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The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is considering the development of a state-run cryptocurrency that could be used to shirk international sanctions.

A new law directing firms to publish what they pay male and female staff comes into force this week in Germany, in a bid to tackle the country's large gender pay gap.

The losses come amid signs of trouble at some of his other golf resorts.

The vulnerable GPS services are exposing location data, phone numbers, device model, IMEI numbers, photos and more.

Liam Fox dismisses 'overblown' reports and insists Britain wants to see what emerges from new agreement.

A second offer has surfaced for the beleaguered newspaper that filed for bankruptcy last month.

Uber was valued around $68.5bn during a 2016 capital investment, but it dropped to somewhere above $48bn in the SoftBank deal announced last week.

Washington rejected the deal in a fresh example of heightened US scrutiny of Chinese investment.

Budget airline says the decision to apply for a UK airline licence will safeguard its domestic routes within the country.

Next thanks cold weather snap for boost in sales in the run-up to Christmas but warns challenges will continue into 2018.

Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam called for a Bitcoin ban, issuing an official fatwa against the cryptocurrency.

While most apps seemed to be available on Google Play Store some were also spotted on Apple's App Store as well.

Its not just another banking regulation, but rather a strategy, which demands operational and infrastructure change.

"When an IoT exploit becomes freely available, it hardly takes much time for threat actors to up their arsenal," NewSky Security warned.

The zero-day vulnerability is a local privilege escalation (LPE) flaw and can only be exploited when the attacker has local access to the targeted device.

The scam involved people being told that they had been named benefactors by an African royal and had to share their personal information to get the money.

The growth of bitcoin is fuelling speculation and debate about the environmental impact of the collective energy needed to power virtual currencies in the era of climate change.

The latest Star Wars movie will also cross the $1bn mark globally, even before it opens in China on 5 January.

Users of Coinbase, a popular website used to buy and sell cryptocurrencies, claim to be mulling legal action as trades and customer service allegedly stalled to a halt.

Network Rail says revamped station and additional platforms can serve up to 18 trains an hour with scope for more.

Retailer says it will open up to 100 new food stores in 2018.

The growth of bitcoin is fuelling speculation and debate about the environmental impact of the collective energy needed to power the virtual currency in the era of climate change.

The retailer said the sale of the business was down to a decision to focus on its core business in the UK.

The vulnerability shows how seemingly insignificant side-channels can exploited to infiltrate even strong smartphone security measures.

Users of the popular Chrome extension Archive Poster reported observing the change around the beginning of December.

Forever 21 has over 815 stores in 57 countries including the US, UK, Australia, China, India, Germany, Japan and Latin America.

UK-based Bitcoin exchange Exmo, took to Twitter to inform its users about having suffered a DDoS attack just days after one of its employees was kidnapped.

If he can win the Apprentice, he can definitely teach you how to ask for a raise at work. Here's what Joseph Valente told IBTimes UK.

McAfee claims his Twitter account was used by unknown hackers to promote little-known cryptocurrencies.