For $350, they’ll sell you a USB stick they claim protects you from harmful 5G radiation and prevents infection from the coronavirus. (It doesn't.)
Read More »5G Conspiracy Theorists Are Using Fears About The Coronavirus To Make Money
Mobile
5G Towers Set On Fire Across UK Amid Coronavirus Fears
After the coronavirus outbreak people have linked the virus to 5G towers & people have taken it upon themselves to set fire to 5G towers across the UK.
Read More »How did Huawei fall foul of the US government and find itself at the epicentre of a new tech war?
This is the first in an eight-part series looking at how Huawei has found itself at the epicentre of the US-China tech war. Four years after Huawei set up shop in the US, a RAND report tied Chinese telecommunications companies like Huawe...
Read More »How Zoom Rose To The Top During Social Distancing
Zoom has gained an incredible amount of popularity, but that popularity comes at a cost. The company is under intense scrutiny now that hundreds of millions of people are using the platform. But Zoom is in the game for the long haul, if ...
Read More »‘The worst kind of fake news’: UK government blasts 5G coronavirus conspiracy theories
Conspiracy theories linking 5G mobile telecommunications masts with the spread of the Covid-19 illness have been blasted as “dangerous nonsense” and “the worst kind of fake news” by UK government officials.
Read More »Forget Zoom? Skype unveils free 'Meet Now' video calls
Skype has rolled out Meet Now video meetings that are free and don't require downloads or signups
Read More »Hong Kong as well as any other country must address the deeper digital inequalities exposed by the coronavirus pandemic
More than access to computers and high-speed internet, the divide is in what you can do with the access, particularly in critical times, such as during the mask shortage, when the digitally able bought them online while the rest queued f...
Read More »How COVID-19 Sparked a Silver Tech Revolution in China
After cities across China went into lockdown, millions of elderly Chinese turned to mobile apps for food delivery and entertainment. But will they continue using them after the pandemic is over?
Read More »How I unlocked my iPhone with a mask on by following a Tencent tutorial
Apple’s Face ID isn’t designed to work with face masks, but there’s a way to make it work
Read More »20,000 iOS games could be removed in China, report says
An AppInChina report says a third of China’s paid games on the iOS App Store won’t have a license before a key deadline
Read More »Huawei: Government wins vote after backbench rebellion
The government has defeated the first rebellion from its own MPs over plans to allow Huawei to be used in the UK's 5G mobile network.
Read More »Is Nokia About to Be Smashed Into Little Pieces?
In Finland’s epic national poem, the Kalevala, a hero is tasked with retrieving the mythical sampo, a mill capable of producing salt, meal and gold that is a talisman of happiness and prosperity.
Read More »Facebook vs TikTok: How the US is struggling to contain the outbreak of a viral Chinese app
TikTok’s growing popularity has sparked panic among Western companies and government policymakers. While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s concerns about censorship on TikTok may be legitimate, they could also be a tactic to undermine a com...
Read More »Apple shareholders defeat proposal over Chinese app removal policies
Apple Inc’s shareholders on Wednesday defeated a proposal critical of its removal of apps at the request of the Chinese government, but the proposal drew a much higher proportion of votes than similar proposals in previous years which ha...
Read More »Deepfake technology will make you question what's real
As the United States enters a presidential election year, experts have named deepfakes as one of the biggest cybersecurity risks of 2020. Deepfakes, which are fake videos and images created using computers and machine learning, can be ma...
Read More »Your private WhatsApp group chats could be a Google Search away from being compromised
The "Invite to Group via Link" feature allows groups to be indexed by Google and they are generally available across the internet. With some wildcard search terms you can easily find some… interesting… groups. All it takes is a simple Go...
Read More »WhatsApp is fixing a bug in its desktop app that allowed access to files on your computer
Last month, WhatsApp fixed a bug in its desktop app that allowed attackers to read files from your computer. A post published by security firm PerimeterX last night suggests the bug affected folks who used either WhatsApp’s Mac or Window...
Read More »Huawei pushes US to release secret files on HSBC-Meng Wanzhou ties as legal battle broadens
Huawei’s lawyers filed letter with US Court for the Eastern District of New York, requesting results of previous investigations into HSBC. Chinese tech giant claims HSBC knew of Meng Wanzhou’s business dealings with Iran before key meeti...
Read More »Why The U.S. Government And Big Tech Disagree On Encryption
All what you text “privately” with your mobile phone, is in fact totally open, stored under your profile at the secret services, and can be used against you once you try to step up in life. Now it’s a show time, who will better pretend t...
Read More »Thousands of mobiles and laptops lost by UK government in a year
UK government employees lost their mobile devices - or had them stolen - at least 2,004 times in 12 months.
Read More »