UpVote: Turkish regime jails IT trainers in encryption clampdown
We discuss alarming move to target techies who help activists stay safe online.
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Kelly Fiveash
News Editor
kelly.fiveash@arstechnica.co.uk
Kelly Fiveash is News Editor at Ars Technica UK. She cut her teeth as an IT helpdesk analyst, before moving into tech journalism. Kelly was previously Weekend Editor at The Register. She has covered everything from the so-called Snoopers' Charter (in its many guises) to Google's antitrust woes in Europe to Doctor Who reviews. Kelly also co-hosts UpVote, a tech and politics podcast with Wired magazine. She lives in London, England.
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Facebook’s top global hires remain overwhelmingly white and male
“We aren’t where we’d like to be,” firm says as new diversity figures fail to move needle.
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British Airways’ passengers suffer check-in delays—airline says IT systems are fine
Travellers stranded on runways and stuck in lengthy queues as BA scrambles to fix glitch.
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Amber Rudd claims “real people” don’t care about end-to-end encryption
But Silicon Valley hobbles Amber Rudd’s crypto “trade-off” call to fight terrorists.
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BT profits bomb in wake of Italian scandal
Plus: Telecoms giant rejigs consumer wing and hires new chief policy wonk.
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Ofcom’s dark fibre rules “quashed” gifting rare win to BT
UK’s comms regulator “erred” on its leased line market definitions, CAT rules.
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Currys PC World chided by ad watchdog over “your data is safe” fib
Knowhow Cloud lacks knowhow on malware, viruses—despite beefy security claims.
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Clock ticking on Google as $2.7 billion fine takes bite out of earnings
Parent company Alphabet has yet to lodge an appeal against the EU’s penalty.
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UK government’s plea to eggheads: Make batteries great again!
New research hub unveiled in bid to make UK a world leader in electric batteries.
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UpVote: A stormy chat with Matthew Taylor on work and the gig economy
“My report on work is brilliant—but people don’t get it,” says author of Taylor Review.
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Google right to be forgotten spat returns to Europe’s top court
French privacy watchdog demands global scrub of certain links—Google says “non.”
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Game of Thrones replaced by London footie hooligans after Sky blunder
Hot dragon drama dethroned by thugs. Sky clearly needs to iron out the problem…
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UK to implement age-verification system for porn sites
Plan will force sites to use credit-card based age verification to verify ages.
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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker spectacularly unveiled as the 13th Doctor
New showrunner Chris Chibnall picks the Broadchurch star to play the next Time Lord.
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Openreach faces regulatory action if BT split fails to spur broadband market
Decent speeds and right service to meet consumer needs are on Ofcom’s list of demands.
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Virgin’s CCTV images of Corbyn on “ram-packed” train didn’t break data law
But firm did breach law by exposing faces of passengers travelling on same service.
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Ofcom spectrum auction caps are “kick in the teeth” for consumers—Three UK
Regulator insists new airwaves rules will drive competition in mobile market.
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Doctor Who: Who will be the next Doctor?
Vote in our Ars poll for who you think should fill Peter Capaldi’s Doc Martens.
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Ultrafast broadband: Gov’t renews plan to slash biz rates for fibre telcos
Weakened Tories table special Bill to urge ISPs to rollout speedier network connections.
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Spooks acted as jihadist online to catch Elton John bomb plotter
Haroon Syed jailed for life after attempts to plan attacks via social media.
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Google DeepMind deal with NHS broke UK data law, rules ICO
Medical trial that slurped patient records of 1.6 million Brits ruled illegal by watchdog.
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Doctor Who review: Time tumbles out of control in The Doctor Falls
A stubborn Doctor clings on, Bill hangs on a hurricane, and Missy dances with the Master.
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Murdoch’s Sky takeover bid delayed by UK gov’t, sent to CMA for further assessment
Culture secretary says there’s a risk that Murdoch would control too much UK media.
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BT’s new “1Gbps” free Wi-Fi digital kiosks start appearing in London
First kiosks pop up in Camden, with free phone calls, USB charging—and a giant digital billboard on the back.
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Doctor Who: World Enough and Time review
“Full conversion wasn’t necessary, though it will be in time.” So, pucker up!
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Bungling airport and hospital hacker “His Royal Gingerness” jailed
Man who bragged about attacks left clues online making him easy to track down.
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Doctor Who: The Eaters of Light review
Death by Scotland! The whole world is doomed by a beast of darkness.
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Three UK fined £1.9M over failure to provide non-stop access to 999 services
Ofcom: Tech issues should never hamper customers’ ability to make emergency calls.
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Facebook sics AI on terrorist posts, but humans still do the dirty work
“We don’t want Facebook to be used for any terrorist activity whatsoever,” says FB.
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EU mobile roaming charges end today, but beware of other costs
Rules only apply to roaming, which is subject to fair use policy. So check the small print.
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UpVote: Evan Davis on fake news, bullshit, and the election fallout
Newsnight and Dragons’ Den star discusses whether we’re living in a post-truth era.
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BT’s “most powerful Wi-Fi signal” brag is misleading, rules ad watchdog
But Ryan Reynolds dangling from a helicopter is clearly “fantastical” and hey-OK.
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Pirate Bay may finally be sunk after EU copyright ruling
Can be found liable for infringement, even if it doesn’t host any content itself.
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Tech giants face fines in UK, France over extremism posts—PM May
British MPs likely to rumber-stamp law that punishes firms that fail to take action.
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Doctor Who: Empress of Mars review
The Red Planet is dead, so will the Ice Warriors live on?
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UpVote: Corbyn’s strong, stable campaign ends in May’s hung parliament
We discuss with Coadec’s chair what a Tory/DUP gov’t could mean for tech and Brexit.
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