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Jane Wakefield

Jane Wakefield

BBC Technology Reporter at BBC News Online

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Jane Wakefield
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What are Elon Musk's plans for Twitter? - BBC

The Tesla founder has become the social network’s biggest single shareholder, and a board member.
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Facebook users angry after accounts locked for no reason - BBC

Meta said it was investigating the issue but didn’t say what caused it.
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Location data collection firm admits privacy breach - BBC

Huq says two apps it collects data from did not seek correct consent from users.
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Printer ink pricier than champagne finds Which? - BBC

According to a Which survey a pint of printer ink could cost up to £1,300.
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Pollution-eating car shown off at Goodwood Festival - BBC

The car looks radically different but critics are not convinced it can really help the environment.
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RIP Pepper robot? SoftBank 'pauses' production - BBC

Production of the robot is suspended and will only be restarted if there is a need for it.
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Millions at security risk from old routers, Which? warns - BBC

Research by Which? looked at a selection of older routers still being used by customers.

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Google data case to be heard in Supreme Court - BBC

The Supreme Court will rule on whether the case can go ahead on behalf of millions of iPhone users.
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Spy planes grounded in US following privacy battle - BBC

The planes were being used by police to fight crime in Baltimore.
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Signal: Cellebrite claimed to have 'cracked' chat app's encryption ...

The details explaining how Cellebrite had done so were quickly removed from its website.
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The AI that spots Alzheimer's from cookie drawing - BBC

The machine learning system analysed speech patterns to predict who would develop the disease
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Queen's Birthday Honours 2020: 'Covid-critical' broadband engineers...

Two engineers, and a host of other telecoms workers, are honoured for services during the pandemic.
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GlaxoSmithKline tells staff to turn off Covid app at work - BBC

The company tells BBC News the app is not needed because its workplaces are Covid-secure.
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EasyJet admits data of nine million hacked - BBC

The attack was “sophisticated” the airline said, adding that some credit card details had been accessed.
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E-voting by touch-screen trialled in local elections - BBC

Voters in Gateshead are being invited to trial a new e-voting system.
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Three-unique-words 'map' used to rescue mother and child - BBC

How three words - “weekend”, “foggy” and “earphones” - rescued a mother and child after a car crash.
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PledgeMusic: The day the music died? - BBC

Crowdfunding site PledgeMusic seems to have run out of money, leaving musicians wondering what to do.
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Facebook scandal: Who is selling your personal data? - BBC

Data brokers such as Acxiom make millions of pounds a year selling access to your data.
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Broadband over 'wet string' tested for fun - BBC

A small, independent ISPs manages to get speeds of 3.5 megabits from broadband over wet string.
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Net overload 'sparks digital detox for millions of Britons' - BBC

More than half of people in the UK feel hooked by digital devices, leading many to take days, weeks or even months away from their screens, says a study.
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TED 2016: Linux founder not a 'people person' - BBC

Linus Torvalds, head of Linux, gives a rare and open interview at the TED conference in Vancouver.