Our weekly news round-up: Cassini radar images of transient lake features on Titan put down to bubbling hydrocarbon reactions; Hackers target iCloud, demand ransom from Apple; The real reasons the US and UK have banned laptops on flights from North Africa and the Middle East; US bill to allow ISPs to on-sell your private data to marketers; Google reinstates location sharing feature on Android; 15% of Twitter users are bots - CEO Jack Dorsey faces pressure to resign; Uber suspends its self-driving car program over safety concerns.

Showing the first signs of serious damage, two wheel grousers have broken in recent months, raising questions about ongoing mobility of the Mars rover.

Our weekly news round-up: Cassini radar images of transient lake features on Titan put down to bubbling hydrocarbon reactions; Hackers target iCloud, demand ransom from Apple; The real reasons the US and UK have banned laptops on flights from North Africa and the Middle East; US bill to allow ISPs to on-sell your private data to marketers; Google reinstates location sharing feature on Android; 15% of Twitter users are bots - CEO Jack Dorsey faces pressure to resign; Uber suspends its self-driving car program over safety concerns.

Singapore outlaws Airbnb and introduces stiff penalties for those who continue to use the service, while Melbourne's taxi industry battles Uber and attacks the Victorian government for allowing the ride sharers into their market.

The creator of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, issues a stark warning about three big threats to the Net: the surrender of so much of our personal data, the avalanche of misinformation and thoroughly devious political advertising.

The creator of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, issues a stark warning about three big threats to the Net: the surrender of so much of our personal data, the avalanche of misinformation and thoroughly devious political advertising.

The creator of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, issues a stark warning about three big threats to the Net: the surrender of so much of our personal data, the avalanche of misinformation and thoroughly devious political advertising.

Our weekly news round-up: Key personnel abandon the Uber ship; FBI probes Trump election campaign links to Russian hackers; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter images made into incredible new Mars movie; Latest Chrome improves user experience; Computers can lip-read better than humans; Big breach of Yahoo by Russian hackers.

Our weekly news round-up: Key personnel abandon the Uber ship; FBI probes Trump election campaign links to Russian hackers; Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter images made into incredible new Mars movie; Latest Chrome improves user experience; Computers can lip-read better than humans; Big breach of Yahoo by Russian hackers.

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