The popular sports app's visualisation of its global network of athletes shows over a billion activities covering all of Earth's continents. But some intelligence services are concerned about what this map might reveal.

The popular sports app's visualisation of its global network of athletes shows over a billion activities covering all of Earth's continents. But some intelligence services are concerned about what this map might reveal.

Our weekly news round-up: Intel's Shooting Stars provide spectacular Olympics Opening Ceremony drone show; Trump Administration weighs privatising International Space Station; Falcon Heavy success ushers in new era of competition in space; Social media bans pornographic face-swapping 'deep fakes'; Equifax hack compromises more consumer data than first admitted; Chinese police wearing facial recognition glasses; Embark's self-driving truck travels from LA to Florida; Australian government websites hacked and used to mine cryptocurrencies.

Our weekly news round-up: Intel's Shooting Stars provide spectacular Olympics Opening Ceremony drone show; Trump Administration weighs privatising International Space Station; Falcon Heavy success ushers in new era of competition in space; Social media bans pornographic face-swapping 'deep fakes'; Equifax hack compromises more consumer data than first admitted; Chinese police wearing facial recognition glasses; Embark's self-driving truck travels from LA to Florida; Australian government websites hacked and used to mine cryptocurrencies.

With a view to driving down domestic power bills, thousands of homes will become part of a new virtual power plant.

With a view to driving down domestic power bills, thousands of homes will become part of a new virtual power plant.

The Bulletin of the Atomic scientists, including 15 Nobel laureates, has moved the minute hand 30 seconds closer to Armageddon. There are grave concerns over North Korea, NATO Vs Russia, tensions in the South China Sea, war in the Middle East, global failure to act effectively on climate change and the use of technologies as weapons to weaken democracies.

The Bulletin of the Atomic scientists, including 15 Nobel laureates, has moved the minute hand 30 seconds closer to Armageddon. There are grave concerns over North Korea, NATO Vs Russia, tensions in the South China Sea, war in the Middle East, global failure to act effectively on climate change and the use of technologies as weapons to weaken democracies.

Our weekly news round-up: Meteorites found on Earth hint at complex organic precursors in the asteroid belt; All systems go for historic Falcon Heavy; Transparent, stetchable nanostructures used to make a smart contact lens; Aussie Jackson Palmer, creator of Dogecoin, reveals his crypto currency was supposed to be a joke; Automated cashiers disrupt bricks and mortar retailers; Facebook loses a million users in North America; New Australian data breach notification laws take effect on February 22.

Our weekly news round-up: Meteorites found on Earth hint at complex organic precursors in the asteroid belt; All systems go for historic Falcon Heavy; Transparent, stetchable nanostructures used to make a smart contact lens; Aussie Jackson Palmer, creator of Dogecoin, reveals his crypto currency was supposed to be a joke; Automated cashiers disrupt bricks and mortar retailers; Facebook loses a million users in North America; New Australian data breach notification laws take effect on February 22.