BATTERYFORPC BLOG
Face palm: When the emoji you want doesn't exist
Do you have a favourite emoji? Maybe it's the wink or the face rolling around with tears of laughter. Perhaps if you're feeling slightly more sardonic, it's the smiling face with jazz hands. With more than 3,000 to choose from, there are plenty of options. But what happens when the one emoji you want isn't there? Rachel Murphy works at DroneUp, a drone services company based in Virginia Beach i ... Read more
2021-07-23 19:42:12
India food delivery giant Zomato sees stellar stock market debut
Shares in Indian food delivery app Zomato have soared by more than 80% in their stock market debut. The listing was pushed forward by four days and comes as India's stock market nears all-time highs. The stellar performance reflected strong investor interest in internet-based consumer start-ups that are expected to do well in the pandemic. In the run up to the listing some analysts raised conce ... Read more
2021-07-23 00:39:52
Gun owners' fears after firearms dealer data breach
Thousands of names and addresses belonging to UK customers of a leading website for buying and selling shotguns and rifles have been published to the dark web following a "security breach". Guntrader.uk told the BBC it learned of the breach on Monday and had notified the Information Commissioner's Office. Police, including the National Crime Agency, are investigating. One affected gun ... Read more
2021-07-23 00:39:25
Gun owners' fears after firearms dealer data breach
Thousands of names and addresses belonging to UK customers of a leading website for buying and selling shotguns and rifles have been published to the dark web following a "security breach". Guntrader.uk told the BBC it learned of the breach on Monday and had notified the Information Commissioner's Office. Police, including the National Crime Agency, are investigating. One affected gun ... Read more
2021-07-23 00:39:18
British man arrested in Spain over Twitter hack
Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old UK citizen in connection with the hacking of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kanye West. The hacked accounts tweeted followers, encouraging them to join a Bitcoin scam, in July last year. Also charged with hacking TikTok and Snapchat, Joseph O'Connor faces charges including three counts of conspiracy to ... Read more
2021-07-21 19:35:26
Call for online abusers to be reported to employers
A group of cyber-security experts is urging companies to set up a way for people to report their workers behaving abusively online. A number of companies have already signed up, two of Respect in Security's founders say. The initiative launched on Thursday. Lisa Forte, of Red Goat Cyber Security, says she has received unsolicited explicit content from official accounts on LinkedIn and violent t ... Read more
2021-07-21 19:35:09
Biden rows back on Facebook 'killing people' comment
US President Joe Biden has issued a statement clarifying that "Facebook isn't killing people", following his earlier criticism. The president had said "they're killing people" when asked about Facebook's role in the Covid pandemic, a comment which made headlines around the world. But he now says he was referring to leading misinformation spreaders on the platform. Facebook h ... Read more
2021-07-20 20:42:40
EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable
Proposed changes to EU law would force companies that transfer Bitcoin or other crypto-assets to collect details on the recipient and sender. The proposals would make crypto-assets more traceable, the EU Commission said, and would help stop money-laundering and the financing of terrorism. The new rules would also prohibit providing anonymous crypto-asset wallets. The proposals could take two ye ... Read more
2021-07-20 20:42:17
EU plans to make Bitcoin transfers more traceable
Proposed changes to EU law would force companies that transfer Bitcoin or other crypto-assets to collect details on the recipient and sender. The proposals would make crypto-assets more traceable, the EU Commission said, and would help stop money-laundering and the financing of terrorism. The new rules would also prohibit providing anonymous crypto-asset wallets. The proposals could take two ye ... Read more
2021-07-20 20:38:08
Pegasus: Spyware sold to governments 'targets activists'
Rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to authoritarian governments by an Israeli surveillance firm, media reports say. They are on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of the company, NSO Group, leaked to major news outlets. It was not clear where the list came from - or how many phones ... Read more
2021-07-19 20:04:16