A digital forensics expert with significant experience of working with law enforcement and government agencies has suggested that UK consumer reliance on Chinese-made internet devices, such as video doorbells, are creating ‘back doors’ into the country’s national security.

Richard Hale, Senior Lecturer and Course Director of Digital Forensics at Birmingham City University, spoke after the new Head of MI6 Richard Moore warned of China’s “debt traps and data traps” in Moore’s first live broadcast interview last week.

Shoppers can save themselves money this Black Friday by buying energy saving gadgets that will reduce their power bill, reveals Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service.

Slow cookers, heated airers and electric blankets are among the low-energy devices that can be cheaper to run than other household appliances. 

World of Tanks has just dropped a trailer for its eagerly anticipated festive event, Holiday Ops 2022, and it features a true action hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger! For years, the forums and social media have been abuzz of tankers calling for Arnie to come to World of Tanks and while the team are keeping their cards close to their chest, it might just be the community’s dreams are coming true.

The trailer tells the story of Little Johnny and his letter, which had been left undelivered for almost 30 years.

Bookmaker Wiliam Hill today opened its book on the UK being treated to a white Christmas, with prices being assigned to 10 major UK airports. For many of us, snow is synonymous with Christmas - Bing Crosby even dreamt of it - but in the UK, snow or sleet falls an average of 3.5 days in December, with the MET Office able to accurately forecast whether snow is likely on any given Christmas Day up to five days beforehand.

A digital forensics expert has warned that consumers can do more to prevent cyber criminals from targeting them on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, ahead of a new theatre production by Royal Birmingham Conservatoire challenging the idea that 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear'.

Richard Hale, Senior Lecturer in Digital Forensics at Birmingham City University, highlighted web cookies as a common weakness exploited by criminals – and security analysts alike.

A forest ranger robot dog has been unveiled as part of a project using cutting edge technology to boost tourism and help protect the environment in Nottinghamshire’s legendary woodland. With functionality designed by experts from Birmingham City University, the prototype, remote-controlled, dog-shaped robot is taking the lead by trialling how data gathered from areas which are usually inaccessible, and monitoring and assessing the health and condition within a forest environment.