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Security officials and experts from more than 30 countries came together in Prague this week to work out guidelines for the deployment of 5G networks. On Friday, they issued a set of proposals to secure the rollout of the next generation of cellular technology. The nonbinding Prague Proposals warn governments …

There won’t be a new version of the PlayStation until at least May 2020, according to Sony. The company has confirmed that the PS5 won’t be available during this financial year, a Wall Street Journal reporter revealed on Twitter. Takashi Mochizuki also pointed to documents from Sony’s presentation to investors, …

Microsoft has seen its stock market value top $1 trillion (£774bn) after reporting better-than-expected sales and profits. The US software giant passed the mark briefly on Thursday, before its share price fell back. It makes it one of only three public firms to have hit the $1tn mark, the others …

Apple could be releasing two sets of new AirPods later this year, according to a new report. The company only just released an update to its smart earbuds. But a further update could come before 2019 is over, one of which might bring a whole host of features. One of …

Apple is giving customers new ways to recycle their iPhones. It’s part of the company’s lofty long-term goal of using only recycled or renewable materials to make its products. On Thursday, Apple released its 2019 Environment Report outlining the steps it is taking to help protect the environment from the …

Google has blocked Press TV and Hispan TV’s access to their official accounts on the technology company’s platforms, including YouTube and Gmail, without prior notice, citing “violation of policies”. “Your Google Account was disabled and can’t be restored because it was used in a way that violates Google’s policies,” Google …

The tech giant is looking to develop a voice AI, which would work across Facebook’s range of augmented and virtual reality products, including Portal and Oculus. The initiative is led by the director of AR/VR and Facebook Assistant Ira Snyder, with the plan to develop the technology for the Oculus …

Sony has revealed the first details of the PS5, giving a wide-ranging look at what’s inside the brand new console. The console will include a whole host of new hardware including CPUs and GPUs that can power technologies never before seen outside of the highest end computers, PlayStation claimed. But …

Hackers had access to Hotmail, MSN and Outlook emails from a large number of accounts for two months, Microsoft has revealed. The technology giant confirmed that email accounts of non-corporate users were breached, with the contents of around 6 percent of emails exposed by cybercriminals exploiting a customer support portal. …

Social networks Facebook and Instagram, as well as messaging service WhatsApp, were unavailable on Sunday for more than three hours, users said. The website Down Detector reported that thousands of people globally had complained about the Facebook-owned trio being down from 11.30 BST onwards. Facebook users were presented with the …

A man appears convinced he has found a flightless species lurking on the Red Planet’s surface that bears a striking resemblance to one typically spotted at the South Pole. One amateur stargazer is certain he has found tangible proof that there really is life on the Red Planet, arguing that …

Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft has crash-landed on the moon as the widely publicized event was being broadcast live. The spacecraft lost communication with ground control as it entered its final descent towards the moon on Thursday. The mission was declared a failure shortly after. “We definitely crashed on the surface of …

When Amazon customers speak to Alexa, the company’s AI-powered voice assistant, they may be heard by more people than they expect, according to a report. Amazon employees around the world regularly listen to recordings from the company’s smart speakers as part of the development process for new services, Bloomberg News …

More than 540 million records of Facebook users were exposed by publicly accessible Amazon S3 buckets used by two third-party apps to store user data such as plain text app passwords, account names, user IDs, interests, relationship status, and more. As discovered by the UpGuard Cyber Risk team, Mexico-based media …

Game of Thrones tops the charts when it comes to fans downloading illegal copies of the episodes on the internet. For example, the first four episodes of season 5 leaked back in 2015, and a couple of season 7 episodes got out back in 2017. Some fans opted not to …

UK officials have delivered a harsh rebuke to Chinese tech giant Huawei by raising new concerns over its engineering work and questioning the company’s commitment to security.The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre, which monitors the company’s activities in the United Kingdom, said it has identified another round of “significant technical …

The US president and top defense officials have alleged that the Chinese military benefits from the work that Google is doing in China. Last year, Trump unleashed a large-scale trade war against Beijing, partly due to the alleged theft of US intellectual property. Google has pushed back accusations of helping …

Privacy lawyers for technology giants Google and Intel will testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to discuss consumer controls and opt-ins, the panel said in a statement released on Monday. The committee’s hearing will examine “the impact on competition and innovation” regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act …

Tim Berners-Lee helped invent the world wide web 30 years ago. And he has consistently pointed out that the original dream that gave rise to it is under threat. It is exactly 30 years since Sir Tim submitted a paper to his colleagues at CERN, suggesting a way of sharing …

Google will modify its ad policies and systems to block advertisers from running ads that fall under the purview of a recent bill. Google will ban political advertising on its platform before the Canadian federal election, after the country introduced stringent transparency rules. Bill C-76, which was passed in December, …