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Mark Zuckerberg Addresses Facebook Murder Case

Speaking at Facebook’s annual F8 conference, Mark Zuckerberg addressed the tragic murder of Robert Godwin Sr whose killing was streamed via Facebook. Robert Godwin Sr ...

April 18, 2017 at 8:15 pm by

1 in 5 UK Businesses Have Been Attacked by Hackers

A recent survey has revealed that at least 1 in 5 UK businesses have been attacked or the victim of hackers/cyber crime. The research conducted also found that out of 1,200 ...

April 18, 2017 at 6:05 pm by

British Man Charged for Terror Hoax Call and ‘Swatting’ US Gamer

Robert McDaid, a 21-year old from Coventry has become the first non-US citizen to be charged for “Swatting” and calling in a terror hoax to a Maryland-based ...

April 12, 2017 at 7:05 pm by

Tiny Eye Movements Can Reveal if a Suspect is Lying

Researchers from the University of Portsmouth are working on eye tracking technology which can be used to determine whether a suspect is lying or not just from tiny eye ...

March 25, 2017 at 3:11 am by

USPS “Lost” $10K Worth of SNES Games Heading for Archival

Amateur game historian Byuu was excited that a collector from Frankfurt, Germany is loaning him 100 vintage SNES games worth approximately $10,000 USD for digital archival. ...

February 16, 2017 at 3:56 pm by

New Phone Fraud Scheme Uses Your Own Voice Recording

A new type of phone fraud scheme has hit North America that baits the user so that their voice can be recorded and used against them to sign up for services unwittingly. The ...

February 8, 2017 at 8:00 pm by

New Technology Being Developed to Detect ‘Criminality’ from Faces

Like a page straight out of Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report, Chinese researchers Xiaolin Wu and Xi Zhang from China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University have published a paper ...

November 22, 2016 at 3:00 am by

Pokémon Go Triggers UK Crimewave

Following the launch of Pokémon Go in the UK in July, police recorded nearly 300 incidents related to the game, the BBC has discovered following a Freedom of Information ...

August 30, 2016 at 9:40 pm by

Audit Reveals CalGang Database Contains Babies!?

We’ve all heard of the big government databases, tracking everything from our search history to the latest episode of Game of Thrones you watched illegally. Now it would ...

August 17, 2016 at 2:20 pm by

Police Looking to Help Support Victims of Online Abuse

We’ve all been online on those late nights, reading our favourite news or finding out the most up to date information about your favourite TV show when someone just ...

August 16, 2016 at 8:40 am by

Manchester Students Robbed Playing Pokémon Go

Three students in Manchester were mugged at knifepoint while playing Pokémon Go. The incident took place in Hulme Park at around 8pm on Friday night (15th July), less than 24 ...

July 17, 2016 at 11:40 pm by

Terrorism Database Leaked Online!

When it comes to leaked databases, companies all over are suffering from them. With everyone from child toys creators to your internet providers having their databases hacked ...

June 30, 2016 at 12:00 am by

Leave Your Phone at a Crime Scene and You Lose Your Privacy

We’ve all lost our mobile phones at some point. Some have been lucky enough to get their phones back, be it from someone handing it in somewhere or just tracing your ...

June 24, 2016 at 11:00 am by

Courts Looking At Virtual Reality To Recreate Crime Scenes

Virtual reality can be used to help people experience all kinds of things, from enjoying the thrill of adventures in space to letting an elderly relative view the coast one ...

May 25, 2016 at 1:20 am by

FBI Director Comey Claims Encryption Is “Essential Tradecraft” For Terror Groups

The FBI have been all but quiet on the issue of encryption, with a rather large court battle with Apple only ending because the FBI found another way to reach their goals. The ...

May 13, 2016 at 12:00 pm by

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