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A woman using a laptop computer. The enormous volume of digital data involved in criminal cases could overwhelm police tech units, a report has found (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Good cybersecurity habits still lacking despite greater device use, report says

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Woodland Trust victim of ‘sophisticated, high-level cyber-incident’

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YouTube: More than half a million Covid-19 misinformation videos removed

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Web app helps GPs map out best route for vaccination of housebound patients

Coronavirus vaccine

Vaccine passports ‘would come with data privacy risks’

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Conservative Party illegally collected voter ethnicity data, MPs told

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North Korea backed hackers targeting security researchers, Google claims

A woman using her phone under a logo of the social media giant Facebook, which has launched a new information centre aimed at providing users with accurate content about climate science in its latest response to online misinformation (Niall Carson/PA)

Facebook News service launches in the UK

Twitter calls on users to help debunk misinformation

Twitter calls on users to help debunk misinformation

Apple's Time to Walk

Apple launches audio walking experience to encourage exercise

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Scientists developing laser system to remove cancer more precisely

The Sheringham Shantymen, a group of singers from North Norfolk, and Nathan Evans, whose TikTok video went viral and inspired a global trend

‘Today’s youngsters are tomorrow’s shantymen’ – shanty singers welcome trend

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Internet signal-carrying weather balloon firm Loon to shut down

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Hackney Council asks postal voters to submit new applications after cyber attack

The company said it would have to prevent Australians from accessing its search engine

Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia in row over Government plans

The website of the social media platform Parler

Judge rules Amazon can keep Parler offline

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Malware reported on Government-issued laptops used by children homeschooling

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Facebook asks its ‘supreme court’ to decide if Trump should remain suspended