Imran Rahman-Jones

3 days ago | bbc.com | Imran Rahman-Jones

Pornhub pulls out of France over age verification lawImran Rahman-JonesGetty ImagesAylo, the company which runs a number of pornographic websites, including Pornhub, is to stop operating in France from Wednesday. It is in reaction to a French law requiring porn sites to take extra steps to verify their users' ages. An Aylo spokesperson said the law was a privacy risk and assessing people's ages should be done at a device level.

3 days ago | bbc.com | Imran Rahman-Jones

North Face and Cartier hit by cyber attacksImran Rahman-JonesGetty ImagesFashion brand The North Face and luxury jeweller Cartier have become the latest retailers to report having customer data stolen in cyber attacks. North Face has emailed some customers saying it discovered a "small-scale" attack in April this year. Cartier said "an unauthorized party gained temporary access to our system".

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Imran Rahman-Jones

Image source, Getty ImagesThe number of vehicles manufactured in the UK fell sharply last month, as tariffs and the timing of Easter hit production. The 59,203 vehicles made was the lowest April output for more than 70 years, with the exception of 2020, when production effectively stopped during the Covid lockdown. The Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said a wider change in the industry as it shifts from petrol cars to electric vehicles (EVs) had also temporarily reduced output.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Imran Rahman-Jones |Chris Vallance

The UK has exposed what it says is a "malicious cyber campaign" targeting multiple organisations, including those involved in delivering foreign assistance to UkraineAfter a joint investigation with allies including the US, Germany and France, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said a Russian military unit had been targeting both public and private organisations since 2022. These include organisations involved in supplying defence, IT services and logistics support.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Imran Rahman-Jones

National parking platform seeks to end 'hassle' of multiple parking appsImran Rahman-JonesGetty ImagesThe government has announced a "one app fits all" approach to paying for parking, to end what it calls the "scramble" to download multiple payment platforms that motorists currently face. Soon, drivers will be able to use any of the large parking apps to pay, rather than having to download new ones for each new car park, the Department for Transport says.