TECHNOLOGY

A former Facebook employee has told MPs it did not try hard enough to detect when user data was taken or misused by apps built for the site. The tech giant employed Sandy Parakilas in a role focused on data protection and app compliance, in 2011 and 2012. He told the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Facebook had “lost ...

A hardware wallet designed to store crypto-currencies, and touted by its manufacturer as tamper-proof, has been hacked by a British 15-year-old. Writing on his blog, Saleem Rashid said he had written code that gave him a back door into the Ledger Nano S, a $100 (£70) device that has sold millions around the world. It would allow a malicious attacker ...

India has taken down the local website of Cambridge Analytica following allegations the company used personal data of 50 million Facebook members to influence the US presidential election. SCL India, a venture between the SCL group in London and Ovleno Business Intelligence, says both India’s major political parties are its clients. The company has no charges against it. Facebook would ...

A British surgeon who helped Syrian doctors online has told the Telegraph he fears his computer was hacked, leading to an air strike on a hospital. David Nott, who has performed surgery in various war zones, helped his Syrian colleagues during an operation, via Skype and WhatsApp, on just one occasion. The 2016 operation was later broadcast by the BBC’s ...

NINTENDO Switch fans will soon be able to discover even more great games. Nintendo is about to shine the spotlight on more of the eShop’s hidden gems. In a recent GDC panel, the company announced plans to update the Nintendo Switch eShop. The aim is to improve how the eShop functions and make it easier to discover new content. That’s ...

Allegations that research firm Cambridge Analytica misused the data of 50 million Facebook users have reopened the debate about how information on the social network is shared and with whom. Data is like oil to Facebook – it is what brings advertisers to the platform, who in turn make it money. And there is no question that Facebook has the ...

The US Federal Trade Commission is reported to be investigating Facebook after allegations that 50 million users’ private information was misused by a political consultancy firm. Cambridge Analytica (CA), hired by the Trump campaign in the 2016 US election, has been accused of taking the personal data unknown to users. CA head Alexander Nix has now been suspended by the ...

London — A British parliamentary committee on Tuesday summoned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to answer questions as authorities stepped up efforts to determine if the personal data of social media users has been used improperly to influence elections. The request comes amid allegations that a data mining firm based in the UK used information from more than 50 million Facebook ...

Cairo – An Egyptian court has ordered authorities to revoke the operating licenses of the Uber and Careem ride-hailing services and to block their mobile apps and software. The government and the companies are expected to appeal Tuesday’s administrative court verdict, which would prevent it from being implemented until a higher court weighs in. The administrative court in Cairo ruled ...

Ghana’s mobile phone subscription is expected to hit about 40 million in the next two years, according to the Jumia Annual Mobile Report 2018. With such growth rate, it is projected that Ghana’s mobile penetration is going to hit above 130 percent by 2020. The report said factors that influenced this growth is the rapid interest in social media, a ...