tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23703447860132191812024-03-18T02:48:09.860-07:00TechformaticThis blog is edited by Edem Kofi BoniUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-77032078446859477492018-07-02T21:50:00.003-07:002018-07-02T21:53:40.370-07:00How To Start a Blog With Google's Blogger – Beginner’s Guide <div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/" target="_blank">Blogger</a> is a free, fast, and easy-to-use blog publishing tool created and supported by Google. Getting started is so easy, Blogger helps you discover how blogging works without having to invest a lot of time and energy in Web servers and other complicated installation processes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The latest version is flexible and unbranded, so you can use it to create and promote blogs without a crippling budget. The main advantage to using Blogger is that it is completely free including hosting and analytics. If you choose to display ads, you share in the profits.</span></div>
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Getting Started With Blogger</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can use a blog for updating your friends and family about your life, hosting your own advice column, discussing your political views, or relating your experience in a topic of interest. You can host blogs with multiple contributors, or you can run your own solo show. You can even use Blogger to make podcast feeds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although there are fancier blog tools out there, the mixture of cost (free) and flexibility makes Blogger an attractive option. The one note of caution is that Google has not put as much effort into maintaining Blogger as they have into building new services. There's a chance that Blogger service could end some day. Historically Google has provided paths to porting content to other platforms, so chances are good you could migrate to WordPress or another platform should Google decide to end Blogger. </span></div>
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Setting Up Your Blog</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Setting up a Blogger account is easy. Create an account, name your blog, and choose a template. That's it. You can host multiple blogs with the same account name, so you only need to do that part once. This way, you can separate your professional blog about your business from your personal blog about dogs, for example.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Blogger hosts your blog on blogspot.com. You can use a default Blogger URL, your existing domain, or a domain you buy through Google Domains as you set up a new blog. The advantage to using Google's free hosting services is that they scale incredibly well, so you don't have to worry about your blog crashing if it becomes popular. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once your blog is set up, Blogger has a basic WYSIWYG—what you see is what you get—editor. You can also toggle to a plain HTML view if you prefer. You can embed most media types, but, like most blog platforms, JavaScript is restricted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you need more formatting options, you can use Google Docs to post to your Blogger blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can optionally configure Blogger with a secret email address so you can email your posts to your blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Blogger lets you upload pictures from your desktop and post them to your blog. Just drag and drop them from your desktop into your post as you're writing it. You can also use Google Photos to embed pictures. YouTube videos can also be embedded in blog posts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Blogger offers several default templates, but you can opt to upload a template from multiple free and premium sources. Add and manipulate gadgets—the Blogger equivalent of WordPress widgets—to further customize your blog. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Blogger is compatible with most social sharing sites, such as Facebook and Pinterest, and you can automatically promote your posts on Google+. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You initially pick one of several templates for Blogger. You can switch to a new template at any point. The template controls the look and feel of your blog, as well as the links on the side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can also customize and create a template, although this requires advanced knowledge of CSS and web design. Many sites and individuals offer Blogger templates free for personal use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You change the arrangement of most of the elements within a template by dragging and dropping. Adding new page elements is easy, and Google gives you a good selection, such as link lists, titles, banners, and AdSense ads.</span></div>
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Making Money</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can make money directly from your blog by using AdSense to place ads automatically on your blog page. The amount you earn depends on your subject matter and the popularity of your blog. Google puts a link to sign up for an AdSense account within Blogger. You can choose to avoid AdSense, and no ads appear on your blog unless you put them there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Email posting makes it easy to use mobile devices to post to your blog. You can also post pictures directly from your cell phone with related service Blogger Mobile. Google does not currently offer a way to make voice posts directly to Blogger from your cell phone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want to make blog posts, but you only want to keep a private journal, or you want only your friends or family to read them, you can choose to make your posts either private or restricted to approved readers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Private posting was a much-needed feature in Blogger, but you can only set the posting level for the entire blog, not individual posts. If you restrict your post to certain readers, each person must have a Google account, and they must be logged in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Add labels to blog posts so that all of your posts about beaches, cooking, or bathtubs are properly identified. This makes it easier for viewers to find posts on specific topics, and it helps you when you want to look back on your own posts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are serious about blogging for profit, you may want to invest in your own web space and use a blogging tool that gives you more customization options and tracking information. However, starting with a Blogger blog gives you an idea if you’re able to keep up with regular blog postings or if you can attract an audience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Blogger doesn't make a podcast-friendly feed without some tweaking in FeedBurner. Blogger's tools for private blogging are still basic and do not allow for as much customization as bigger social networking blog sites.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-2502503571039446542018-01-18T01:35:00.000-08:002018-07-02T21:53:20.730-07:00Nintendo Labo: The DIY cardboard accessory for Switch<br />
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Nintendo has unveiled its latest release, and it's a little less high-tech than you might expect.</div>
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Dubbed Labo, it is a series of DIY accessories for the hit Nintendo Switch console which are made of cardboard.</div>
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Nintendo said the range of "interactive build-and-play experiences" would be released on 20 April.</div>
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Initial pricing will start at $70 (£51) in the US - including a cartridge of games designed to be played with the homemade controllers and a range of stickers to customise the creations.</div>
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This cardboard add-on might on the face of it seem a flimsy gimmick, but there are few fools at Nintendo. History tells us they know what they're doing.</div>
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"Wild", "awesome", "insane and I love it" - just a handful of reactions plucked from the gaming press on Wednesday as news of Nintendo's cardboard experiment became known.</div>
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The company that brought us the RumblePak and the Wii has rightly earned a reputation not just for being innovative, but playful. Playful in a way that manages to keep adults and children interested, like a good Pixar movie or Lego.</div>
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This latest idea is so crazy it might just work.</div>
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By tapping into the maker movement, Nintendo could potentially open up a whole new world of experiences on its smash hit Switch console, a device that many (myself included, I must say) were weary of when it was first released.</div>
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The educational potential is also huge, though the price point of the Switch - $300 or so - probably rules it out as something schools might be able to hop on board with. Still, looks like great fun.</div>
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The Switch breaks tradition with the firm's previous home consoles by allowing owners to use it for game-playing on the move.</div>
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Earlier this month, <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42577490" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">it was named America's fastest-selling home games console.</a></div>
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A total of 4.8 million units were sold in the US during the 10 months following its launch there on 3 March.</div>
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The latest official figures from December show that the Switch sold a total of 10 million units worldwide in its first nine months.</div>
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Analysts say its success has been helped by games such as Mario and Zelda titles.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-58540807273125752182018-01-18T01:32:00.000-08:002018-01-18T01:32:23.660-08:00'Text bomb' is latest Apple bug<figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.6406px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Apple iPhone boxes" class="responsive-image__img js-image-replace" data-highest-encountered-width="624" datasrc="https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/320/cpsprodpb/9D84/production/_99642304_appleiphonenew.jpg" height="549" src="https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/9D84/production/_99642304_appleiphonenew.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #bdbdbd; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-in; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 616.203px;" width="976" /><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image copyright</span><span class="story-image-copyright" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: #ececec; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 8px 1px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">GETTY IMAGES</span></span><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image caption</span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Apple has not yet commented on the latest bug</span></figcaption></figure><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 18px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
A new "text bomb" affecting Apple's iPhone and Mac computers has been discovered.</div>
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Abraham Masri, a software developer, tweeted about the flaw which typically causes an iPhone to crash and in some cases restart.</div>
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Simply sending a message containing a link which pointed to Mr Masri's code on programming site GitHub would be enough to activate the bug - even if the recipient did not click the link itself.</div>
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Mr Masri said he "always reports bugs" before releasing them. Apple has not yet commented on the issue.</div>
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On a Mac, the bug reportedly makes the Safari browser crash, and causes other slowdowns.</div>
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Don't panic</h2>
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But users should not be alarmed.</div>
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Security expert Graham Cluley <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://www.grahamcluley.com/chaios-bug-crash-ios-macos-messages/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">wrote on his blog that the bug</a> does not present anything to be particularly worried about - it's merely very annoying.</div>
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"Something about the so-called ChaiOS bug's code gives your Apple device a brainstorm," he wrote.</div>
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"Ashamed about the mess it gets itself in, Messages decides the least embarrassing thing to do is to crash.</div>
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"Nasty. But, thankfully, more of a nuisance than something that will lead to data being stolen from your computer or a malicious hacker being able to access your files."</div>
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Taken down</h2>
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After the link did the rounds on social media, Mr Masri removed the code from GitHub, therefore disabling the "attack" unless someone was to replicate the code elsewhere.</div>
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"I'm not going to re-upload it," he said.</div>
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"I made my point. Apple needs to take such bugs more seriously."</div>
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Bugs in Apple's software have been a recurring problem of late.</div>
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In November it apologised to its customers for a glaring password flaw which meant its latest Mac operating system could be accessed without a password.</div>
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Less serious but highly frustrating was a bug that autocorrected the letter "I" into a strange symbol.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
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An American suspected of making a prank call that led to a fatal shooting has been charged with manslaughter.</div>
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Tyler Barriss, of Los Angeles, is alleged to have called police in Kansas falsely claiming he was armed and had taken hostages at a home in Wichita.</div>
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Armed police responded and shot dead the home's unarmed resident, Andrew Finch, while investigating.</div>
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Mr Barriss is thought to have made the prank call following a row between two gamers playing Call of Duty online.</div>
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Jail sentence</h2>
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US police said the call was an act of "swatting", where a person makes a false report to send police to another person's home or poses as another person to send police to a fake address.</div>
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Mr Barriss is alleged to have been asked by one Call of Duty player to "swat" the other.</div>
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However, when asked for an address the gamer passed on details for Mr Finch's home, which was unconnected to either of the gamers who had fallen out.</div>
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Police are reportedly still investigating the identities of the two CoD gamers believed to have been involved.</div>
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Charges levelled at Mr Barriss during the hearing include involuntary manslaughter, giving a false alarm and interference with law enforcement.</div>
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If convicted, Mr Barriss could face up to 11 years in jail.</div>
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In <a class="story-body__link-external" href="http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Swattings-suspect-headed-back-to-Kansas-468818953.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">an interview with a local news station in Kansas</a>, Mr Barriss said he understood the "magnitude" of what had happened and felt "remorse".</div>
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"It hasn't just affected my life, it's affected someone's family too," he told the KWCH station.</div>
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District Attorney Marc Bennett, in Kansas, said he was still investigating the conduct of the officer who had shot Mr Finch.</div>
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Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-76385280861621447882018-01-15T06:03:00.004-08:002018-01-15T06:03:54.786-08:00Malware populates children's apps with porn adverts<figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width lead" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 32px -54.2188px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Android robot" class="js-image-replace" data-highest-encountered-width="660" height="549" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/CEFD/production/_95798925_gettyimages-609482082.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #bdbdbd; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; user-select: none; vertical-align: baseline; width: 645.781px;" width="976" /><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image copyright</span><span class="story-image-copyright" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: #ececec; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 8px 1px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">AFP</span></span><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image caption</span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Infected apps have now been purged from the Play store</span></figcaption></figure><div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Malware that displays explicit pornographic adverts has been found lurking in 60 apps available on Google's Play store.</div>
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Many of the apps infected with the malware are aimed at children, and some have been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times.</div>
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The malware also promotes fake security programs and tries to get people to sign up to expensive services.</div>
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Google said it had now removed all the compromised apps from the Play store.</div>
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The "AdultSwine" malware was <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://research.checkpoint.com/malware-displaying-porn-ads-discovered-in-game-apps-on-google-play/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">discovered by researchers from CheckPoint software</a>, which said apps harbouring the code had been downloaded at least three million times.</div>
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Infected apps include add-ons for the hugely popular pocket edition of Minecraft as well as apps themed around well known Disney characters.</div>
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The CheckPoint researchers uncovered the infected apps as well as the infrastructure used to pipe offensive adverts and other offers to victims.</div>
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Reviews of infected apps on Google's store warned about the presence of the pop-up adverts.</div>
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CheckPoint said AdultSwine was a "nasty nuisance" that was "most certainly damaging on both an emotional and financial level".</div>
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In a statement, Google said the compromised apps had been purged from the Play store and it had shut down the accounts of the developers that had created them.</div>
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It added that it would "continue to show strong warnings to anyone that has installed them".</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1rem;">Source: BBC</span></div>
Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-32266394235597928712018-01-03T07:19:00.000-08:002018-01-05T07:22:44.316-08:00Major flaw in millions of Intel chips revealed<div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2X5Ur9RRWLIPlPRqZXwOm5-Deyp4DoYuwVYELpeg_F9HQnO8AhSCh_C0v1tkyYta8tR4VynLBz7KZr0XQiIJrD31rXigDN6bZ2AbWWr1FlyNcLer_2whtk7dfYHVmb1pqGx3ff1GeuwKE/s1600/intel-chip-by-edem-kofi-boni.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="intel Chip by edem kofi boni" border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="770" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2X5Ur9RRWLIPlPRqZXwOm5-Deyp4DoYuwVYELpeg_F9HQnO8AhSCh_C0v1tkyYta8tR4VynLBz7KZr0XQiIJrD31rXigDN6bZ2AbWWr1FlyNcLer_2whtk7dfYHVmb1pqGx3ff1GeuwKE/s320/intel-chip-by-edem-kofi-boni.jpg" title="intel Chip by edem kofi boni" width="320" /></a>A serious flaw in the design of Intel's chips will require Microsoft, Linux and Apple to update operating systems for computers around the world.</div>
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It is believed to affect chips in millions of computers from the last decade. <span style="font-size: 1rem;">The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said it was aware of the issue and that patches were being produced.</span></div>
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In response, Intel said the issue was not limited to its processors and that it was working on a fix. <span style="font-size: 1rem;">"Based on analysis to date, many types of computing devices - with many different vendors' processors and operating systems - are susceptible to these exploits," it</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;"> </span><a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-responds-to-security-research-findings/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">said in a statement</a><span style="font-size: 1rem;">.</span></div>
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It said it was working to "develop an industry-wide approach to resolve this issue promptly and constructively". <span style="font-size: 1rem;">"Intel has begun providing software and firmware updates to mitigate these exploits," it said.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Experts have said that the fix could slow down the performance of computers by up to 30% but Intel played this down, saying that "for the average user, performance impacts should not be significant and will be mitigated over time".</div>
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In response to the news, the NCSC said: "We are aware of reports about a potential flaw affecting some computer processors. At this stage there is no evidence of any malicious exploitation and patches are being produced for the major platforms."</div>
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"The NCSC advises that all organisations and home users continue to protect their systems from threats by installing patches as soon as they become available."<br />
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Experts advised caution on the issue.</div>
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"It is significant but whether it will be exploited widely is another matter," said Prof Alan Woodward, from the University of Surrey. <span style="font-size: 1rem;">"The actual flaw is being rather tightly kept under wraps but from what researchers have gleaned themselves, it's all to do with a flaw in the way certain Intel CPUs address certain types of memory.</span></div>
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"If it is really bad then it may allow an exploit to read parts of the computer memory that should never be reached."</div>
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Uber has struck a deal that could lead to a huge investment by a consortium led by Japanese conglomerate Softbank and San Francisco group Dragoneer.</div>
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The size of the potential investment has not been disclosed, but reports say it could be up to $10bn (£7.6bn).</div>
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The ride-hailing company said the money would fuel Uber's expansion and investments in technology.</div>
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But it could transform its corporate structure and see a share listing by 2019, if the deal goes ahead.</div>
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"We've entered into an agreement with a consortium led by SoftBank and Dragoneer on a potential investment," Uber said.</div>
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"We believe this agreement is a strong vote of confidence in Uber's long-term potential."</div>
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If completed, the firm plans to use the funds to expand its business further as it faces increasing competition at home and abroad.</div>
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As well as boosting its investments in technology, Uber said it would strengthen its corporate governance.</div>
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That could help bring stability to the world's most valuable start-up after a <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40179472" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">year of scandals,</a> infighting and the <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40352868" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ousting of former chief executive Travis Kalanick</a>in June.</div>
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Early adopter</h2>
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Softbank, the Japanese telecommunications and technology giant, declined to comment on the potential investment when contacted by the BBC.</div>
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However, Softbank chief executive Masayoshi Son said last week that "whether we make an investment in Uber, or not, is not decided yet".</div>
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He said a deal would depend on "pricing and the terms and conditions" as most of Softbank's investment would be used to buy out shares from current investors.</div>
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Buying the existing shares would reportedly allow Softbank to take a 14% stake in Uber, while $1bn is said to have been set aside to buy new shares.</div>
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Mr Son added that while Uber was struggling with "management issues", he believed it was still a "good company".</div>
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Sources told the BBC it could take up to a month for the investment deal to be wrapped up.</div>
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Once completed, it would mark the latest in a series of overseas investments by Softbank including:</div>
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SoftBank has not revealed how much of the money to be invested in Uber would come from its technology focused Vision Fund, which has more than $93bn at its disposal.</div>
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Mr Son is known to have an eye for potentially transformative industries and trends. He was an early investor in Alibaba and owns close to 30% of the Chinese e-commerce giant's shares.</div>
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Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-39882971649173119672017-11-10T02:30:00.001-08:002017-11-10T02:30:31.570-08:00Broadband and landline users to get automatic compensation<div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Householders who receive poor service from their telecoms provider are to get automatic compensation, the regulator Ofcom has announced.</div>
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From 2019 they will get £8 a day if a fault is not fixed, paid as a refund through their bill.</div>
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This is less than the £10 that was proposed when Ofcom began its consultation earlier this year.</div>
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Providers will also have to pay £5 a day if their broadband or landline is not working on the day it was promised.</div>
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If an engineer misses an appointment, they will have to give £25 in compensation.</div>
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Ofcom has estimated as many as 2.6 million people could benefit from the new rules.</div>
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£142m pay-outs</h2>
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The agreement covers consumers who have contracts with BT, Sky, Talk Talk, Virgin Media and Zen Internet - which make up around 90% of telecoms customers in the UK.</div>
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Plusnet and EE are expected to join the scheme at a later date.</div>
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"Waiting too long for your landline or broadband to be fixed is frustrating enough, without having to fight for compensation," said Lindsey Fussell, Ofcom's consumer group director.</div>
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"So providers will have to pay money back automatically, whenever repairs or installations don't happen on time, or an engineer doesn't turn up.</div>
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"People will get the money they deserve, while providers will want to work harder to improve their service."</div>
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Ofcom said the scheme would not come in to operation until early 2019, because of the complexities.</div>
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It said that billing systems and online accounts would need to be changed, and staff would need to be re-trained.</div>
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In total, customers can expect to get £142m in pay-outs every year, according to Ofcom's estimates.</div>
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At the moment telecoms users can get compensation in theory, but only around 15% of those who complain manage to get a refund.</div>
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Even then most only get small amounts, said Ofcom.</div>
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Which? said that those providers who have not already joined the scheme should do so.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
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Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-44853840095042261612017-11-10T02:28:00.000-08:002017-11-10T02:28:03.559-08:00Government urged to act over computer science GCSEs<div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
More than half of England's secondary schools, 54%, did not offer GCSE computer science in 2015-16, a report from the Royal Society has found.</div>
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It urged the government to increase spending on computer education tenfold over the next five years to ensure youngsters can "unlock the full potential of new technologies".</div>
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The biggest issue was the lack of skilled teachers, the report found.</div>
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The Department for Education said more pupils were choosing the subject.</div>
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"We want to ensure our future workforce has the skills we need to drive the future productivity and economy of this country and that is why the government made computing a compulsory part of the national curriculum," said a spokesperson.</div>
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"Computer science GCSE entries continue to rise more quickly than any other subject.</div>
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"We recently saw an increase in entries to Stem subjects [science, technology, engineering and maths] for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) and the number of girls taking Stem subjects at A-levels has increased by over 17% since 2010.</div>
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"Since 2012, the department has pledged £5m to the Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science programme, which has built a national network of nearly 400 computer science specialists (who) schools can commission to provide bespoke training for their teachers."</div>
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Computer science in numbers</h2>
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The Royal Society, the UK's independent scientific academy, is concerned about how the lack of computing expertise will affect the future workforce.</div>
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Prof Steve Furber, who worked on the report, said: "Computing teachers have told us that they feel the government rushed in a new curriculum without giving them the support or money to deliver it.</div>
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"The report paints a bleak picture in England, which meets only 68% of its computing teacher recruitment targets and where, as a result, one in two schools don't offer computer science at GCSE, a crucial stage of young people's education."</div>
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He added that, "overhauling the fragile state of our computing education" would require an ambitious, multipronged approach.</div>
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The Royal Society called for:</div>
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Analysis</h2>
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This report highlights what some teachers have been telling me for a while - that the revolution in computing education in the UK has stalled.</div>
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Five years ago a head of steam built up behind the idea that children needed to be taught coding and that the ICT GCSE was not fit for purpose, teaching little more than how to use Microsoft Office.</div>
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The government responded by taking ICT off the National Curriculum and replacing it with computer science.</div>
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But this course is proving far more demanding of both pupils and teachers, and many schools have decided that it is just not worth the bother at a time when resources are tight.</div>
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Some ICT teachers who had always argued that it was a practical course, attractive to a far wider range of children, are now saying "I told you so".</div>
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But across the world of computing education there's agreement on one thing - more money needs to be spent on training teachers in this vital subject.</div>
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Prof Furber's views were echoed by technology firms Microsoft and Google, who are both working to increase computer skills among schoolchildren.</div>
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Google's UK managing director Ronan Harris said: "There is still much more to do to ensure young people across the UK have access to computer science education.</div>
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"Whatever school they attend or whatever field they plan to go into, every student should have the opportunity to understand the principles and practices of computing."</div>
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And Microsoft's UK chief executive Cindy Rose said: "The risk, if we don't make these investments now, is that too many young people struggle to access new opportunities and the UK loses its advantage in a world being transformed by technology."</div>
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Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-5853463739610927942017-11-09T03:50:00.001-08:002017-11-09T03:50:23.521-08:00Code bug freezes $150m of Ethereum crypto-cash<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: "helmet" , "freesans" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: bold;">More than $150m (£115m) of a crypto-currency called Ethereum may have been permanently frozen after a code bug was accidentally triggered.</span><br />
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The bug was in code written by Parity Technologies to create digital wallets that hold virtual cash.</div>
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It let someone hunting for bugs become the joint owner of hundreds of wallets.</div>
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However, when the unidentified person tried to reverse their mistake they stopped the original owners of the wallets getting access too.</div>
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Find and fix</h2>
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In a statement, Parity Technologies <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://paritytech.io/blog/security-alert.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">said all wallets created after 20 July this year were affected</a> by the mistake.</div>
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It provided a link to a separate page on which Ethereum holders could check to see if their wallet was among this vulnerable batch.</div>
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Parity expressed regret over the "great deal of stress and confusion" the incident had caused.</div>
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It added: "We continue to investigate the situation and are exploring all possible implications and solutions."</div>
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It is not yet clear whether Parity will be able to rectify the mistake.</div>
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This is because the unidentified person who triggered the problem used a function that "suicided" code that could have been used to resurrect the wallets.</div>
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Estimates of exactly how much Ethereum has been frozen vary widely. Low estimates put the figure at $150m but others suggest it could be as high as $300m.</div>
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The bug was triggered while an unnamed developer was looking through the Parity code for ways that it could be exploited.</div>
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Only wallets created after 20 July are affected because they use an updated version of Parity's wallet program issued to fix another bug that led to $30m of Ethereum being stolen.</div>
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Ethereum is a crypto-currency similar to Bitcoin that uses a large network of computers to verify transactions and generate new coins.</div>
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Currently, one Ethereum digital coin is worth about $314.</div>
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Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com78tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-13167802946956219102017-11-08T07:44:00.001-08:002017-11-08T07:44:38.695-08:00Rise of the 'Dumbphones': Buyers snap up basic handsets like the Nokia 3310 with limited features and a cheaper price tag <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">In February, Nokia released a new version of its 3310 phone, 17 years after the original version was launched. The retro device features a month long standby, the much-loved game, Snake, and costs just £49.99 ($66)</span></span></div>
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From the Nokia 3310 to the Motorola Razr, retro classic phones are slowly but surely making a comeback.</div>
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While these 'dumbphones' only have basic features, experts predict that they could soon be the next big trend - and buyers are already beginning to snap them up. </div>
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Experts claim that one of the biggest draws of these basic phones is the nostalgia associated with them, as well as the significantly lower price tag than smartphones.</div>
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People are also finding they don't need all the functionalities offered by more expensive smartphones, and would rather have the simplicity of a paired-back device. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the Nokia 3310 (pictured) to the Motorola Razr, retro classic phones are slowly but surely making a comeback. While these 'dumbphones' only have basic features, experts predict that they could soon be the next big trend<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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Mr Zygadlo said: 'I think there's a lot to be said for a product that makes you nostalgic.</div>
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'We've hit a point where we can pretty much do everything with these phones and I think some people are finding themselves saying, "What do I need all that for?"'</div>
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In February, Nokia released a new version of the 3310 phone, 17 years after the original version was launched.</div>
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The retro device features a month long standby, the much-loved game, Snake, and costs just £49.99 ($66).</div>
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In comparison, the iPhone X, which launched last week, costs 20 times as much, with prices starting at £999 ($999).</div>
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A spokesperson for HMD Global said: 'Thin, light and incredibly durable, the Nokia 3310 is a head turning modern twist on one of the best-selling feature phones of all time.</div>
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'Boasting an incredible 22-hour talk-time and month long stand-by, the Nokia 3310's fresh, colourful, modern design brings it bang up to date.</div>
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'Talk all day, text, take pictures, listen to music, and get hooked once more on the original mobile gaming hit Snake, all on a single charge.'</div>
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And in October, Motorola revealed that it was bringing back its iconic RAZR phone, joining forces with British firm, Binatone, to create the Binatone Blade.</div>
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Like the RAZR, the Binatone Blade features a flip-open screen, but costs just £50 ($66) – significantly cheaper than the RAZR, which cost £450 ($600).</div>
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French online shop Lekki, which sells a range of vintage, revamped mobile phones, claims simplicity is the way forward.</div>
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'Too many online social networks and an excess of email and applications, have made us slaves to technology in our everyday life,' it said on its website.</div>
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'We have two types of profiles: the 25 to 35 year-olds attracted by the retro and offbeat side of a telephone that is a little different, and those who are nostalgic for the phone that they used when they were younger,' said Maxime Chanson, who founded Lekki in 2010.</div>
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'Some use it to complement their smartphone, but others are going for the vintage, tired of the technology race between the phone makers.'</div>
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As well as the nostalgia associated with dumbphones, the basic functions could also be a draw for some users. </div>
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Arto Nummela, CEO of Nokia, told the <a class="" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39095127" rel="nofollow" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BBC</a>: 'It's almost like a digital detox or a holiday phone.</div>
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'If you want to switch off to an extent but you still need to have a [mobile] lifeline, it's a brilliant solution.'</div>
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A strange warning has been appearing on the phones WhatsApp fans who attempt to close the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/apple/index.html" id="mol-f60c52f0-c475-11e7-9399-05dc3ed6446d" style="color: #003580; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_self">iPhone</a> version of the popular messaging service by swiping up.</div>
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Disgruntled users have taken to social media and support forums to find a resolution to the problem, which could mean you miss message notifications.</div>
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The issue is believed to originate with the iOS 11 update and affects any device that runs the operating system, including the new iPhone X.</div>
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iOS 11 has received four patches since it was released, but the notification issue is not believed to have been addressed in the latest, released on October 31. </div>
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Facebook is testing a system that allows users to message themselves their nude photos in an effort to combat so-called revenge porn.</div>
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The trial is in Australia, where studies suggest one in five women aged 18-45 may have had image-based abuse.</div>
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But one expert says there will still be problems outside Facebook and related sites such as WhatsApp and Instagram.</div>
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Facebook said it looked forward "to getting feedback and learning" from the trial.</div>
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Revenge porn is a growing issue in Australia, according to e-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant, who is working with Facebook on the trial.</div>
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She sought to reassure potential victims who might be concerned about proactively sending themselves intimate photos.</div>
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"It would be like sending yourself your image in email, but obviously this is a much safer, secure end-to-end way of sending the image without sending it through the ether," she said.</div>
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"They're not storing the image, they're storing the link and using artificial intelligence and other photo-matching technologies."</div>
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Users wanting to take part in the trial must first file a report with the commissioner, who will in turn share it with Facebook.</div>
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Prof Clare McGlynn, an expert from Durham Law School, described it as "an innovative experiment".</div>
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"I welcome Facebook taking steps to tackle this issue, as it has often been very slow to act in the past. However, this approach is only ever going to work for a few people and when we think of the vast number of nudes taken and shared each day, this clearly isn't a solution," she told the BBC.</div>
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Graham Cluley, a security consultant, said that security would be the priority.</div>
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"Facebook knows that there will be many people concerned about how it handles such sensitive content, and I imagine they have put a good deal of thought into minimising the chances that anything goes wrong."</div>
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In March, Facebook was embroiled in a scandal when it emerged that a 30,000-strong private members group, Marine United, was routinely sharing images of nude women.</div>
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The group - made up of US marines - shared photographs of naked and semi-naked female colleagues.</div>
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In response to the revelations, Facebook introduced a feature that tagged pictures reported to it as revenge porn using photo-matching technology. It used this to prevent the image spreading and closed down the majority of accounts reported to it as hosting such images.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
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Scammers have used WhatsApp to trick people into handing over personal information by tempting them with bogus supermarket vouchers.</div>
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The messenger app was used to send fake vouchers to people, purporting to be from trusted chains such as Asda, Tesco and Aldi.</div>
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The messages claimed to offer hundreds of pounds in savings so long as the user followed a link to an online survey asking for personal details.</div>
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The scam is a form of phishing, where fraudsters pose as reputable organisations to gain personal details.</div>
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Action Fraud, the UK's national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, suggests anyone who has fallen victim to this scam <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/report_fraud" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">to report it online</a> or call 0300 123 2040.</div>
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So far, 33 people have come forward to report falling victim to the scam, although it is unclear how many people have received the message.</div>
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How does it work?</h2>
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The scam works by using a link which appears almost identical to a supermarket chain's legitimate website, but with one small difference.</div>
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For example, in the screenshot above, the d in Aldi is actually a ḍ - a Latin character with a small dot underneath the recognisable letter.</div>
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In the tweet below, the d in Asda has been replaced with đ - another character known as a crossed D.</div>
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First time I've seen a scam via WhatsApp and with a URL as convincing as this. Look carefully at the d in the link.</div>
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People who clicked the links contained in the WhatsApp messages are sent to a survey.</div>
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According to Action Fraud, the survey urges victims to hand over their financial information.</div>
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If, however, a person tries to visit the homepages for Aldi misspelled with the dotted character it sends them to an error page for a different website entirely.</div>
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Meanwhile, at time of writing, attempting to access the misspelled Asda site brings up a warning in some browsers.</div>
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Why did I get it?</h2>
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Upon completing the survey, the victim is urged to send the message to 20 other contacts in order to receive a £250 voucher.</div>
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This helps legitimise the scam, says Action Fraud, as rather than being sent from a random number, the WhatsApp message comes from a trusted contact.</div>
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However, it is unclear whether users may have been compromised simply by clicking on the link, as some on social media claimed that the message was shared without their contact's consent.</div>
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A spokesperson for Action Fraud told the BBC, "from what we can see, you would have to put certain details in to be in trouble, but it would depend on the device as all the scams are different, and some can download malware on your device."</div>
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Action Fraud advises people to avoid unsolicited links in messages, even if they appear to come from a trusted contact.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A variety of stories, from some questioning the monarchy to others about the Great British Bake Off, promoted comments questioning their truthfulness</td></tr>
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The trial, which Facebook says has now concluded, aimed to prioritise "comments that indicate disbelief".</div>
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It meant feeds from the BBC, the Economist, the New York Times and the Guardian all began with a comment mentioning the word fake.</div>
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The test, which was visible only to some users, left many frustrated.</div>
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The comments appeared on a wide range of stories, from ones that could be fake to ones that were clearly legitimate. The remarks, which would appear at the top of the comments section, came from a variety of people but the one thing that they had in common was the word fake.</div>
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"Clearly Facebook is under enormous pressure to tackle the problem of fake news, but to question the veracity of every single story is preposterous," said Jen Roberts, a freelance PR consultant.</div>
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"Quite the reverse of combating misinformation online, it is compounding the issue by blurring the lines between what is real and what isn't. My Facebook feed has become like some awful Orwellian doublethink experiment."</div>
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Many on Twitter also expressed annoyance.</div>
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In a statement, Facebook told the BBC: "We're always working on ways to curb the spread of misinformation on our platform, and sometimes run tests to find new ways to do this. This was a small test which has now concluded.</div>
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"We wanted to see if prioritising comments that indicate disbelief would help. We're going to keep working to find new ways to help our community make more informed decisions about what they read and share."</div>
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Facebook has been under enormous pressure to deal with the issue of fake news since it was singled out as one of the main distribution points for hoax stories during the US presidential election.</div>
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It also launched a new feature that published alternative news links beneath suspect articles.</div>
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Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-88036285651948159352017-11-08T01:50:00.000-08:002017-11-08T01:50:02.109-08:00Twitter to expand 280-character tweets<figure class="media-landscape no-caption full-width lead" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 32px -54.2188px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image copyright</span><span class="story-image-copyright" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: #ececec; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.75rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 8px 1px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">REUTERS</span></span></figure><div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Twitter plans to increase the number of characters in tweets from 140 to 280 for the majority of users.</div>
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The move follows a trial among a small group of users which started in September in response to criticism that it was not easy enough to tweet.</div>
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The change is part of Twitter's plan to attract new users and increase growth.</div>
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During the test, only 5% of tweets sent were longer than 140 characters and only 2% more than 190, the social media site said in<a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://blog.twitter.com/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> a blog post</a>.</div>
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But those who did use the longer tweets, got more followers, more engagement and spent more time on the site, it added.</div>
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"During the first few days of the test, many people tweeted the full 280 limit because it was new and novel, but soon after behaviour normalised," wrote Aliza Rosen, Twitter's product manager.</div>
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"We saw when people needed to use more than 140 characters, they tweeted more easily and more often. But importantly, people tweeted below 140 most of the time and the brevity of Twitter remained."</div>
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According to Twitter, 9% of tweets in English hit the character limits.</div>
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"This reflects the challenge of fitting a thought into a tweet, often resulting in lots of time spent editing and even at times abandoning tweets before sending," Ms Rosen said.</div>
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Increasing the character limit should not affect people's experience on the site, she added.</div>
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"We - and many of you - were concerned that timelines may fill up with 280-character tweets, and people with the new limit would always use up the whole space. But that didn't happen."</div>
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When the change was announced, many criticised it, pointing out changes they would rather see, such as a crackdown on hate crime and bots, and the introduction of a chronological timeline and edit function.</div>
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The site currently has 330 million active users. This compares with 800 million for Instagram and more than 2 billion users for Facebook.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-33158866169913597392017-11-02T06:43:00.001-07:002017-11-02T06:43:14.385-07:00Art galleries targeted by cyber-thieves<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The attackers broke into art dealer email accounts and sent buyers duplicated invoices with the bank account details changed.</div>
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Several galleries in London and the US that had been affected were identified by <a class="story-body__link-external" href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/galleries-lose-large-sums-to-cybercrime" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the Art Newspaper.</a></div>
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Art dealer groups have warned people to be vigilant.</div>
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The scammers monitored outgoing messages from art gallery email accounts, then intercepted invoices and changed them.</div>
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The Rosenfeld Porcini gallery in London was one of the organisations that fell victim to the scam after agreeing the sale of an artwork.</div>
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"Around seven or eight hours after we had sent our invoice, the buyers got another email saying that the invoice we had sent out was in the wrong currency and that they should make payment to a different account," Mr Rosenfeld told the Art Newspaper.</div>
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The gallery is in discussions with the bank to try to recover the money.</div>
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Another gallery told the newspaper that some dealers had been scammed out of "hundreds of thousands of pounds".</div>
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The Simon Lee gallery said it now sends cyber-fraud warnings with its invoices and speaks to clients on the telephone to confirm every transaction.</div>
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Enabling two-factor authentication - also known as two-step verification - on email accounts can also make it harder for criminals to break in.</div>
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The Society of London Art Dealers has previously warned its members about the dangers of email fraud.</div>
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"We are indeed very concerned about this problem," the Director General Christopher Battiscombe said.</div>
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"As all of us are compelled to do more and more of our business online, it seems to me inevitable that criminals will focus increasingly in this area and we all need to think about the risks involved and whether we are doing enough to protect ourselves against them."</div>
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The group said it had distributed a cyber-security presentation to its members.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-37651620451935354522017-11-01T02:57:00.000-07:002017-11-01T02:57:12.784-07:00Hunt challenges social media giants on cyber-bullying<span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is meeting social media giants, including Facebook and Twitter, to challenge them on cyber-bullying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 1rem;">In tweets ahead of the discussions, he says some responsibility for rising rates of youth self-harm lies with social platforms.</span></div>
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He says the industry must be "part of the solution" regarding young people's mental health.</div>
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Social media companies have said they do prioritise user safety.</div>
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Mr Hunt will be meeting representatives from the biggest providers of social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft.</div>
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Mr Hunt said: "Social media has become a fundamental part of our children's lives and while the internet provides amazing opportunities we cannot ignore the negative effect disturbing images and bullying are having on their mental health.</div>
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"Now is the time to turn the tide on this abuse. I will be working closely with the top social media companies to ensure they can become the solution and not the problem."</div>
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We should not'accept' cyber bullying as inevitable but STOP it - my message to social media giants when I meet them for roundtable tomorrow.</div>
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Mr Hunt will ask the social media companies:</div>
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A Facebook spokesperson said: "We want to make sure that everyone, including anyone affected by a mental health issue, has a good experience on Facebook and Instagram.</div>
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"We look forward to working with ministers and others to make sure we do everything we can to protect people's wellbeing.</div>
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"We have already introduced online tools such as Instagram's automated offensive comment filter and last month launched a new partnership between Facebook, Childnet International and The Diana Award, which is offering every UK secondary school the chance to have a young digital safety ambassador who can support their peers' safety and well-being."</div>
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Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has previously been rated as the worst social media platform when it comes to impact on young people's mental health, <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39955295" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">in a poll of people aged 14-24</a>.</div>
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Instagram responded by saying it provided tools and information on how to cope with bullying and warned users before they viewed certain content.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-51344872019520145422017-10-30T03:55:00.004-07:002017-10-30T03:55:46.477-07:00Heathrow probe after 'security files found on USB stick'<div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Heathrow Airport says it has launched an internal investigation after a USB stick containing security information was reportedly found on the street.</div>
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A man found it in west London and handed it into the paper, it said.</div>
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Heathrow said all of its security plans had been reviewed and it was "confident" the airport was secure.</div>
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"We have also launched an internal investigation to understand how this happened and are taking steps to prevent a similar occurrence in future," it said.</div>
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The Sunday Mirror said there were at least 174 documents on the stick, which it said was found on the pavement, and some were marked as "confidential" or "restricted", but could be read.</div>
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Some files disclosed the types of ID needed to access restricted areas, a timetable of security patrols and maps pinpointing CCTV cameras, the paper said.</div>
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One document highlighted recent terror attacks and talked about the type of threat the airport could face, it said.</div>
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The information has been passed to Heathrow intelligence chiefs, the Sunday Mirror said.</div>
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The statement from the airport said Heathrow's "top priority" was the safety and security of passengers and staff.</div>
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"The UK and Heathrow have some of the most robust aviation security measures in the world, and we remain vigilant to evolving threats by updating our procedures on a daily basis."</div>
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Facebook has announced measures to make political advertising on the social media platform more transparent.</div>
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Political advertisers will have to verify their identity and location and their posts will carry a disclosure saying "paid for by".</div>
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The steps come amid allegations that Russian-backed groups used social media ads to interfere in the US election.</div>
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Executives from Facebook and other internet giants will testify before a Senate hearing on Tuesday.</div>
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"When it comes to advertising on Facebook, people should be able to tell who the advertiser is and see the ads they're running, especially for political ads," Rob Goldman, Facebook's vice president of ads, <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/10/update-on-our-advertising-transparency-and-authenticity-efforts/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">said in a blog post.</a></div>
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By clicking on the "paid for by" disclosure, users would be able to see more details about the advertiser, he added.</div>
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Facebook said it was expanding the transparency measures to all ads, and that they would all have to be linked to a page. Users would also be able to view the ads any page was running, it added.</div>
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Tests for the new tools would start in Canada, with a goal of having them in place in the US ahead of the midterm elections, in November 2018.</div>
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Tech giants are keen to show they can self-regulate after it was found that Russian-backed groups were exploiting their ad platforms.</div>
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On Tuesday, <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41744347" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Twitter announced similar transparency measures</a>, including labels for election-related ads and more details about who funded them.</div>
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<a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41766991" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It also banned two of Russia's biggest media outlets</a> - Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik - from buying advertising amid fears they attempted to interfere with the 2016 US presidential election.</div>
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Russia has repeatedly denied claims that it interfered in the election, but the allegations have sparked an investigation into possible links between Russia and US President Donald Trump. He denies there was any collusion.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-44561077163878692122017-10-30T03:51:00.001-07:002017-10-30T03:51:54.469-07:00Facebook denies 'listening' to conversations<div class="story-body__introduction" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.375; margin-top: 28px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
A Facebook executive has denied the social network uses a device's microphone to listen to what users are saying and then send them relevant ads.</div>
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Anecdotally, many people report seeing adverts which appear to be related to recent, real-life conversations.</div>
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Mr Vogt had asked for details of these specific occasions.</div>
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"I run ads product at Facebook. We don't - and have never - used your microphone for ads. Just not true," Mr Goldman wrote.</div>
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When another Twitter user asked him if that included Instagram, which is also owned by Facebook, he replied, "Yes."</div>
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PJ Vogt got hundreds of replies to his original tweet.</div>
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"A co-worker got an ad saying, "So you popped the question!" minutes after he proposed, before he told anyone it had happened," wrote Tori Hoover.</div>
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"At work, happened to me though earlier this year. Working as a barista, got a burn, talked to my partner in person about it, went to Target, bought the burn cream, and saw an ad on FB for the exact product I purchased. Never searched for product either," wrote Brigitte Bonasoro.</div>
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<a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/h/facebook-does-not-use-your-phones-microphone-for-ads-or-news-feed-stories/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In a statement on its website from 2016,</a> Facebook denied the practice.</div>
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"We show ads based on people's interests and other profile information - not what you're talking out loud about," it said.</div>
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One theory is that the ads and their connection to an individual are purely coincidental - that the ad may have appeared before but had not been noticed because it had no prior relevance.</div>
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"If you take something that has a tiny chance of occurring and give it enough opportunities to occur, it inevitably will happen," said mathematics professor David Hand from Imperial College London <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35639549" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">when the BBC investigated whether smartphones were "listening in" to conversations last year</a>.</div>
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"We are evolutionarily trained to seek explanations."</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
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"North Korea was the state that we believe was involved in this worldwide attack on our systems," he told the BBC.</div>
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"We can be as sure as possible - I can't obviously go into the detailed intelligence but it is widely believed in the community and across a number of countries that North Korea had taken this role."</div>
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In May, the largest ever cyberattack on the health service left hundreds of NHS computers infected, leading to thousands of appointments being cancelled and some A&E departments having to turn away ambulances.</div>
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The WannaCry attack hit businesses and government services worldwide as it infected more than 300,000 computers in 150 countries in a matter of days.</div>
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The cryptoworm targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system with outdated security and demanded payments worth hundreds of pounds in the Bitcoin digital currency.</div>
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No part of the NHS paid the ransom demands but the Government does not know how much the disruption to services cost.</div>
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"It's a salient lesson for us all that all of us, from individuals to governments to large organisations, have a role to play in maintaining the security of our networks," Mr Wallace added.</div>
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The minister commented after the <a href="http://news.sky.com/story/nhs-told-to-act-on-cyber-security-or-face-worse-hack-11099947" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(203, 203, 203); box-sizing: border-box; color: #3157a1; fill: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">National Audit Office (NAO) warned the Government and NHS to "get their act together" to prevent future attacks</strong></a>.</div>
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An NAO report found computers at one third of health trusts across England were infected along with computers at almost 600 GP surgeries.</div>
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In the wake of the report, Labour are demanding Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt attends Parliament next week to update MPs on actions to better protect NHS computer systems.</div>
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The party's shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth accused Mr Hunt of being "asleep at the wheel".</div>
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"We've really got to get a grip of this," he told Sky News.</div>
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"In the words of the independent report, the NHS has got to get its act together.</div>
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"So I hope we can have some urgent clarification and reassurance from the Government over what they are doing."</div>
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The Department of Health have pointed to new cybersecurity inspections, enhanced guidance for NHS trusts and £21m in funding to improve resilience in trauma centres as measures they have taken since May.</div>
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Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-54218324454775633992017-10-24T01:36:00.001-07:002017-10-24T01:36:43.815-07:00Facebook's News Feed experiment panics publishers<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It used to be a tweak in the Google search algorithm that sent a shudder through newsrooms trying to adapt to the online era. Now it is any change in the design of Facebook.</div>
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So, an experiment under way in a few countries, where the social media giant appears to be making it harder for users to see news stories, has caused something akin to panic.</div>
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The new feature Facebook is trying out is called Explore. It offers all sorts of stories it thinks might interest you, a separate news feed encouraging you to look further afield than just at what your friends are sharing.</div>
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Meanwhile, for most people, the standard News Feed remains the usual mixture of baby photos and posts from companies or media organisations whose pages you have liked.</div>
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Sounds fine, doesn't it? Except that in six countries - Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Slovakia, Serbia, Guatemala, and Cambodia - the experiment went further.</div>
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For users there, the main News Feed was cleared of everything but the usual stuff from your friends and sponsored posts - in other words, if you wanted to have your material seen in the place most users spend their time you had to pay for the privilege.</div>
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In a Medium post entitled "Biggest drop in organic reach we've ever seen", a Slovakian journalist Filip Struharik documented the impact. Publishers in his country had seen four times fewer interactions since the change, he said - what had become a vital and vibrant platform for them was emptying out fast.</div>
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Other journalists around the world have looked into the future and hate what they see. Their organisations have become addicted to Facebook as the one true way of reaching audiences and going cold turkey would be very painful.</div>
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Facebook is of course a business - and a hugely successful one - that makes its money from advertising. So, why would it not want publishers to pay to reach its gigantic audience?</div>
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But Peter Kafka, a journalist from Recode, <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://twitter.com/pkafka/status/922587073495801856" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">tweeted an even more depressing thought</a>: "Conspiracy angle: fb wants more $ from publishers! More accurate, and dispiriting angle (for publishers): fb doesn't care about publishers."</div>
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Facebook responded as it often does by saying calm down, dears, it was just a bit of fun.</div>
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As the wave of panic rolled around the news media world, the social network's head of newsfeed Adam Mosseri put <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://media.fb.com/2017/10/23/clarifying-recent-tests/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">up a post with the title</a> Clarifying Recent Tests.</div>
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It explained that the experiment is aimed at understanding whether people prefer to have separate places for personal and public content.</div>
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"We currently have no plans to roll this test out further," he added.</div>
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This has not helped much - that word "currently" seems to stick out ominously.</div>
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But at least Facebook has done publishers big and small a service. They knew the risks involved in innovations such as Instant Articles - where their works live on the social network - or Facebook Live - where a broadcaster's brand might be less visible to many users.</div>
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Now they know that Facebook is at least thinking about a future where news plays a smaller role in the social media experience.</div>
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Given Facebook's role in last year's US elections, some may think that's a good thing. But for thousands of struggling media organisations that thought they had found a route forward, it is a chilling prospect.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-56391618752231831712017-10-23T08:23:00.000-07:002017-10-23T08:23:16.110-07:00Mini phone maker admits performance shortcomings<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Chinese firm behind a palm-sized 4G smartphone has admitted that the handset's performance may fall short of expectations in certain circumstances.</span></div>
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Unihertz says the Jelly phone battery has up to three days of working time and lasts seven days on standby.</div>
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But chief executive Stephen Xu told the BBC that "heavy use" could reduce battery life to three or four hours.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1rem;">This included keeping wi-fi and Bluetooth switched on all the time, he said.</span></div>
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"If you use a phone quite a lot even an iPhone can't last a day," Mr Xu said.</div>
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The Jelly battery should last about a day with "normal use", he added.</div>
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He said problems reported by some Jelly users with GPS functionality were down to a combination of hardware and software reasons. Unihertz hoped to issue an update soon, he said.</div>
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"[With Jelly,] we are trying to find a balance between bigger phones and smaller wearables," Mr Xu said.</div>
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Stuart Miles, founder of review website Pocket Lint, said there was a market for small phones.</div>
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"As phones have got bigger and bigger there is an urge for people to just want something small to put in their pocket," he said.</div>
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"This phone is clearly trying to tap into that supposed need, but I do wonder whether a smartwatch with 3G calling would offer you the same, if not more functionality."</div>
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The Jelly phone, which Unihertz calls the world's smallest 4G phone, was developed after its maker raised more than $1.2m (£0.9m) in crowdfunding.</div>
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It is available in the UK, US and in many other countries but it is not compatible with the CDMA mobile standard, which means it will not work with some mobile phone networks including Verizon and Sprint in the US.</div>
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Unihertz also decided to stop providing plugs for the device, which now comes with a USB cable only.</div>
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"We realised that due to the different standards of the charger products, it's harder for us, so we have removed the plugs," said Mr Xu.</div>
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"I think most people already have a plug."</div>
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Tech Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716272189262635800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2370344786013219181.post-51058369012859439512017-10-23T06:32:00.003-07:002017-10-23T06:33:21.652-07:00Project Loon restores web in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The Project Loon devices beam signals between each other and to users on the ground.</div>
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This extends communications networks in places where infrastructure is scarce or has been damaged.</div>
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The balloons will allow residents with LTE phones to send and receive text messages and access the web.</div>
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However, much of the country is <a class="story-body__link-external" href="http://status.pr/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">still without electricity</a>, and more than a quarter of the population lacks safe drinking water.</div>
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"This is the first time we have used our new machine learning-powered algorithms to keep balloons clustered over Puerto Rico, so we're still learning how best to do this," <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://blog.x.company/turning-on-project-loon-in-puerto-rico-f3aa41ad2d7f" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">said head of Project Loon Alastair Westgarth</a>.</div>
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"As we get more familiar with the constantly shifting winds in this region, we hope to keep the balloons over areas where connectivity is needed for as long as possible."</div>
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Alphabet launched the balloons in collaboration with the government of Puerto Rico, the US Federal Communications Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency and telecoms firm AT&T.</div>
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Earlier this year, <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39944929" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.3); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Alphabet sent its balloons to Peru</a> following serious floods.</div>
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Source: BBC</div>
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