Facebook, Twitter and Google berated by senators on Russia
Russian operatives, likely working from St Petersburg, provoked angry Americans to take to the streets, a US Senate committee heard on Wednesday.
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Women won’t have equality for 100 years – World Economic Forum
The equality gap between men and women would take 100 years to close at its current rate, an economic monitoring group has suggested.
AI image recognition fooled by single pixel change
Computers can be fooled into thinking a picture of a taxi is a dog just by changing one pixel, suggests research.
Paradise Papers: Apple’s secret tax bolthole revealed
The world's most profitable firm has a secretive new structure that would enable it to continue avoiding billions in taxes, the Paradise Papers show.
Facebook’s fake news experiment backfires
A Facebook test that promoted comments containing the word fake to the top of news feeds has been criticised by users.
Google promoted Texas gunman fake tweets
Google says it is "not happy" that its search results displayed false information about Texas gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who killed 26 people.
Self-driving shuttle bus in crash on first day
A self-driving shuttle bus in Las Vegas was involved in a crash on its first day of service.
Huddle’s ‘highly secure’ work tool exposed KPMG and BBC files
The BBC has discovered a security flaw in the office collaboration tool Huddle that led to private documents being exposed to unauthorised parties.
Votes in 18 nations ‘hacked’ in last year
Elections in 18 separate nations were influenced by online disinformation campaigns last year, suggests research.
Far-right accounts lose Twitter verified tick
Twitter has stripped several far-right accounts of their "verified" badge, after changing its policy.
