Game Academy’s idea is simple: analyse gamers’ habits from their online gaming profile, and offer courses in valuable skills that reflect their aptitudes – skills they can practise and refine in-game. And there is already a growing acceptance that gaming … Continued
Libra, and its digital wallet Calibra, were announced in June by a group of companies backing it, led by Facebook. US treasury head warning over Facebook Libra Carney gives Facebook currency cautious welcome Ms Denham said: “The ambition and scope … Continued
Kelley’s hacking offences also involved half a dozen other organisations, including a Welsh further education college, Coleg Sir Gar, where he was a student. The teen behind the cybercrime screen Kelley turned to hacking when he failed to get the … Continued
Despite the hype, very few people actually put their money into this kind of unregulated investment, according to the Financial Conduct Authority’s research. Its findings suggested: Only 3% of those asked in the FCA’s survey had ever bought cryptocurrency such … Continued
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKarl Dinis, from Cardiff, has been injecting himself with Melanotan 2 for 10 years and says he loves the tan it gives him. The “Love Island generation” are risking their health by … Continued
Staff noticed the customer was agitated and quietly asked some more questions in a private room. It emerged that the potential victim had believed they needed to pay an urgent tax bill or be fined £50,000 or sent to jail. … Continued
More than 5,000 of those people were hacked via their social media and email accounts, costing victims £14.8m. Commander Karen Baxter said cyber criminals were targeting people’s social media accounts “in a bid to make money and steal personal details”, … Continued
It will include work to develop tools to help the public identify such fraudulent activity. Facebook’s investment will be made over a three-year period and consist of £2.5m in cash and a further £500,000 worth of advertising credit. “The amount … Continued
Image copyright Liv Conlon Image caption Liv’s company now has a turnover of £1m. She is pictured (right), with her mum Ali Roy, brother Jack Conlon (back) and employee Claire Hedderly (left) “My mum has always been self employed or … Continued
Fully operational The case is being hailed as the first major success for the new Organised Crime Partnership (Scotland), which aims to build on the relationship between Police Scotland and the National Crime Agency (NCA). The package sent to Mitchell, … Continued