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The gaming giant will now let players share videos on YouTube, Twitch and others. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2E5Vc91

New Zealand's bar on the company's 5G kit raises questions about why the UK seems less concerned. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2FHtUam

Facebook starts to enforce its tighter political advertising rules in the UK following a delay. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2TVTpb1

Microsoft complained to local police, who arrested more than 50 people in call centres. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2DR4ULp

Fewer smart meters are being fitted despite the government insisting all homes will have one by 2020. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2E4ldFo

Urban Massage left thousands of customer records exposed, including complaints about its clients. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2r8ifHx

A developer proved phone numbers and encrypted passwords of One Planet York users could be found on the app. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2FKNQcv

Facebook executive Richard Allan faced the international committee on fake news and disinformation. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2DLgo34

Concerns about espionage risks has sparked global scrutiny of telecoms gear made by China's Huawei. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2rhCvXv

The ride-hailing company should have done more to protect user data, say UK data regulators. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2zqQ7nK

A writer thought he was dealing with a bank after complaining of poor service, but it was a con-artist. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2Rjg7Iz

The most popular directory inquiries service charges more than £11 for a 90 second call, regulator says. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2PWMHDo

Staff sign an open letter saying Google's work on a censored search engine would aid repression in China. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2BAJvog

European consumer groups want Google investigated for collecting data on where people go. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2FIVDHV

Future faster networks will relegate wi-fi networks to the slow lane, global research suggests. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2TL7isC

The actress Noma Dumezweni, best known for playing Hermione Granger in the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, says women need to learn how to be angry. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2QurIqM

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2E4SoZx

Rail passengers will have to pay an average of 3.1% more for train tickets in 2019. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2zvB10g

Founder of UK software giant is charged with fraud seven years after the firm's sale to Hewlett-Packard. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Q7wcnZ

President Trump's threats of more tariffs against China dampen hopes of a breakthrough over trade at a meeting with Xi Jinping. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2AvVvW4

Roberto Azevedo says the trade body is looking for a "plan B" to stop its dispute system being paralysed. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2TXR2EQ

Customers can leave electric cars to charge while shopping, under a partnership with Volkswagen. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Sj3zB6

Prosecutors raid Frankfurt headquarters of Germany's biggest bank in a money laundering investigation. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2AwwOJk

Fewer smart meters are being fitted despite the government insisting all homes will have one by 2020. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4ldFo

The PM says she still hopes the Commons will back her Brexit plan as she prepares to meet G20 leaders. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2zz4OoH

Dr Scholl's and Coppertone are among the consumer brands to be sold by the German company. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Aws1Yk

The coffee chain says watching porn has always been banned, but it will now block access to content. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2rdnLsn

The regulator says the celebrities didn't tell their followers they had been paid to promote some investments. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2PaQkAc

Danish shipping company Norden says it has completed the first voyage by an ocean-going vessel powered purely by biofuel made from used cooking oil. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4Td4y

Problems with credit checks led some customers to be wrongly refused smartphone contracts. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4L5kO

Jaguar Land Rover says there will also be a "temporary pause" at its Wolverhampton engine plant. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FPdhK6

Shares in shopping centre owner Intu sink more than a third as a takeover bid falls apart. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2BF4w1a

Rail regulator orders Network Rail to improve after rail performance hits five-year low. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E3KzDo

Watch behind the scenes as a vinyl record is processed from start to finish. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2QpItn5

Prospective tenants at one letting agency have been asked for money in order to view rental properties. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E24rXJ

5 Live is getting the views of people across the UK. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FNpm2d

The UK's £2bn funeral sector now faces a major investigation by competition authorities as costs rise. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2KFvF6H

An innovation surge and the lifting of health taboos is giving rise to an industry worth billions. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2QujvTC

Syrian air defenses shot down "hostile targets" on Thursday, state media said, in an area regional intelligence sources said contains Iran-backed assets, while Russian media said no Israeli jet had been downed as earlier reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Rpgam3

An optional warning light could have alerted engineers about mechanical faults on Lion Air's Boeing 737 MAX jet that crashed last month, experts said, sparking an industry debate over whether installing the system should become mandatory. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q5QBKg

Ukraine has banned Russian adult men aged 16-60 years from entering Ukraine, the head of the border service Petro Tsygykal said in a televised meeting on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Rn9Hbb

Syrian air defenses shot down several targets but did not shoot down an Israeli war plane on Thursday, Russia's RIA news agency cited an unnamed Syrian security source as saying on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KH8KYN

Sri Lanka's parliament on Friday voted to halt payment of ministers' salaries and travel expenses, but it remained unclear how the move would impact the disputed government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa whose ministers boycotted the vote. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zxvg1O

The race to succeed Angela Merkel as leader of Germany's ruling conservatives, and take pole position to succeed her as chancellor, is going down to the wire. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Paxdq2

Thousands of children walked out of school across Australia on Friday in protest against government inaction on climate change, prompting a rebuke from a minister who said they were setting themselves up for "failure". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2E462w5

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers and rural workers marched to the Indian parliament in the capital, New Delhi, on Friday in a protest against soaring operating costs and plunging produce prices that have brought misery to many. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SiQJTb

German investigators are checking whether there was any criminal cause behind the malfunction of a plane carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel to the G20 summit in Argentina, German newspaper Rheinische Post reported on Friday, citing security sources. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QqKFe1

Thai rights activists on Friday called for the release of a refugee footballer from Bahrain detained in Bangkok who may be deported back home where they say he could face persecution. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QueoTo

A VietJet Aviation JSC flight made a troubled landing on Thursday evening after the wheels on its front landing gear had "problems", with passengers reporting minor injuries, the carrier and Vietnam's aviation authority said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RnWPSd

Chinese media on Friday hit back at a U.S. academic report which urged the United States to engage in "tit-for-tat" retaliation to counter what it said was China's widening campaign for influence which threatened to undermine democratic values. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SllvL8

An Air New Zealand advertisement released for the Christmas season this week takes a dig at U.S. President Donald Trump by portraying an American boy wearing a "Make Christmas Great Again" red cap being laughed at by other children on Santa's "naughty" list. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2U0J0e2