.

How free wi-fi is transforming India's rail stations

Free high-speed wi-fi is now being offered at 115 stations on India's railway network.

Jay Z pulls most of his music off Spotify in streaming battle with Tidal

Spotify confirms that "some" of Jay Z's back catalogue has been removed "at the request of the artist".

Teen dumps boyfriend using music streaming playlist

Utah student Kirsten Titus has dumped her boyfriend using a creatively crafted Spotify playlist.

CEO Secrets: Yogscast boss tells YouTubers 'Do it for love'

The boss of Yogscast, which has 23 million subscribers, reveals his secrets for success on YouTube.

Man creates a jet engine powered suit and other news

BBC Click's Kathleen Hawkins looks at some of the best of the week's technology news stories.

Amazon's Alexa turns on Ford car's engine

The virtual assistant can also give the vehicle a health check and find nearby stores.

Rocket launch firm blasts onto Milan stock market

Avio, dubbed Europe's answer to SpaceX, expects demand for satellites to rise in the coming years.

Minecraft: New marketplace for community creators

Minecraft to allow community creators to sell their content officially in the game for the first time.

Dallas warning sirens 'set off by hacker'

All 156 warning sirens in Dallas suddenly sounded just before midnight on Friday, waking people up.

'NSA malware' released by Shadow Brokers hacker group

The Shadow Brokers group released a password for the hacking tools after failing to sell them.

Google's AI seeks further Go glory

AlphaGo will soon challenge a Chinese teenager, recognised by many as the world's top player.

Plane-tracking app explores airspace in 3D

Hundreds of planes can be seen flying above the UK in a new plane-tracking app.

Cloud increasingly part of the job for storage professionals

451 Group research finds storage professionals are less concerned with data growth than last year but increasingly likely to have to manage storage capacity in the cloud

Customer expectation is biggest problem for retail, says panel

As retailers increasingly try to serve consumers across online, in-store and mobile, the main challenge they face is consumer expectation, according to a panel of experts

Dallas city alarm hack raises fears over vital system security

Hackers have accessed the emergency alert system in Dallas in the largest breach of its kind, raising fears about the cyber security of critical infrastructure

Ninety-six more hours of strike action at Fujitsu in the UK

Fujitsu staff are on strike again in protest against job and pension cuts

Google’s AlphaGo AI to take on world’s top Go player in May

 After Google-owned DeepMind’s virtual Go champion AlphaGo took on and defeated one of the top-ranked human players in the world, it looks like Google wants to build some bridges, explore the AI-human interaction dynamic – and see if AlphaGo can take on the very best human Go player in the entire world. Google is partnering with the China Go Association and the Chinese Government… Read More

Minecraft is getting a Marketplace where creators can monetize their creations

 Minecraft is getting an update this spring that will add a number of new features, but the most dramatic might be the Minecraft Marketplace, a storefront where users can buy and sell in-game creations for real money. The Marketplace will offer maps, texture packs, skins, min-games and more, all curated by the Minecraft team. The launch catalog will feature selections from a handful of… Read More

Of course a venture capitalist was no match for CMU’s updated poker-playing AI

 Libratus, Carnegie Mellon’s poker-playing AI, is damn good. It easily routed four of the world’s best poker players back in January over 120,000 hands of No-Limit Texas Hold-um. So it comes as no surprise that a team of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and engineers playing against Lengpudashi, Libratus’ bigger, badder brother, would face a similar fate. Read More

Fake news: Should we know how to spot it?

Facebook's director of policy for Europe says it's up to people to educate themselves

An air traffic control system... for drones

Singapore researchers are working on a system of air lanes to keep drones on a safe path.

Winning a Bafta Games award 'unexpected'

The Bafta Games award winners tell Newsbeat how they're feeling after most the world's prestigious gaming ceremony.

YouTube channels need 10,000 views for adverts

YouTube video creators will now have to pass a viewing threshold before earning advertising revenue.

McLaren to 3D-print parts at Bahrain F1 Grand Prix trackside

The British race team will redesign parts to suit track conditions at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Wonga data breach 'affects 245,000 UK customers'

The payday lender says bank account numbers and home addresses were among the information stolen.

Google adds search results 'fact check' flag

Websites debunking fake news stories will be displayed more prominently in search results.

Twitter forces US to drop demand for Trump critic's details

A government agency wanted the identity of a Trump critic, but has withdrawn their request.

The Xbox One Scorpio is a six-teraflop gaming beast

 Microsoft couldn’t wait until E3 in June to unveil the Scorpio, so the company shared some details with Digital Foundry and we now know all of Project Scorpio’s tech specs. As expected, it’s going to be by far the most powerful gaming console out there. The console GPU will be able to process six trillion floating point operations per second, or six teraflops for short. Read More

BP stresses importance of apprentices to its DevOps and digital transformation plans

BP explains why IT apprentices are central to the success of its agile and DevOps ambitions, as well as its wider digital transformation programme

UK leading in using red team cyber security testing

Red teaming is set to become a key approach to ensuring cyber security controls and processes are fit for purpose and compliant with regulations, and the UK is leading the way

Teradata Universe 17: IntelliFlex 2.0 vaunted as emblem of flexibility

At its Universe conference in Nice, Teredata announces an upgrade to its MPP IntelliFlex platform in line with what it says is a fresh flexibility towards customers

WikiLeaks publishes code that could expose CIA hacking operations

The latest files published by WikiLeaks reveal techniques used by the CIA to hide its hacking tools, potentially making it possible to identify the agency’s hacking operations

UK nuclear stations on terror alert for cyber attacks

The cyber security industry has been urged to co-operate with government to protect UK critical national infrastructure from cyber attacks.

Cloudian launches beefed-up Hyperstore 400 object storage box

Object store specialist packs nearly a TB into 4U of rackspace in appliances with S3 and file access aimed at service providers, media and video surveillance use cases

Executive interview: Tolga Kurtoglu, CEO, Parc

Palo Alto Research Center – formerly Xerox Parc – is the home of the modern computer. We speak to its new CEO about innovation

Less than 8% of retailers respond to customer queries across all channels

The omni-channel environment of the retail industry is raising customer service expectations, but very few retailers are responding to consumers on all of the channels they offer

McAfee re-established as independent cyber security firm

Intel has spun out its security division as independent firm McAfee, which says it is dedicated to enabling technology, people and organisations to work together

Workers at least mentally prepared for robots to take over some of their work

One-fifth of workers are mentally prepared for technology to take over some of their roles, but employers must do more to support them

IR35 reforms: HMRC 'delays' blamed for last-minute public sector compliance panic

Public sector stakeholders claim the late release of HMRC's online tax status assessment tool and its supporting IR35 legislation is causing contractors to leave projects in their droves

Trump signs bill to repeal Obama-era internet privacy protections

US president Donald Trump approves the repeal of planned privacy protections, opening the way for ISPs to sell customer browsing data

AWS to open Nordic datacentre region in 2018

Cloud services giant outlines plans to open a datacentre region in Stockholm to offer Swedish cloud customers access to low latency network connections

Open Networking Summit expands collaboration around SDN and NFV

Standards bodies, suppliers, telecoms operators and academics gather in California for the annual SDN and NFV Open Networking Summit

Outsourced water market IT system up and running

England’s competitive water and sewage market is now in operation, underpinned by an IT system from CGI

IT services 'mega-child' DXC takes first steps

The merger of CSC and HPE Services is complete and the new company will focus on digital transformation

Chinese hacking group targeted firms though IT MSPs

Security researchers have uncovered a China-based cyber espionage campaign that targeted IT services firms and their customers, underlining the need for supply chain security

Analytics, internet of things to drive data volumes to 163ZB by 2025

IDC study predicts consumers as creators of data will decline as the enterprise, analytics and “life critical” scenarios push total volumes to a tenfold increase by 2025

VMware to sell vCloud Air service and datacentre infrastructure to OVH

French IaaS challenger to take over the reins of global vCloud Air hybrid cloud service

DataWorks 17: Hortonworks promotes maturity of HDP upgrade

Hadoop distributor leads on an upgrade to its Hortonworks Data Platform at the DataWorks 2017 Summit in Munich

Disney just launched the new mobile-only version of Club Penguin

 Club Penguin Island, the mobile-only replacement for the original Club Penguin (which shut down last night) has launched. Started in 2005, Club Penguin was one of the first successful virtual worlds for children and, as they grew up, teens and adults. At its peak the platform had 200M users, and a few months ago was still seeing upwards of 5M visitors to the Club Penguin website each month.… Read More

Stealthy gaming company Wonder is ready to tease its new mystery hardware

 Wonder, the incredibly stealthy new gaming company, has quietly created a signup page for information and perks related to its plans for global domination of the gaming market from its Los Angeles headquarters. The company is calling its new campaign the “Alpha Program”, and folks that are interested can get updates on Wonder’s product, provide feedback, and get perks and… Read More

A look back on the golden age of Atari gaming

 This excerpt is from Jamie Lendino’s Breakout: How Atari 8-Bit Computers Defined a Generation, an amazing book that details with an obsessive’s eye the rise and fall of Atari 8-bit computers. In this chapter, he looks through a few of his favorite Atari games and brings the memories flooding back of long weekends spent twirling joysticks in the rising dawn of computer gaming. Read More

Data for sale

Trump may repeal an Obama-era internet privacy rule - how does this impact users?

Bogus boss scam

Incidents of fraudsters posing as the boss and demanding staff make payments is on the rise.

UK losing online extremism battle, research suggests

Home Secretary Amber Rudd says she wants to tackle the issue "head-on".

Clean sailing

Diesel-powered ferries are big polluters, so could electric engines be a cleaner option?

Fake funding

After GoFundMe vows to refund people that fall victim to fraudulent pages, we have some tips on how to spot a fake crowdfunding campaign.

Cyber-patriots

Henri Astier assesses the risks from the rise and rise of France's online far right.

New Facebook rocket icon links to 'complementary' second news feed

A rocket icon appears on people's menu bars, linking to content "that might be interesting".

ONS data science campus opens with “public good” mission

Data science campus opens at Office for National Statistics in Newport, south Wales with “public good” mission

KPMG launches campaign to encourage women into tech

Professional services firm commits to increasing the number of women in its technology remit to encourage more women into the industry

Association of Recruitment Consultancies asks MPs to delay roll-out of IR35 reforms

The chairman of Association of Recruitment Consultancies calls for introduction of IR35 reforms to be put on hold until numerous issues pertaining to the legislation are resolved

Threats grow in Saudi Arabia’s cyber sector

Saudi Arabia's wealth makes it an attractive target for cyber criminals, but what have been the recent trends in cyber crime?

CNCF: Cloud Native Foundation drives portability forward

The Cloud Native Foundation conference in Berlin kicked off with a set of initiatives to take on board popular container engines from Kubernetes and Docker

In-flight electronics ban unsustainable, says IATA

The IATA calls on the American and British governments to urgently find alternatives to restricting the carry-on of laptops and tablets on Middle Eastern flights

Cyber attacks cost financial firms up to £1.6m a time

The costs associated with cyber attacks on the financial sector are rising as organisations face increasingly sophisticated threats, research shows

Are ethical questions holding back AI in France?

France has been slow to create a strategy around the use of artificial intelligence, partly due to questions around ethics

Non-malware attacks pose bigger threat than malicious software

Malware-free cyber attacks are on the rise and artificial intelligence in cyber security is still far from replacing humans, according to most cyber security researchers

Belfast Waterfront centre equipped with state of the art network

Belfast City Council has refitted its Waterfront conference and entertainment venue with new smart building connectivity to enhance the staff and visitor experience

Security Think Tank: Four guidelines on how balance security, usability and cost

How can organisations maintain usability and keep support costs low without compromising on security?

Almost 40% of firms seeking cloud skills find it hard to recruit

Most orgainsations agree that cloud skills are important for the future, but those involved in recruitment are finding it difficult to hire talent

Cyber defence just one of the skills next-gen IT professionals will need

Emerging technologies, the impact of Brexit and fintech companies are creating new opportunities for the next generation of IT professionals

Girls across UK take part in cyber skills event to promote tech careers

Young women from across the UK took part in cyber security event CyberFirst Girls, designed to promote girls with cyber skills and encourage them to pursue careers in technology

Thorn CEO on using machine learning and tech partnerships to tackle online child sex abuse

The CEO of US-based no-profit Thorn explains how cross-industry collaboration and machine learning is helping her organisation stay one step ahead of online child sex abusers

NASA is using a mixed reality space station to train astronauts

 NASA has always embraced emerging technology for visualization, even if that tech was seemingly developed for frivolous entertainment. We recently covered its holographic Mars exhibit, and the many 3D resources that NASA makes available to developers and educators. Now, the US space agency has partnered with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine to create a mixed reality International Space… Read More

PlayStation 4 Pro’s Media Player gets 4K MP4 video support

 The PlayStation 4 Pro just got an update that makes it an even better companion for a 4K TV set. An update to the native PlayStation Media Player app will enable 4K video playback, for files in mp4 format saved on either a USB drive or kept in a home server the PS4 Pro hardware con communicate with. Not that if you’ve got a drive attached to your PS4 Pro that’s formatted to act as… Read More

Twitch to start selling video games this week

 Video game streaming site Twitch will soon begin selling PC games and other in-game content on its site, the company says. We understand the games may arrive as soon as tomorrow or later this week, though the exact timing is still in flux. Already one of the top destinations for live streaming and fan engagement, it’s not surprising that Twitch would take the final step… Read More

Xbox One gets Beam streaming, a new guide and more starting today

 Xbox One is getting an update starting today, echoing some of the major changes coming to Windows in its forthcoming Creators Update. The big new additions include streaming via Microsoft’s own Twitch competitor Beam, as well as a brand new Xbox user experience made up of a new design for Guide, improvements to Home and more. The new features are designed around encouraging gamers to… Read More

This year’s Tribeca Film Festival will include a video game festival, too

 New York City’s Tribeca Film Festival is getting a sister event — this year, it will include the kickoff of the very first Tribeca Games Festival. The event is being launched in partnership with gaming publication Kill Screen and will take place on April 28 and 29 (during the film festival). Read More

Team Indus: India's race to the moon

India's Team Indus is one of five groups in a race to put a privately funded spacecraft on the Moon.

Robot making schoolgirls set for world championships

Schoolgirls who designed and built a robot will represent the UK in the Robotics World Championship.

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+: First look

Samsung's new phones feature a new virtual assistant, Bixby, and longer screens than past devices.

US and UK laptop bans on some Middle East flights come into effect

The US and UK bans affect direct flights from some Middle East airports.

Disturbing YouTube videos trick children

Thousands of videos on YouTube look like versions of popular cartoons but contain disturbing and inappropriate content not suitable for children.

WhatsApp must not be 'place for terrorists to hide'

Messaging apps which are encrypted must be accessible to those fighting terror, the home secretary says.

BT fined record £42m for late installations

BT apologises and agrees to repay telecoms firms for delays in installing high-speed lines.

Uber suspends self-driving cars after Arizona crash

Images show Uber vehicle on its side after apparent high-impact crash with ordinary driver.

Apple wins iPhone 6 patent battle in China

The win removes the threat that Apple would not be able to sell the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in China

Jack Dorsey brings Square payments to UK

The founder of Twitter brings his other company - a point-of-sale system for small businesses - to the UK.