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Facebook is now testing its “downvote” button in New Zealand, following a similar trial which took place in the US in February. The tool, which appears on some public posts, will let people hide comments and provide feedback about them. The BBC understands that there are no immediate plans to roll it out across the social network. Discussion site Reddit ...

The French government is being sued over the way it has sought to take over the France.com web domain. In 2015, France started legal action against Frenchman Jean-Noel Frydman, who had registered France.com in 1994. Two years later, a French court ruled in France’s favour and the government began to lobby domain host web.com to take control away from Mr ...

EBAY: A rare 50p coin is listed for a huge sum of £800 on the auction website. Do you have one of these rare coins, with a Girl Guiding design, in your back pocket or wallet? Check to see if you could sell yours for a fortune. eBay is your best bet for finding and selling rare coins which are ...

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Facebook has finally revealed the rules which will get you banned if they are broken. The social network has just announced its ‘Community Standards’, which sets out six forbidden activities. ‘The consequences of breaching our Community Standards vary depending on the severity of the breach and a person’s history on Facebook,’ Zuck’s firm wrote in a blog post. ‘For instance, ...

An Electronic Banking Expert, Ebenezer Yalley, has joined the call for mobile money service providers to consider reviewing charges customers pay on mobile money transactions. According to him, the advocacy of deepening financial inclusion would suffer a major blow if high charges are associated with the same service which is meant to ensure the “unbanked” enjoy simple and convenient banking ...

If you want to send messages without worrying that other people might be poking around in the texts you’re sending, you should be using an encrypted messaging service. There’s never a true guarantee that what you’re doing writing isn’t going to be viewed — often our own mistakes can lead to vulnerabilities that leave us wide open, but using encrypted ...

Apple’s had a rotten few days, and one market watcher sees more trouble ahead for the world’s largest company by market cap as concerns over iPhone demand mount. “It’s about slowing sales within the emerging markets, within China, that’s the concern,” Chad Morganlander, portfolio manager at Washington Crossing Advisors, told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Friday. Revenue generated in China has ...

Google, Amazon and other services inside Russia have been hit by the country’s bids to stop people using the Telegram messaging app. Russia banned the app after the company refused to hand over encryption keys that could unscramble messages. The ban, which started this month, involved Russian regulators blocking many net addresses to cut off access. Addresses used by Google ...

A 14-year-old Everton fan has made history by becoming football’s first “remote” match-day mascot – with the aid of a robot. Jack McLinden, who has multiple health conditions, experienced joining his heroes on the pitch before their game against Newcastle United on Monday. Everton captain Phil Jagielka carried the robot, which fed panoramic live images and sound back to Jack’s ...