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Winners and losers of the smartphone battle at Mobile World Congress 2018

As the sun sets on Mobile World Congress for another year, we take a look at the biggest winners and losers of 2018.

Mar 2, 2018

By James Hetherington

Samsung Sony

GitHub was hit by a massive 1.35 Tbps DDoS attack – the most powerful ever recorded

The attack on GitHub, which lasted less than an hour, reportedly exploited memcached servers instead of bots.

Mar 2, 2018

By India Ashok

PS4 exclusive Detroit: Become Human release date set for May

PlayStation 4 exclusive Detroit: Become Human - the latest from David Cage's Quantic Dream - has a release date.

Mar 1, 2018

By Ben Skipper

PS4

Get free coffee and Amazon cards for staying off your phone with this app

A new smartphone app called Hold will reward students for staying off their phones for 20 minute spells.

Mar 1, 2018

By James Hetherington

Amazon

Your move Facebook: Amazon signs another major sport to its budding streaming service

Amazon will now be able to offer UFC fights on a pay-per-view basis as the online shopping giant aims to expand its coverage of live sport.

Mar 1, 2018

By James Hetherington

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The Graphic City: The winner of the IBTimes UK minimalist architecture photography competition

IBTimes UK can now reveal the winners of the photography competition we ran in conjunction with EyeEm, using machine learning and neural networks to pick the winners.

Mar 1, 2018

By David Sim

Photography Competition Pictures

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery - First Gameplay Trailer

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery gets gameplay trailer and Spring launch on Android and iOS

Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, Portkey Games and Jam City have released the first look at upcoming RPG Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery.

Mar 1, 2018

By Ben Skipper

Android IOS

Republican lawmaker blasted over 'disgusting' comment that armed Jews could've stopped the Holocaust

Jewish groups, gun control advocates and social media users erupted with outrage over Young's "disgusting and reprehensible" remarks.

Mar 1, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Twitter

Overwatch's new hero is Support class character Brigitte Lindholm

Blizzard has announced the next playable hero to be added to hit shooter Overwatch, and as expected following a string of teases she is none other than Brigitte Lindholm.

Mar 1, 2018

By Ben Skipper

Overwatch Blizzard PS4 PC Xbox One

GandCrab ransomware: How to decrypt and recover your data without paying ransom

First detected in January, GandCrab has been deemed one of the most aggressive forms of ransomware this year.

Mar 1, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Hackers claim knocking thousands in UK offline was an accident

Chafer: Iranian hacking group expands attacks, spying operations on airline firms in Middle East

"Whether they are working on behalf of the government or they're doing it on their own accord with plans to sell the information to a third party, we have no idea," Symantec said.

Mar 1, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Iran

Marine Forces data leak: Highly sensitive info of over 21,000 Marines, sailors and civilians exposed

This isn't the first time US federal government has suffered a major data breach affecting military and defense personnel in recent years.

Mar 1, 2018

By Hyacinth Mascarenhas

Lightcatcher: This Cold War-era Russian truck is being converted into a massive 1800s-style camera

When complete, the camera will have a resolution which is comparable to that of a space telescope.

Mar 1, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

IT expert jailed for revenge hack on company that sacked him

A 37-year-old Welshman has been jailed for 10 months after a court found him guilty of five offences relating to a cyber attack on a former company.

Feb 28, 2018

By James Hetherington

Amazon just shelled out $1 billion for a Shark Tank reject

Amazon has acquired video doorbell company Ring in a $1 billion deal. It was previously rejected from investment show Shark Tank in the United States.

Feb 28, 2018

By James Hetherington

Amazon Artificial Intelligence