Why is it so rare to hear about Western cyber-attacks?
Crowdstrike Cyber security firm Crowdstrike illustrates the biggest hacker threats with cartoons A cyber-attack that took over iPhones at a Russian technology company is being blamed on US government hackers. Could the attack, and the response from the Russian government, be rewriting the narrative of who the good guys and bad guys are in cyber-space? […]
Facebook’s news trust survey comprises just two questions
Reuters Facebook says the survey has been posed only to US-based members to date A survey used by Facebook to determine how much prominence to give to different news publishers consists of just two brief questions. The first asks whether a user recognises the websites displayed. The second asks whether the user trusts them on […]
The Donut King who went full circle
Greenwich Entertainment If you walk into a doughnut shop in California, the chances are it’s owned by a Cambodian family. That’s because of a refugee who built up an empire, and became known as the Donut King, only to lose it all. Ted Ngoy was a high school student in Phnom Penh when he first […]
2023 Women’s World Cup: Argentina aim for first win at global tournament
There are no lucrative sponsorship deals for women’s players in Argentina, while forward Estefania Banini – regarded as the Messi of the women’s team, external – has played much of her club football away in Spain. The squad assembled by Portanova to get Argentina through the group stage is full of stories. There is defender […]
Swavesey boy, 7, to get Hero Arm after Egham benefactor steps in
Hannah Morgan/PA Media Seven-year-old Louie Morgan-Kemp said he dreamt of doing “stuff other children can do” A seven-year-old boy born without a right hand is to get a “robotic arm” after a benefactor stepped in and offered to pay the full £13,000 for it. Louie Morgan-Kemp, from Cambridgeshire, had been fundraising to get himself the […]
NHS at ‘tipping point’ and minister’s Whatsapp fears
Pressures facing the NHS make the front pages of many of Scotland’s newspapers. The Daily Telegraph reports that the “full extent of the crisis” has been exposed with the publication of the number of people on waiting lists. The number of GPs has also fallen to a record low. The Metro writes that one in […]
‘I was often the only woman in the room. That’s changed’
Schneider Kelly Becker, who runs engineering firm Schneider Electric’s UK and Ireland operations, says twenty years ago she was often the only woman in the room. “I can still be the only woman in the room, but it’s less and less, and that to me is exciting.” Ms Becker’s experience reflects a broader shift, with […]
Relief at social networks as defences hold
Getty Images The last time the US went to the polls, it was nothing short of a disaster for the biggest social media companies. Multiple congressional hearings later, a huge concern – would Facebook, Twitter and others be capable of protecting the integrity of the mid-term vote? But, as polls closed, there was good news […]
More than half of Borders cycling fund remains unspent
More than half of a fund set up to create a lasting legacy in the Borders from the UCI Cycling World Championships remains unspent. Time is running out for applications for grants to be made with the deadline set at the end of January next year. From the original £125,000 Scottish Borders Council (SBC) fund, […]
TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data
NurPhoto TikTok has been fined £12.7m by the UK’s data watchdog for failing to protect the privacy of children. It estimated TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children aged under 13 to use the platform in 2020. The video-sharing site used the data of children of this age without parental consent, according to an […]