Facebook wins appeal over tracking non-members in Belgium

Facebook can resume tracking Belgians online even if they don't have an account with the social network, an appeals court has ruled.

The Brussels Court of First Instance had previously ordered Facebook to stop placing its "datr" cookie in Internet users' browsers unless they were Facebook members. It ordered the company to pay a fine of €250,000 per day until it complied with this interim ruling.

But on Wednesday the appeals court overturned the cookie ban and the fine on the grounds that such interim orders can only be made in urgent cases. In this case, Belgium's privacy commission waited until 2015 to forbid something Facebook began doing in 2012, suggesting it hadn't acted with urgency.

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Time is short to stop expansion of FBI hacking, senator says

The U.S. Congress has a small window of time to stop proposed changes in federal court rules that will expand the FBI’s authority to hack into computers during criminal investigations, a senator said Thursday.

The rule changes allowing expanded FBI searches of computers, approved by the Supreme Court in April, go into effect in December unless Congress votes against them, and getting Congress to move in a contentious election year will be difficult, said Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and a critic of the changes.

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Driverless cars take to streets of virtual Coventry

Driverless, automated cars are being tested in a new simulator at the University of Warwick.

Facebook gives friends higher priority in News Feeds

Facebook is to give posts by users' friends and family greater prominence - a move that may challenge professional publishers.

Symantec security software had 'critical' flaws

Computer security company Symantec patches eight security holes discovered in its own security software.

Facebook 'hack' victim exposes passport scam

An identity thief gains access to a Facebook account by sending a fake passport and asking the social network to turn off log-in approvals.

How iOS 10 will collect and use your data

Apple believes there shouldn’t be a tradeoff between intelligent software and privacy. iOS 10 is the first to incorporate machine learning and artificial intelligence without sacrificing privacy.

Senator stalls intelligence funding bill over surveillance concerns

A U.S. senator has stalled an intelligence budget bill over concerns that it would expand surveillance while limiting oversight of it.

Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, has placed a hold on the 2017 Intelligence Authorization Act, saying the bill would allow the FBI, without a court order, to demand U.S. residents' email and Internet records from ISPs and other communications providers.

The bill would allow the FBI to obtain new records through the controversial National Security Letter program, which allows the FBI to collect phone and financial records through administrative subpoenas.

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Used hard drives on eBay, Craigslist are often still ripe with leftover data

Before you throw away that old hard drive, make sure you purge the memory clean.  A new study has found that most users are accidentally giving up photos, social security numbers and financial data, by failing to properly delete the files on their recycled hard drives.

Blancco Technology Group, which specializes in data erasure, conducted the study by randomly buying 200 secondhand PC storage drives from eBay and Craigslist. Their goal was to see if the company could recover any of the old data saved inside.

In most cases, it could. 78 percent of the drives contained residual data that could be recovered.

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Google tool lets users personalize the ads they see

Google’s core business is in advertising and it insists on showing you as many ads as it can. A new tool introduced by the company gives users a modicum of choice by letting them personalize across devices what ads they see on Google and third-party sites, which may also be a bounty for advertisers who could get some more accurate targeting.

The opt-in tool the company is rolling out allows users, who are logged into their account, to choose their areas of interest from a list provided, as well as add new topics not included in the list.

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US border authority seeks travellers' social media details

Travellers seeking visa waiver entry to the US may soon be asked to list their social media profiles, if a Department of Homeland Security proposal is enacted.

'Robot lawyer' fights parking tickets

A chatbot programmed by a British teenager has successfully challenged 160,000 parking tickets since its launch last year.

Hands on with India's £3 smartphone

The BBC is given a first look at a smartphone costing less than £3, set to launch in India next week.

FBI expansion of surveillance powers meets obstacle

A move in the Senate to provide enhanced surveillance powers to the FBI through the use of National Security Letters met a hurdle Monday after Senator Ron Wyden placed a hold on the 2017 Intelligence Authorization bill over the controversial provisions.

Wyden’s hold is a a measure by which a senator or group of senators can prevent a motion from reaching a vote.

Tech companies and industry and civil rights groups are opposed to what is seen as a wider push by the Senate to increase the scope of the NSLs, which would allow the government to collect Internet records such as browsing history, email metadata, and location information through administrative orders and without court approval.

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Say, what?!

Tech firms promise auto-translation services that are near-instantaneous and accurate, but can businesses really rely on them?

Brits wanted

As businesses grapple with how to respond to Brexit, Germany's capital is keen to open new doors to Britain's tech-savvy talent pool.

Airbnb challenges San Francisco over rental law

Airbnb is challenging the San Francisco city authorities on its plans to fine the website for unregistered hosts.

Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update

Microsoft agrees to pay a California woman $10,000 (£7,500) after an automatic Windows 10 update leaves her computer unusable.

Teachers fired over offensive private messages

Three US teachers lose their jobs after a private chat on messaging service Slack, in which they insulted pupils, was leaked.

AI fighter pilot wins in combat simulation

An artificial intelligence system developed in the US successfully intercepts two attacking fighter jets in a combat simulation.

IRS kills electronic filing PIN feature due to repeated attacks

After repeated attacks, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has decided to retire a Web-based tool for obtaining PINs that taxpayers could use to file tax returns electronically.

The Electronic Filing (E-file) PINs Web application is no longer available on the IRS website "because of questionable activity," the agency announced last week.

In February, the IRS disclosed that hackers used stolen taxpayer information like names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and full addresses in order to obtain E-file PINs through its website.

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Young Leave voters abused online in days after European Union referendum vote

Two young Leave voters reveal how they've been accused of racism and xenophobia since revealing they voted for Brexit.

Oculus lifts headset game restrictions

Virtual reality pioneer Oculus has removed software locks that stopped people playing games made for its headset on rival devices.

US Healthcare records offered for sale online

Three US healthcare organisations are reportedly being held to ransom by a hacker who stole data on hundreds of thousands of patients.

Google's SpotMini robot loads the dishwasher

A new dog-themed robot is shown loading a dishwasher with dirty glassware.

Snowden: Russian data collection plans 'dangerous'

US whistleblower Edward Snowden has criticised new anti-terrorism legislation approved by Russia's parliament.

EU referendum petition hijacked by bots

An online petition calling for a second EU referendum has been hijacked by automated bots adding false signatures.

CEO Secrets: WeTransfer co-founder shares tips for success

Nalden, co-founder of WeTransfer, offers the business advice he wishes he had been given before he started out, for the BBC News series CEO Secrets.

Jeff Weiner and Satya Nadella explain how the $26bn deal will work

Satya Nadella of Microsoft and LinkedIn chief Jeff Weiner explain how the $26bn takeover will benefit both users and shareholders.

Facebook removes EU referendum status suggestions

Facebook removes pro-Leave and pro-Remain status update suggestions from a list given to users.

'Spam King' sentenced to two years in prison

A US man who sent more than 27 million spam emails to Facebook users is sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

Hacker who aided IS faces lengthy jail term

A hacker who passed a list of American military personnel to the so-called Islamic State group could face up to 25 years in jail.

Twitter, Facebook and Google 'aided Paris attacks'

Tech companies are facing legal action from the father of a woman killed in the Paris attacks last November.

UK gets 24-hour esports gaming channel on TV

The UK will soon have its first 24-hour TV channel dedicated to competitive gaming or esports.

Virtual reality sickness 'tackled with field of view trick'

Virtual reality-induced nausea can be reduced with a simple field of view alteration, say researchers.

E3: PlayStation unveils VR games and teases Neo console

After unveiling new virtual reality video games, PlayStation's chief explains why he's also preparing to release a new PS4 console.

Pepper robot to work in Belgian hospitals

Pepper gets a new job as a hospital receptionist as Japanese firm Softbank looks to expand its uses.

Amazon faces fine for shipping corrosive drain cleaner

A fine of $350,000 is proposed for online retailer Amazon over allegations it breached rules when it shipped a corrosive liquid.

Generation stress

Checking our work emails and social media accounts at all hours of the day is making us more stressed, research suggests, but what can we do about it?

Could inspiration from nature help robots to walk?

Building robots which are naturally balanced could help them walk says Dr Iida

E3: Mass Effect, Quake, Deus Ex and Fifa return

Mass Effect, Quake, Deus Ex and Fifa are some of the big-name franchises to announce sequels ahead of the start of E3's video games show.

Taylor Swift joins copyright law plea

Musicians including Taylor Swift, U2 and Sir Paul McCartney call for online copyright laws to be reformed.

Why the UK's vote to leave the EU will have little effect on its data protection rules

With the haircut that the sterling-euro exchange rate has taken in the wake of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, the U.K. has suddenly become a low-cost country for companies wishing to host or process the personal information of EU citizens.

EU businesses will need to weigh that price cut against the regulatory uncertainty Thursday’s vote introduced—but it turns out that’s surprisingly small, at least in the short to medium term.

As for U.K. businesses hoping for more relaxed data protection rules in the wake of the referendum vote, they will have to wait—perhaps for a very long while.

That’s because many of the rules that the 51.9 percent who voted to leave the EU hoped to escape are, in fact, firmly part of U.K. law, and will only go away if the U.K. parliament votes to repeal them.

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U.S. court rules that FBI can hack into a computer without a warrant

A U.S. court has ruled that the FBI can hack into a computer without a warrant—a move which is troubling privacy advocates.

The criminal case involves a child pornography site, Playpen, that had been accessible through Tor, a browser designed for anonymous web surfing.

The FBI, however, managed to take over the site in 2014, and then tracked down and arrested its members by hacking their computers. This allowed law enforcement to secretly collect their IP addresses.

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Snap, swipe, like

How are fashion retailers responding to the world of smartphones and social media?

Electric car sets world acceleration record

An electric racing car built by Swiss student engineers has broken the world record for acceleration by battery-powered vehicles.

Software firm Twilio soars 88% on first day of trading

Shares in software firm Twilio soar almost 88% to $28.19 on their first day of trading in New York.

Microsoft's hi-tech mosquito trap and other tech news

BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the best of the week's technology news

Uber to 'hide' surge pricing notifications

Uber is to hide surge pricing notifications for more users to make its app less "complicated".

Brexit: 'Surge' in searches on Irish passports, says Google

Google says there was a large spike in searches for Irish passport applications as news of the UK's decision to leave the EU broke.

Privacy Shield: White House makes EU spying promise

The EU and US agree final changes to a new data protection agreement known as the EU-US Privacy Shield.

Brexit: UK tech sector reacts to Leave vote

Now the UK has decided to leave the European Union, technology firms are left to wonder what the future holds.

Tencent pays for majority stake in Clash of Clans maker

Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings is buying a majority stake in Supercell, the Finnish maker of the Clash of Clans game.

Rolls-Royce shows 'floating' future car

Rolls-Royce shows off a design for its car-of-the-future, which features unusual wheels that are designed to make it seem to glide.

Hack attack drains start-up investment fund

Hackers have taken control of virtual cash worth $60m (£41m) by exploiting a bug in a system designed to help start-ups.

GoToMyPC passwords reset after cyber-attack

Passwords for every GoToMyPC account are being reset following a "sophisticated" attack on the service.

South Korea's Kia tops US car quality ranking

South Korean car maker Kia comes first in a closely watched US car quality ranking, edging out the luxury brands that usually claim the top spot.

Nintendo reacts to fans' calls for Christina Grimmie to appear in Zelda

Fans of Christina Grimmie are calling for Nintendo to name a character after the murdered Voice star in new Zelda video game.

Artificial intelligence directs music video for Saatchis

Artificial intelligence software is used to create a music video for a French band - but the group is not letting the public see it in full.

Tesla bid for SolarCity 'shameful'

Tesla's bid to buy struggling solar energy firm SolarCity has been called "shameful" by financier Jim Chanos.

Blackberry loss widens to $670m

Blackberry reports a $670m (£450m) quarterly net loss, but the mobile phone company forecasts that its full-year results will beat expectations.

Electric car sets world acceleration record

An electric racing car built by Swiss student engineers has broken the world record for acceleration by battery-powered vehicles.

Fans angry over 'missing' iPhone 7 headphone socket

The iPhone 7 is not due to be revealed until the autumn, but already fans are angry over rumours it may be missing a key feature.

Game, dataset and match

As Wimbledon prepares to use emotion-tracking cameras at this year's tennis championships, sport is becoming increasingly digital for fans, players and venues alike.

Instagram boss on pitching to the Pope

To mark Instagram reaching more than half a billion active users, its chief Kevin Systrom speaks to the BBC about its growth strategy.

Only 14% of the UK pays to stream music

Only 14% of the British public pays to stream music, according to a new survey.

Tech groups say FBI shouldn't be allowed to do mass hacking

Congress should block proposed changes to rules governing U.S. law enforcement investigations that could give law enforcement agencies new authority to hack thousands of computers, several tech and advocacy groups said.

Congress should stop the proposed changes, approved by the Supreme Court in April, that would allow judges to issue warrants for hacking and surveillance in cases where investigators don't know the target computer's location, a coalition of 50 tech trade groups, digital rights groups, and tech companies said in a letter sent Tuesday to congressional leaders.

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Microsoft invokes Supreme Court opinion to bolster email privacy case against U.S.

Microsoft believes its refusal to turn over email held in Ireland to the U.S. government got a boost from an opinion of the Supreme Court on Monday, which upheld that U.S. laws cannot apply extraterritorially unless Congress has explicitly provided for it.

In a decision Monday in a separate case on the extraterritorial application of a provision of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), the Supreme Court set out the ground rules for its analysis, pointing out that “absent clearly expressed congressional intent to the contrary, federal laws will be construed to have only domestic application.” The court was applying a canon of statutory construction known as the presumption against extraterritoriality.

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Mobile advertiser tracked users' locations, without their consent, FTC alleges

The privacy settings on your phone don’t mean much if tech companies choose to ignore them. One major mobile advertiser allegedly did just that.

The company InMobi was secretly tracking user locations, regardless of consent, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission alleged on Wednesday. The motive: to serve location-based ads over mobile apps.

InMobi is headquartered in India and partners with thousands of apps to offer advertising. This gives the company access to 1.5 billion devices.

Collecting user information to serve tailored ads is all too common, but InMobi did so through deception, the FTC alleged. The company stated it would only collect the location-based data if given permission, however, InMobi secretly collected it anyway, the agency said.

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Sure thing

Some online gambling gurus stand to profit if punters lose money following the bets they recommended.

Virtual doctors

Health services for a million people in Zambia are being connected to UK doctors, using a smartphone app.

Sony's Scavengers Odyssey and Danger Ball reviewed

BBC Click's Marc Cieslak reviews virtual reality games Scavengers Odyssey and Danger Ball

Diesels more polluting below 18C, research suggests

Pollution from many popular diesel cars is much worse when it is colder than 18C outside, new research suggests.

Tesla makes offer to buy SolarCity

Electric carmaker Tesla offers to buy solar panel company SolarCity in a bid to expand its clean energy business.

Facebook scraps in-video links to other sites

Facebook withdraws video creators' ability to embed links into their clips to direct viewers to their own sites.

Barclays Android app makes £100 contactless payments

Barclays completes the roll-out of a facility that allows its customers to make in-store contactless purchases of up to £100 via Android phones.

Apple reveals unencrypted heart of iOS 10 code

Apple is letting developers peer into the core of its mobile operating system - a move that could have major implications for cybersecurity.

Hasselblad is the first mirrorless medium-format camera

Hasselblad unveils the first mirrorless medium-format camera that promises "ultra-high quality" photos from a compact body.

Tech support scams target victims via their ISP

The old tech support scam where a fraudster pretends to be a Microsoft agent takes a new turn.

Mark Zuckerberg masks Mac webcam and microphone

A photograph of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shows tape has been used to cover his MacBook Pro's webcam and mic.

Algeria blocks social media over exams

Algeria temporarily blocks access to social media in an attempt to combat cheating in the main secondary school exam, the baccalaureat.

Chicago man shot dead during Facebook live-stream

A Chicago man has been shot dead while live-streaming a video of himself on Facebook, police say - the video has had nearly 700,000 views.

Australian pleads guilty to making online threats over Tinder profile

Australian Zach Alchin pleads guilty to targeting women with explicit abuse on social media after his friend shared one woman's Tinder profile online.

Rifle dropped from new emojis list

Two gun-related emojis are dropped from the latest list of approved chat message graphics.

No Man's Sky settles name dispute

The maker of the highly anticipated video game No Man's Sky reveals a legal challenge that threatened the game's name.

New ransomware strain coded entirely in Javascript

Security researchers discover a new strain of ransomware coded entirely in Javascript, which could increase its chances of being activated.

China builds world's most powerful computer

The 93 petaflop Sunway TaihuLight in China has topped a newly published list of supercomputers.

E3: Gears of War gore helps 'form relationships'

The studio behind the gory sci-fi series Gears of War says its games have helped people fall in love and stay in touch with family.

Major study links low internet usage to slow broadband

Researchers at King's College London suggest the areas of the UK with the poorest internet access also use modern online services the least.

5 things you need to know about password managers

New data breaches are coming to light almost weekly and they reveal a simple but troubling fact: many people still choose weak passwords and reuse them across multiple sites. The reality is, remembering dozens of complex passwords is almost impossible, and carrying them around on a scrap of paper that you have to keep updating is a huge hassle. That’s why password managers exist. Here’s why they’re important, and how to get the most out of them.

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Surveillance reform measure blocked in the wake of Orlando killings

The U.S. House of Representatives voted down an anti-surveillance amendment after some of its members expressed concern about its impact on the fight against terrorism, in the wake of Sunday’s massacre at a nightclub in Orlando.

The measure was proposed by Congressman Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, and Congresswoman Zoe Lofrgren, a Democrat from California, as as an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act.

It would prevent warrantless searches by law enforcement of information on Americans from a foreign intelligence communications database and prohibit with some exceptions the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency from using any funds appropriated under the Act to require that companies weaken the security of their products or services to enable surveillance of users.

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War on waste

Reducing global food waste by a quarter would mean there was enough to feed all the malnourished people in the world. Can tech help reach this goal?

E3 2016: The world's most influential gaming show in 10 pictures

E3 2016: Photos from LA gaming show

E3: Meditating in virtual reality

A US studio is exhibiting a virtual reality meditation experience it says can help people relax, at the E3 games expo.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket fails to land and other tech news

BBC Click's Stephen Beckett looks at some of the best of the week's technology news

We Happy Few: E3's creepiest game?

A creepy crowdfunded video game set in 1960's England is generating a lot of buzz at this year's E3 games expo.

Thousands of porn bots follow so-called Islamic State group on Twitter

BBC Monitoring looks at why porn bots have suddenly started following IS Twitter accounts and what impact this is having.

Microsoft to help track legalised marijuana sales

Microsoft teams up with Californian technology start-up Kind Financial to help track legalised marijuana sales

Tanzania 'cuts off 630,000' fake phones

About 630,000 mobile phones have so far been disconnected in Tanzania following the ban on fake handsets came into force at midnight, the authority says.

Russian 'runaway robot' causes traffic jam

The machine reportedly escaped after a lab engineer forgot to shut a gate.

London Mayoral count resorted to spreadsheets

Spreadsheets had to be used to help determine the delayed result of last month's London Mayoral election - after a counting software glitch.

Anonymous fills IS Twitter accounts with gay pride messages

Hacker-activist group Anonymous fills Twitter accounts linked to so-called Islamic State with gay pride messages in response to the Orlando shooting.

Google working on 'common-sense' AI engine at new Zurich base

Google opens new AI research centre in Europe with big ambitions for the technology.

E3: Could VR bring back the games arcade?

Why the high cost of VR gaming could lead to a rebirth of the games arcade

China rules against Apple over iPhone patent claim

Beijing's Intellectual Property Office has ruled against Apple in a patent dispute brought by a Chinese handset maker.

Hackers breach social media accounts of Mark Zuckerberg and other celebrities

Over the weekend hackers managed to access Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts, as well as the social media accounts of other celebrities.

Someone posted to Zuckerberg’s Twitter feed on Sunday, claiming to have found his password in account information leaked from LinkedIn.

A group calling itself the OurMine Team took credit for breaking into Zuckerberg's Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram accounts, but there's no evidence that the Instagram account has been breached.

"You were in LinkedIn Database with password 'dadada'," read a message supposedly posted by hackers from Zuckerberg's @finkd Twitter account. 

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Google, Facebook, Yahoo, rights groups oppose FBI expansion of surveillance powers

Google, Facebook, Yahoo and industry and civil rights groups have opposed legislation that would extend the categories of Internet records that the U.S. government can collect without court approval through administrative orders known as National Security Letters.

The companies and groups have pointed out in a letter to senators that the new provisions would expand the types of records, known as Electronic Communication Transactional Records (ECTRs), which the Federal Bureau of Investigation can obtain using the NSLs.

The ECTRs would include a variety of online information, such as IP addresses, routing and transmission information, session data, a person's browsing history, email metadata, location information, and the exact date and time a person signs in or out of a particular online account.

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YouTube 'star' Lonelygirl15 back after seven years

A YouTube vlog-style series, said to be one of the first examples of viral video, has uploaded new material for the first time since 2009.

Raspberry Pi maker Premier Farnell bought by Daetwyler

The maker of the Raspberry Pi mini computer, Premier Farnell, agrees to be bought by Switzerland's Daetwyler for 1bn Swiss francs (£700m).

US charges Chinese ex-IBM worker with espionage

US authorities charge Chinese national Xu Jiaqiang, a former IBM employee, with espionage for allegedly stealing source code.

Social media 'outstrips TV' as news source for young people

Social media and smartphones are becoming the main news source for young people, according to a major report into the future of news.

Pornography 'desensitising young people'

Most children are exposed to online pornography by their early teenage years, leaving them at risk of becoming "desensitised", a study warns.

Twitter updates its block button to hide retweets on users' timelines

Twitter has updated its block button so now if you block someone you won't see their tweets and they won't see yours.

Russia 'hacked Democrats data on Trump' says US

Russian government hackers have breached the Democratic National Committee for opposition research on Donald Trump, officials say.

E3: Zelda breathes new life into Nintendo

Nintendo shows the first gameplay footage from a new Zelda game - a title that could determine the fortunes of its next console.

A popular cloud privacy bill stalls in the Senate

A bill to give email and other documents stored in the cloud new protections from government searches may be dead in the U.S. Senate over a proposed amendment to expand the FBI's surveillance powers.

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act would require law enforcement agencies to get court-ordered warrants to search email and other data stored with third parties for longer than six months.

Under U.S. law, police need warrants to get their hands on paper files in a suspect's home or office and on electronic files stored on his computer or in the cloud for less than 180 days. But under the 30-year-old ECPA, police agencies need only a subpoena, not reviewed by a judge, to demand files stored in the cloud or with other third-party providers for longer than 180 days.

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US government seeks to intervene in Irish data protection case

The U.S. government wants to intervene in an Irish court case that has already disrupted the transatlantic flow of European Union citizens' personal information on which many businesses rely.

And one of the parties to that case, Austrian Facebook user Max Schrems, is looking forward to the opportunity to have U.S. authorities questioned under oath on a matter that could determine the future of European privacy law.

The U.S. government, the American Chamber of Commerce, an Irish business lobby group, and an international software alliance told the Irish high court on Monday that they want to be added to the case as "amicus curiae" or friends of the court.

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More than 32 million Twitter credentials reportedly hacked

The company trying to be the Google of hacked user credentials says it just obtained another huge leak, this time affecting Twitter users. LeakedSource recently reported it obtained a database of more than 32 million Twitter login credentials from a user going by the alias Tessa88@exploit.im.

LeakedSource uses a freemium model where anyone can search for their own credentials for free; however, to see the majority of the leaked credentials users must subscribe to the service. Twenty-four passes are available for $2-$4 depending on whether you pay by Bitcoin or PayPal—annual subscriptions run upwards of $200.

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Hands-free phones 'equally distracting'

Drivers using a hands-free phone get just as distracted as those holding it in their hand, researchers at the University of Sussex find.

Continue registering to vote, PM says

David Cameron urges people to continue to register to vote after an online glitch ahead of the EU referendum registration deadline.

Amazon to boost India investment by $3bn

Online retail giant Amazon says it will invest an additional £3bn in India, where it already employs 45,000 people.

No internet for Singapore public servants

Singapore says it will restrict access to the internet for public servants from May next year because of information security concerns.

Sex offenders' names emailed in error

A police officer sent an email to a member of the public containing information which could have been used to identify sex offenders.

France releases terror alert phone app

The French government has released a mobile phone app that it says will help spread more reliable information during a terror attack.

Is the web full of nasty tricks?

Tech firms and companies trying to sell us things use a variety of tricks and ruses to get us to do what they want, as Zoe Kleinman explains.

Google developing kill switch for AI

Scientists from Google and Oxford University are working on first steps to ensure robots do not go rogue.

Tech chief's Twitter account hacked

The chief executive of Zendesk is the latest high-profile figure to have his Twitter account hacked in recent days.

Hackers breach social media accounts of Mark Zuckerberg and other celebrities

Over the weekend hackers managed to access Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts, as well as the social media accounts of other celebrities.

Someone posted to Zuckerberg’s Twitter feed on Sunday, claiming to have found his password in account information leaked from LinkedIn.

A group calling itself the OurMine Team took credit for breaking into Zuckerberg's Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram accounts, but there's no evidence that the Instagram account has been breached.

"You were in LinkedIn Database with password 'dadada'," read a message supposedly posted by hackers from Zuckerberg's @finkd Twitter account. 

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VIDEO: CEO: 'I literally do clean the floors'

Bracken Darrell, chief executive of Logitech, offers the business advice he wishes he had been given before he started out, for the BBC News series CEO Secrets.

VIDEO: Inventor shows off 'two-minute' hoverboard

Canadian inventor Alexandru Duru has been showcasing the hoverboard he designed and built to audiences in Paris.

VIDEO: Holocaust survivors tell stories in 3D

How voice recognition and 3D video is helping to preserve Holocaust survivors' stories

The show-offs caught out by social media

Posting on social media has a feel of impermanence - but as some people find, the internet lasts for ever and casual comments online can lead to trouble with the law.

Hackers target Mark Zuckerberg accounts

Some of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's social media accounts appear to have fallen victim to hackers.

Silk Road 2.0 staff member jailed in US

An American who helped run a successor to the Silk Road drug marketplace is sentenced to eight years in jail.

Facebook pushes Messenger app

Facebook users on Android platforms are being notified that they will no longer be able to access private messages without the Messenger app.

Amazon-driven services hit by blackout

Domino's pizza app and several other online services stop working when an Amazon data centre suffers a power cut.

EU and US officials sign 'umbrella' data protection agreement, but it's no Privacy Shield

The European Commission has signed a landmark agreement with the U.S. in its quest to legitimize the transatlantic flow of European Union citizens' personal information.

No, it's not the embattled Privacy Shield, which the Commission hopes to conclude later this month, but the rather flimsier-sounding umbrella agreement or, more formally, the U.S.-EU agreement "on the protection of personal information relating to the prevention, investigation, detection, and prosecution of criminal offenses."

It covers the exchange between EU and U.S. law enforcers, during the course of their investigations of personal data including names, addresses and criminal records. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, European Commissioner for Justice Vĕra Jourová and Dutch Minister for Security and Justice Ard van der Steur signed the agreement in Amsterdam on Thursday.

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The digital nomads making the world their office

The digital nomads making the world their office

Iran-Saudi tensions erupt in 'cyberwar'

Iran-Saudi tensions erupt in online 'cyberwar'

VIDEO: Asus unveils companion and helper robot

BBC Click's Stephen Beckett looks at some of the best of the week's technology news

VIDEO: 'Thiel needs to develop a thicker skin'

The founder of Gawker Media, Nick Denton, defends the company's actions in the long-running legal battle against tech billionaire Peter Thiel.

VIDEO: How Hitler's secret code was cracked

Bletchley Park's surviving coders are re-enacting how they famously broke the Lorenz cipher, known as Hitler's secret code during WW2.

VIDEO: Hacking war

How Saudi and Iranian hackers are waging a virtual war.

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If cyber criminals have a Holy Grail, it’s your fullz, or your full set of personal information. And they’ll go to great lengths to get it.

Since 2005, more than 6,000 companies and organizations have reported breaches. Judging from prior trends, about half of those breaches likely involved the exposure of sensitive information, where consumers’ names are paired with additional data such as addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and health records. In just 2015, for example, nearly 165 million records containing Social Security numbers were compromised in 338 breaches, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

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