Articles by Jason Murdock

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This high-tech zebra crossing could save the lives of smartphone-gazing pedestrians

The technology is able to modify the patterns, layout, configuration, size and orientation of pedestrian crossings to help bolster safety.

Oct 9, 2017

The mobile revolution: 50% of all TV to be watched on smartphones and tablets by 2020

ConsumerLab collected data from approximately 20,000 online interviews with people aged 16-69 from 13 countries including the US, UK, China and Russia.

Oct 9, 2017

Virtual Reality Netflix

Hackers target 'millions of PornHub users' worldwide with booby-trapped advertising

Millions of internet users in the US, Canada, UK and Australia were recently targeted by a hacking group called KovCoreG which took advantage of PornHub to spread adware.

Oct 9, 2017

White House Welcomes Efforts To Study Gun 'Bump Stock' Devices

National Rifle Association chief says he doesn't believe 'bans have ever worked on anything'

US president Donald Trump said he was considering banning bump stocks, which were reportedly used by Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock. The NRA half agrees.

Oct 8, 2017

Las Vegas Police Say They Pursued ‘More Than A 1,000 Leads, But Still No Clear Motive'

Prostitute claims Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock enjoyed 'violent rape fantasies'

The 27-year-old escort told The Sun on Sunday that she was hired by Paddock several times between November 2015 and June 2016 and that they stayed in the Mandalay Bay hotel.

Oct 8, 2017

2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting

Dove apologises for 'racist' ad showing black woman turn white after removing t-shirt

Dove tweeted: "An image we recently posted on Facebook missed the mark in representing women of colour thoughtfully. We deeply regret the offence it caused."

Oct 8, 2017

London National History Museum crash suspect 'released under investigation'

Despite mounting speculation, police later confirmed that the incident was not terror related, instead describing it as a road traffic collision.

Oct 8, 2017

London

Teen fights for life after pick-up truck runs over him twice in 'horrific' attack

The victim, a 19-year-old local man, had been walking home with friends when the incident occurred. He was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital.

Oct 8, 2017

Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland will pay EU 'settled status' fee to help 'vital workers'

The Scottish National Party (SNP) conference is being held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow and will run from today (08 October) until Tuesday (10 October).

Oct 8, 2017

There are still 400m old £1 coins in circulation - and only a week until they are useless

UK ministers have said that roughly £1.7bn of the old coins have already been withdrawn from circulation.

Oct 8, 2017

No sex for the UK: 'Intrusive' census question may be voluntary in future counts

Opponents of the census change argue that the change would leave the UK government with inaccurate data about the number of men and women in the country.

Oct 8, 2017

UK teen hacker admits launching cyberattacks on computers of CIA and FBI chiefs

Hacking targets included former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan and former deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Mark Giuliano.

Oct 6, 2017

FBI

Supercomputers and machine learning used to help identify aggressive brain tumours

Currently specialised radiologists are tasked with accurately characterising tumours – but research suggests that high-performance computing will soon play a supportive role.

Oct 6, 2017

Mattel's creepy IoT 'digital nanny' scrapped before launch following privacy concerns

Makers of the device claimed that it used strong encryption while transmitting user information, but campaigners argued that was not enough - more privacy protections were needed.

Oct 6, 2017

Artificial Intelligence

CIA operative-turned-politician: 'Russia is not our ally, they are our adversary.'

US intelligence believes that at least two Moscow-linked hacking groups targeted American institutions in order to help spread misinformation and propaganda last year.

Oct 5, 2017

Moscow

Russian state media furious after being booted off YouTube advertising platform

YouTube, one of the most popular video platforms in the world, has now become a major focus in the ongoing Congressional probe looking into alleged Russian election interference.

Oct 5, 2017

YouTube Moscow

Do smartphone alerts make you angry? There may actually be a scientific reason for that

A third of buzzing notifications popping up on people's smartphones may actually cause short-term negative emotions, a new university study suggests.

Oct 4, 2017

US couple used hundreds of fake personas to steal $1.2m-worth of electronics from Amazon

The Finans allegedly stole consumer electronics including GoPro digital cameras, Microsoft Xboxes, Samsung smartwatches, and Microsoft Surface tablets from Amazon.

Oct 4, 2017

Amazon

Russian cybercrime suspect in $4bn bitcoin fraud case can be extradited to US, court rules

Russia is also seeking alleged cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik's extradition on separate fraud charges, but no date has yet been set for that hearing.

Oct 4, 2017

Bitcoin

NFL hack: More than 1,100 football players including Colin Kaepernick exposed in breach

Discovered on 26 September by researchers from Kromtech Security, the leak has been blamed on a misconfigured database. It exposed player email accounts and phone numbers.

Oct 3, 2017

Bitcoin

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