UK initiative seeks Israeli digital health tech to assist NHS

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – The British embassy in Israel said on Tuesday it has launched a program designed to help incorporate Israeli digital health technology into the UK and its National Health Service (NHS). The UK Israel Dangoor Health initiative was put...

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Russia says hackers stole more than $17 million from its banks in 2017

MAGNITOGORSK, Russia (Reuters) – Hackers stole more than 1 billion roubles ($17 million) from Russian banks using the Cobalt Strike security-testing tool in 2017, a central bank official said on Tuesday. Russia is under intense scrutiny over cyber crime following allegations hackers...

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Mysterious Oumuamua asteroid ‘had a violent past’, say researchers

The mysterious cigar-shaped asteroid Oumuamua has been spinning through space for billions of years because of a violent incident in its past, researchers have discovered. Scientists from Queen’s University Belfast have been examining the curious space object ever since it was spotted...

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Japan’s Coincheck reports to regulators over $530 million cryptocurrency heist

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc, under pressure to better safeguard investors after the daring theft of $530 million of digital money last month, filed on Tuesday a report with regulators on the hacking, a person familiar with the matter...

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Would you lock up your phone? Yondr boss says people still ‘wrestling’ with tech in society

Smartphones have changed society. Whether whistleblowers or voyeurs, we can all now record the world around us at the touch of a button. This has been a particular nuisance for live performers, many of whom are now using pouches designed by Yondr,...

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Only dozens of images deleted from police database

Only dozens in hundreds of thousands of photos held in a controversial police facial recognition database have been deleted, new figures reveal. Despite being told by the High Court that innocent people’s biometric details were being unlawfully held on the database, the...

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German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal

BERLIN (Reuters) – A German consumer rights group said on Monday that a court had found Facebook’s (FB.O) use of personal data to be illegal because the U.S. social media platform did not adequately secure the informed consent of its users. The...

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Facebook losing younger users to Snapchat in the UK

Facebook is on the decline in the UK as younger users head to rival Snapchat, new research has found. The number of British social media users aged between 12 and 24 who are regularly logging in to Facebook will fall by 700,000...

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British watchdog tells computer traders to tighten controls

LONDON (Reuters) – Some firms using computers to trade at ultra-fast speeds are not applying safeguards required to avert market meltdowns, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Monday. Algorithmic or high-frequency trading uses computers to automatically place an order in financial markets,...

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A culprit for financial site glitches: you and your apps

BOSTON (Reuters) – Jittery investors and their smartphones stressed out leading U.S. online financial sites last week as heavy volatility shook markets, technology analysts said. Major firms including Vanguard Group, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp (AMTD.O) and Fidelity Investments reported service slowdowns on...

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France’s Thales sees more cybersecurity sales after strong 2017

PARIS (Reuters) – French defense electronics group Thales (TCFP.PA) enjoyed a jump in sales at its cybersecurity business in 2017 and expects further strong growth in the coming years, said executive Laurent Maury. Maury said the business generated about 900 million euros...

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Indonesia’s Astra and GDN join Go-Jek fundraising

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian conglomerate Astra International (ASII.JK) will invest $150 million in Go-Jek, it said on Monday, joining the likes of Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) in the ride-hailing start-up’s latest round of fundraising. Astra Chief Executive Prijono Sugiarto said the group...

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China looks to retain local subsidies for electric vehicles: Bloomberg

(Reuters) – The Chinese government is leaning towards retaining local subsidies for electric vehicles after eliminating a prior proposal to scrap the funding, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The newly amended policy is said to be in final stages of discussions in order...

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French group Thales expects more sales growth in cybersecurity arm

PARIS (Reuters) – French defense electronics group Thales expects more growth in its cybersecurity business in the coming years, said Thales executive Laurent Maury on Monday. Maury said Thales’ cybersecurity arm had generated 900 million euros ($1.10 billion) in sales over 2017,...

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Foxconn to use proceeds from unit’s Shanghai IPO to fund $4 billion projects

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, said it plans to use proceeds from a Shanghai listing of one if its subsidiaries to fund eight projects totaling 27.3 billion yuan ($4 billion). In January, Foxconn, formally known...

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Exclusive: Amazon paid $90 million for camera maker’s chip technology – sources

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) paid about $90 million to acquire the maker of Blink home security cameras late last year, in a secret bet on the startup’s energy-efficient chips, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The deal’s rationale...

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U.S., UK government websites infected with crypto-mining malware: report

(Reuters) – Thousands of websites, including ones run by U.S. and UK government agencies, were infected for several hours on Sunday with code that causes web browsers to secretly mine digital currencies, technology news site The Register reported. More than 4,200 sites...

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Hackers take UK Government websites offline and infect thousands more worldwide

More than 5,000 websites have been hacked to force visitors’ computers to run software that mines a cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin. Users loading the websites of the Information Commissioner’s Office, the Student Loan Company, Manchester City Council and even the homepage of...

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Russia aborts rocket launch to the ISS with one minute to go

Russia’s space agency aborted the launch of a rocket and cargo ship just one minute before lift-off. Roscosmos announced a two-day delay of the Soyuz rocket launch after the lift-off was cancelled, setting a new date of 13 February. In a statement,...

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Dippy the Diplodocus skeleton is touring the UK

For the first time in more than a century, members of the public can see Dippy the Diplodocus outside of London. At 85ft-long (26m), the plaster cast of the dinosaur skeleton has stood in the entrance hall of the Natural History Museum...

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