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Pornhub ordered to expose user info and viewing history in pirating crackdown – are you affected?

The adult website has until 1 May to hand over names, IP addresses and phone numbers.

Apr 7, 2017

By Owen Hughes

California

Uber passenger hurls racist abuse and rape claims at driver over iPhone charger

Worst Uber passenger ever? Woman threatens to accuse driver of rape because he didn't have phone charger

A screaming tirade of racist abuse and false threats of rape aimed at New York driver caught on camera.

Apr 6, 2017

By James Billington

Uber

Russia bans Vladimir Putin gay clown caricature

Moscow makes it illegal to share the image over the internet.

Apr 6, 2017

By Agamoni Ghosh

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee calls Trump administration's rollback of privacy rules 'disgusting'

On 4 April, Berners-Lee received the prestigious Turing award often called the Nobel Prize of computing.

Apr 5, 2017

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Kodi boxes on Amazon: Retailer bans sale of 'fully-loaded' media-streaming devices

Amazon threatens to 'destroy' stock of streaming media players found to promote pirated content.

Apr 4, 2017

By Oliver Cragg

Kodi Amazon

President Trump signs bill scrapping Obama-era internet privacy rules

The bill drew fierce criticism from Democrats as well as data privacy groups and consumer advocates.

Apr 4, 2017

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Donald Trump

Google Doodle celebrates skyscraper architect Fazlur Rahman Khan's 88th birthday

Structural engineer designed Sear's Tower, the world's tallest building for 25 years.

Apr 3, 2017

By Nicole Rojas

Google

Comcast, Verizon, AT&T will not sell internet browsing history despite repeal of privacy laws

The companies say they have never sold customers' browsing history data and never will.

Apr 1, 2017

By Agamoni Ghosh

Islamic State news website Amaq attacked by hackers distributing malware

The malware is disguised as a Flash update.

Mar 31, 2017

By Agamoni Ghosh

uk broadband internet cable connection online

US House votes to repeal Obama's internet privacy protections

The rules required internet service providers to ask for permission before selling on users' data.

Mar 29, 2017

By James Tennent

Donald Trump Facebook

Fake It To Make It: The scarily realistic game that simulates spread of viral clickbait fake news

Want to stop fake news on social media? Then first you need to understand how it spreads.

Mar 28, 2017

By Mary-Ann Russon

Google has become enemy of the state over its YouTube ads problem, but it's not solely to blame

Major brands pulled advertising after appearing next to extremist content but agencies need to step up, too.

Mar 28, 2017

By David Gilbert

Google

Ridiculously easy Tinder scam nets student $100 a week - here's how to avoid falling victim

US student duped users out of money by suggesting they "see what happens".

Mar 28, 2017

By Owen Hughes

What is Google Wifi? Smart router joins Google Home in UK – Price, release date and more

Google's circular router arrives on 6 April alongside Google Home smart speaker.

Mar 28, 2017

By Oliver Cragg

Google

Children are being tricked into watching sadistic videos about Peppa Pig on YouTube

Over 250 companies have already boycotted Google's video service.

Mar 28, 2017

By Tareq Haddad

YouTube

Google Hangouts 8.0 updated with Android N support for direct reply and bundled notifications

Nostalgic Google Talk to shut down and be replaced with Hangouts

Google also announced that it would replace SMS on Android devices with Android messages.

Mar 25, 2017

By Agamoni Ghosh

London attack: Facebook and Google pulled up for failing to curb extremist content

Online publications also criticised for failing to investigate propaganda material available online.

Mar 25, 2017

By Agamoni Ghosh

US Republicans dismantle internet privacy allowing ISPs to sell user data without permission

ISPs can now collect and sell personal information such as web browsing history or app usage data.

Mar 24, 2017

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Pirate Bay down: Cogent fighting online piracy by blacklisting Cloudflare IP addresses

Pirate Bay, Primewire and other sites blocked again due to Cogent barring Cloudflare IP addresses.

Mar 23, 2017

By Mary-Ann Russon

Pope warns youth against 'false image of reality' portrayed by social media and reality TV

The pontiff said people who criticise youth as 'distracted and superficial' are wrong.

Mar 23, 2017

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Pope Francis

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