Author: Natasha Lomas

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F-Secure buys Little Flocker to upgrade its Mac security play

April 6, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski revealed he was joining Apple earlier this month, and now it turns…

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German cabinet backs €50M hate speech fines for social media firms

April 5, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 The German cabinet has backed proposals to hit social media firms with fines of up to…

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83North closes $250M fourth fund focused on European, Israeli startups

April 5, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 European VC firm 83North (formerly Greylock IL), which since 2008 has focused on backing startups in…

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SureFlap has an app-controlled pet door in the pipeline

April 4, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Finally coming to the pet tech space this summer: an app-controlled cat door that will tell…

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Graphene used to sieve salts from seawater

April 4, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Researchers at the University of Manchester have come up with a method for controlling the permeation…

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Dear @Jack, I don’t love Twitter anymore

March 31, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 Oh how innocent we were. How full of hope for the possibility of a 140-character microblogging…

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UK wants tech firms to build tools to block terrorist content

March 30, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd is holding talks with several major Internet companies today to urge…

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Europe’s justice ministers unsure on whether to push for decrypt law

March 29, 2017
Natasha Lomas

 European justice and home affairs ministers are putting their heads together to try to decide on…