Tom Espiner BBC business reporter Getty Images Online shopping at Marks & Spencer is expected to be “fully on” within four weeks as it recovers from a cyber attack, the retailer’s boss has said. Although M&S restarted online orders in June, half of its online operations – including click and collect – are still down,...
Stephen Ireland was the co-founder a Surrey Pride, a pro LGBT group launched in 2018. He used that position to repeatedly attack J.K. Rowling as a hateful “TERF” over several years. Today, Ireland was convicted of raping a child and sentenced to 30 years in prison. His then-boyfriend was also convicted. A man has been...
Google may have to make changes to its search services in the UK to ensure greater competition, the watchdog has said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the American technology giant under a new law which means the regulator can demand changes at a firm if it is found to hold too much...
Getty/BBC 3D-printed guns could become “the weapon of choice” for criminals and violent extremists around the world, an expert has told the BBC. These DIY, untraceable firearms have been recovered in several recent criminal cases, including the alleged use of a partially 3D-printed gun in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. BBC Trending...
A 22-year-old fake dentist and two assistants have been charged by Czech police after treating dozens of patients using instructions found on the internet. Police said the three family members opened a surgery without a licence in their home in Havlickuv Brod two years ago and treated patients without any “necessary professional knowledge”. They added...
Speaking after her round-of-32 defeat to Francesca Jones at the Nottingham Open on Tuesday, British number four Harriet Dart called for the introduction of identification measures when creating social media accounts. “The amount of abuse that we all get is pretty mind blowing,” Dart said. “The WTA are obviously trying to do something about it...
British number two Katie Boulter shares some of the messages of abuse she has received on social media. Read full article at source...
The most obvious thing in the world probably doesn’t qualify as “news” to most HotAir readers but it does to the folks over at NBC News. Today they have a story up about some of the far-left online accounts that are pushing for more violence and destruction from a group of people who have already...
Laura Bates on how algorithms are fuelling misogyny and radicalising young men. Read full article at source...
Marks and Spencer is beginning to take online orders again after it halted purchases through its website in April following a major cyber attack. The High Street chain said shoppers were now able to buy a selection of its fashion products for home delivery in England, Scotland and Wales. It said more fashion, beauty and...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed an online child safety bill that requires Apple and Google to ensure that their app stores verify the age of users in the nation’s second most populous state. Under the new law, minors will need parental approval before they can download apps or make in-app purchases. The bill was...
Polish Foreign Minister tells the BBC there is evidence Moscow was behind huge shopping centre fire Poland’s foreign minister says his country has evidence that Russia recruited people on the Telegram messaging service to carry out last year’s massive shopping centre fire in Warsaw. Speaking to the BBC in an exclusive interview, Radek Sikorski said...
Deborah Grushkin Deborah Grushkin says she felt panicked when she heard about the end of “de minimis” Earlier this year, Deborah Grushkin, an enthusiastic online shopper from New Jersey, “freaked out”. US President Donald Trump had signed an order to stop allowing packages from China worth less than $800 (£601) to enter the country free...
Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter Getty Images Wikipedia is taking legal action against new Online Safety Act regulations it says could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors and their ability to keep harmful content off the site. The Wikimedia Foundation – the non-profit which supports the online encyclopaedia – is seeking a judicial review...
Matt Murphy, Olga Robinson & Shayan Sardarizadeh BBC Verify Reuters India’s strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir have unleashed a wave of misinformation online, with unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes gaining millions of views. Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to show attacks on an Indian army base and an...