Uber granted short-term licence to operate in LondonUber granted short-term licence to operate in London
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Uber has been granted a short-term licence to operate in London following a court hearing.

Transport for London (TfL) refused to renew the licence when it expired last September, saying the US taxi app was not a "fit and proper" operator.

Uber has now been awarded a licence but it has been put on probation for 15 months.

The

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Scammers abuse multilingual domain namesScammers abuse multilingual domain names
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Smartphones often shorten website names, making scams hard to spot, security experts say

Cyber-criminals are abusing multilingual character sets to trick people into visiting phishing websites.

The non-English characters allow scammers to create "lookalike" sites with domain

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Man shot after 'home attack' of girl met onlineMan shot after 'home attack' of girl met online
Image copyrightPolice handoutImage caption US police say they know nothing of Mr Skinner's background

A New Zealand man flew to the US state of Virginia and was shot after trying to break into the home of a teenage girl whom he met online, police say.

Troy George Skinner, 25, was shot in the neck by the girl's

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Apple's iOS 12 Public Beta is available now: First thoughts

Just weeks since announcing it, Apple has already shipped its first iOS 12 Public Beta. Any iPhone user can sign up for the beta. I thought I&d drop a few first impressions.

An upgrade older iPhones will thank you for

iOS 12 is looking good for owners of older (iPhone 5s and later) devices. Apple has met its promise of performance improvements when running the operating system on older devices. This is significant and means if you need to get an extra year or two out of the iPhone you already have, you can expect to with iOS 12.

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