Thomas McMullan
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Flutter 1.0 to 'take the compromise out of app building'
By Thomas McMullan published
In-depth We chat to the person challenged with building Google's first cross-platform app toolkit

3D printing technique could create artificial blood vessels
By Thomas McMullan published
News Man-made tissue with flexible arteries could help doctor's to fight a range of vascular diseases

Facebook has hired Nick Clegg to lead its global affairs
By Thomas McMullan published
News The former UK deputy prime minister will relocate to Silicon Valley in January

Samsung plans to lower chip growth amid demand slowdown
By Thomas McMullan published
News Samsung reportedly seeks to maintain or inflate prices by keeping limited stocks of DRAM and NAND

Barclays online banking suffers major outage
By Thomas McMullan published
News Unexplained issues forced internet and telephone banking offline for several hours

New Xbash malware is a botnet double-threat
By Thomas McMullan published
News Xbash deletes databases on Linux and mines cryptocurrency coins on Windows

Newegg breached in month-long data hack
By Thomas McMullan published
News The culprits are the same group behind the British Airways and Ticketmaster breaches

TV Licensing led 25,000 people to send unencrypted bank deta
By Thomas McMullan, Rene Millman published
News The agency previously warned that transactions carried out on its website were "not as secure as they should have been"

Government systems 'unprepared' for no-deal Brexit
By Thomas McMullan published
News The Institute for Government says Whitehall systems are likely to have "temporary sticking plasters" when the UK departs the EU

World Economic Forum lambasts AI bias
By Thomas McMullan published
News Ethical questions about artificial intelligence are being raised by “obvious problems” with biased algorithms

Why London is the best place to be an app developer in 2018
By Thomas McMullan published
News New figures from Apple place London as the leading European city for app development

WWDC 2018: Nine things you might have missed
By Thomas McMullan published
News The most interesting WWDC announcements, from 'digital health' on iOS 12 to Dark Mode on macOS Mojave

Grindr to stop sharing users’ HIV status with third parties
By Thomas McMullan published
News Reports found that HIV information had been included in data shared with third-party analytics companies

PM to call on tech firms to meet social responsibilities
By Thomas McMullan published
News The Prime Minister will today demand technology companies “go further” in tackling extremist content

Twitter clamps down on abuse and hate
By Thomas McMullan published
News Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has promised a "more aggressive stance” on abusive tweets - and he's already made his first culls

HTC Vive bundle with Fallout 4 and Doom VR for £599
By Thomas McMullan published
News An excellent bundle for the HTC Vive is set to drop on Black Friday

Uber paid $100,000 for hackers' silence over data breach
By Thomas McMullan published
News Hackers stole 57 million drivers' and users' details, but Uber didn't say a word

Uber loses appeal over UK worker rights
By Thomas McMullan published
News The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided to uphold its ruling that Uber drivers be classed as workers

Uber 'not fit and proper' to run in London, TfL decides
By Thomas McMullan published
News Uber's reign in London looks to be over, as TfL declines to renew the ride sharing service's licence

Hackers can change your email's content after you send it
By Thomas McMullan published
News Researchers find a way for hackers to alter emails after they've been sent to an inbox

Homicide in the age of Amazon
By Thomas McMullan published
In-depth How smart speakers and wearables are changing detective work

Motorola patents a self-healing phone screen
By Thomas McMullan published
News Expensive repairs could be a thing of the past, thanks to Motorola’s “shape memory polymer”

Tim Cook disagrees with Trump’s response to Charlottesville
By Thomas McMullan published
News Apple’s Tim Cook said there is no moral equivalence between white supremacists and those that oppose them
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