Fruit-shaped sensor ‘can improve freshness’
A new fruit-shaped sensor could help cargo companies to keep fruit fresher in transit, researchers say. The device - which mimics the size, shape and composition of real fruit - is packed in with produce in transit and closely monitors its temperature. It comes...
World wide web creator Tim Berners-Lee targets fake news
The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has unveiled a plan to tackle data abuse and fake news. In an open letter to mark the web's 28th anniversary, Sir Tim has set out a five-year strategy amid concerns he has about how the web is being used....
Inside the TalkTalk ‘Indian scam call centre’
TalkTalk customers are being targeted by an industrial-scale fraud network in India, according to whistleblowers who say they were among hundreds of staff hired to scam customers of the British telecoms giant. The scale of the criminal operation has been...
IBM to build quantum computers
The first practical machines will be available soon enough that developers should start working on software for them, according to executives IBM has taken its first step towards selling computers that are millions of times faster than the one you're reading...
New Raspberry Pi microcomputer comes with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi – costs just £10
Today is Raspberry Pi's fifth birthday, and there's a brand new version of the pocket PC Raspberry Pi has introduced a new Wi-Fi -equipped microcomputer costing just £10. Launched to celebrate the firm's 5th birthday today, the Raspberry Pi Zero W brings...
YouTube ditches unskippable 30-second ads
YouTube is to scrap "unskippable" 30-second advertisements on the video-streaming service, from 2018. Google confirmed the plan to the BBC's Newsround programme, saying it wanted to focus on "formats that work well for both users and advertisers". Long...
Is Nokia bringing back the 3310 and who would want a retro phone?
Mobile users of a certain age have been getting very excited on social media about the return of this sturdy, reliable handset. If you were in the market for a new phone in the year 2000, then the 3310 may have been on your wish-list. It may seem unlikely in the world...
Twitter u-turn on new abuse tool
Twitter has reversed one of the changes it made to tackle bullying on the platform, just two hours after rolling it out. The social network said it would no longer notify members who had been added to lists by other users. But it was hit with a number of complaints...
Malwarebytes finds the ‘first Mac malware of 2017,’ and Apple calls it ‘Fruitfly’
Apple’s MacOS, once known as OS X, is believed by many to be completely free of malware — so free, in fact, that you don’t need to run any kind of software to protect against it. That’s for those Windows users to worry about. MacOS is indeed less of a target than...
Concerns over pace of school computer rollout
Highland councillors have raised concerns about the pace of a rollout of computers to school pupils. All children in P6 and 7 and all secondary school pupils are to get a device to help with their studies in the flagship Highland Council project. Some...
Corsair is becoming a PC maker with ‘One’ rig to rule them all
Corsair is going to become a PC vendor, with the company announcing that it intends to unleash an ultimate gaming PC onto the market. The Corsair One will be component makers first ready-built PC with all components in place. Famous for its components...
Hacker briefly hijacks insecure printers
A hacker has briefly hijacked more than 150,000 printers accidentally left accessible via the web. The attacker made the devices print a warning urging their owners to cut off remote access. Large printers in offices, domestic devices and tiny receipt printers...