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• Beijing-linked group ‘hacks foreign governments’

  31-10-2019 20:33
  APT 41 accused of accessing telecoms servers, FireEye reports
  
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• Was Buckingham Palace built on the site of a gay brothel?

  31-10-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is a story that does the rounds, that the site currently occupied by Buckingham Palace was once a gay brothel.
  It’s based on one comment in one rather biased book about the English Civil War, being very pro-Monarchy and may have been slightly motivated to highlight the downsides of the war.
  The parliamentarian, Clement Walker wrote a lengthy publication in 1648, Anarchia Anglicana under the pseudonym of Theodorus Verax, and the line in question is:
  …to prejudice of out other N
  
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• HYLA Mobile: Mobile trade-in programs return $637 million to US consumers in Q3 2019

  31-10-2019 15:00
  Apple devices dominated trade-ins in Q3, with iPhones accounting for 8 of the top 10 devices traded-in 31 October 2019 – HYLA Mobile, the world’s leading provider of software technology and services for mobile device returns management and reuse solutions, today announces findings from its Q3 2019 trade-in trends report. The report reveals that over $637 million ($637,649,694) was returned to US consumers in Q3 via trade-in programs—an increase of nearly 40% from the previous..
  
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• More upgrades for Denmark Hill station

  31-10-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just six years after they spent £6 million on improvements, more upgrades are needed at Denmark Hill station to cope with surging demand.
  The station had a grand entrance building when it first opened in 1866, with narrow staircases up to the ticket hall.The ticket hall fell into disrepair, and was nearly demolished in the 1980s, only to be saved, and a pub took over most of the ticket hall, with passengers relegated to a side room.
  In 2013 a major revamp of the station saw another bank of
  
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• Trick or treating Android Emoji keyboard app makes millions of unauthorized purchases

  31-10-2019 10:50
  $18 million of fraudulent charges from the app blocked by malware security platform Secure-DLondon, October 31, 2019 – A popular Android keyboard app, ai.type, downloaded more than 40 million times and included in the Google Play app store, has been caught making millions of unauthorized purchases of premium digital content, researchers at mobile technology company Upstream report. The app has been delivering millions of invisible ads and fake clicks, while delivering genuine user data abo
  
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• BT holds dividend as it shrugs off poll risk to fibre plans

  31-10-2019 08:54
  Telecoms group says even a Corbyn government would support multibillion investment drive
  
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• BT holds dividend as fibre broadband push accelerates

  31-10-2019 08:54
  Massive investment plan has put a focus on shareholder payouts
  
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• See inside the Museum of London’s new Farringdon home

  31-10-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Museum of London is set to move soon from its current home into a cluster of semi-derelict Victorian iron and 1960s concrete buildings. These are the markets in Farringdon next to the famous meat market, and two of the three sites have been empty for 30 years waiting for someone to do something with them.
  (c) Museum of London
  Their survival is an unlikely one, nearly demolished entirely, then nearly given a facade only saving makeover as offices, both attempts foundering due to vociferous ca
  
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• Total Telecom announces the winners of the World Communication Awards 2019

  31-10-2019 01:00
  Total Telecom has announced the winners of the 2019 World Communication Awards, following a glittering ceremony in London.
  The awards celebrated achievement and innovation across the full breadth of the telecommunications industry.
  This year saw more entries across more categories than ever before…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• KT sets sights on 85% coverage in second phase of world’s first commercial 5G network

  31-10-2019 01:00
  KT plans to connect 85 cities in South Korea to 5G and provide 85% coverage across the country in the second phase of its rollout of the world’s first commercial 5G network, the operator revealed today.
  The plans for expansion follow the success of the first phase which saw the network launched earlier this year to provide 5G services in Seoul and five other major cities…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Celtic Norse to lay new subsea route between Ireland and Norway

  31-10-2019 01:00
  Celtic Norse is set to lay a subsea fibre optic cable between Norway and Ireland in a bid to boost connectivity and ease data congestion in northern Europe.
  The project will also partner with Vodafone Iceland to extend a branch to Iceland…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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