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Protecting your privacy
Life, James Hein, Published on 05/04/2017
» Internet privacy is dead, at least in the US. This will trigger a rush to VPN's, the use of Tor browsers and advanced encryption, for some. In the US, new legislation allows your ISP to collect and store all of your browsing history. This will include length of time spent on sites and pages visited. The information will be at the mercy of the ISP to keep or use it to apply social engineering in terms of recommended sites and marketing. While the point seems to be to allow ISPs to make more money, the scary part for some will be that hackers seem to be able to regularly hack into ISPs and grab stored data.
Growing fears of IS use of weaponised drones
AFP, Published on 30/11/2016
» BAGHDAD - The Mosul battle in Iraq has seen the Islamic State group increasingly resort to weaponised drones, which Western governments fear could lead to a new type of attack at home.
After German attacks, Facebook insists it works with probes
AFP, Published on 08/08/2016
» BERLIN - Facebook on Monday dismissed complaints by German officials that it had not been helpful in fighting terrorism and urged authorities to better formulate their requests.
'Three teams' of attackers, French police say
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/11/2015
» French police have identified three teams of gunmen wearing suicide vests who killed at least 129 people in Paris's worst ever attacks that were claimed by the Islamic State group.
Facebook activates safety feature after Nigeria bombing
AFP, Published on 18/11/2015
» LAGOS - Facebook has activated its "Safety Check" feature for the first time in Nigeria, after a bombing likely carried out by Boko Haram killed more than 30 late on Tuesday.
Young Palestinians launch hashtag intifada
AFP, Published on 09/10/2015
» RAMALLAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Videos spread on social media showing Palestinians stabbing Israelis and throwing stones at soldiers are mustering online youth activists to the frontline after days of violence.
Publishing start-ups crowd world's biggest book fair
AFP, Published on 07/10/2013
» A rush of publishing start-ups and ever new ways to lure readers in an industry with Amazon breathing down its neck will be a central theme at the world's biggest book fair, opening in Germany on Wednesday.
'Shafts of light' win AFP freelancer Pulitzer prize
AFP, Published on 17/04/2013
» When Javier Manzano, a freelance photographer for Agence France-Presse, walked into a dimly lit sniper's nest in Syria he did not know a photo he took there would win him a Pulitzer prize.
Famous last tweets captured for posterity
AFP, Published on 16/02/2013
» Someone's famous last words are now likely to be famous last tweets.
Amid US probe, China telecom firms defend record
AFP, Published on 13/09/2012
» The leaders of a congressional probe into two Chinese telecom giants expressed fresh concerns Thursday about the firms' links to the Beijing government, as the companies defended their integrity.