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Telecoms regulator Ofcom has imposed fines of £6.3m on EE and £7m on Virgin Media for overcharging phone and broadband customers who were trying to leave their contracts early. While communications services providers (CSPs) are […]

When discussing how technology will improve our lives in the future, people often point to smart cities as an example. Imagine a city where everything is connected, from your appliances to the street lights themselves, […]

You can already buy and rent digital movies through Google Play Movies & TV, purchases that also show up in YouTube if you’re signed in with the same account. Now it looks as though YouTube […]

Established by Chinese University students in the early 90s as the anti-Valentine’s Day event, Singles’ Day has exploded to become the world’s largest retail event, with 2018 sales topping $30 billion over a 24-hour period. […]

Self-appointed voice of the UK tech industry techUK has been hit by a Twitter backlash from some of the country’s leading tech figures after calling for support for Theresa May’s Brexit deal. The lobbying group, […]

As Black Friday approaches, a new study has revealed that there are hundreds of potentially malicious Black Friday apps online targeting unsuspecting consumers. RiskIQ’s found that cybercriminals are taking advantage of these well-known brands to […]

Enlarge / 2FA via SMS happens worldwide, all. Millions of SMS text messages—many containing one-time passcodes, password reset links, and plaintext passwords—were exposed in an Internet-accessible database that could be read or monitored by anyone […]

A Berlin-based security researcher has discovered an unsecured database containing tens of millions of text messages including password reset links, two-factor authentication codes and more. The server itself belongs to the communications company Voxox (formerly […]

Enlarge / Chip cards help prevent fraud but only if you use them. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images A security analysis firm called Gemini Advisory recently posted a report saying that credit card fraud […]

SpaceX today received US approval to deploy 7,518 broadband satellites, in addition to the 4,425 satellites that were approved eight months ago. The Federal Communications Commission voted to let SpaceX launch 4,425 low-Earth orbit satellites […]