Arrest after man gets naked videos of kids using fake ID online
A 28-year-old man has been arrested as part of an investigation into the sexual abuse of children, possession of child pornography and using a false...
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Leaping into a 5G world but not everyone is on board yet
AS telecommunications companies and governments look to the business benefits of the 5G world, public and scientific opinion remains divided over whether the new technology...
Man cut internet connection over health fears
Police in Paphos arrested a 39-year-old man on Monday suspected of cutting power to a wireless internet antenna because it was bad for people’s health....
Number of households with internet now over 86%
By Lizzy Ioannidou This year saw a 6.8 per cent increase in the number of households with internet connection compared with 2017, the statistical service...
Under three-quarters of businesses have own websites
Just over 70 per cent of Cypriot companies had their own websites in 2018, slightly down over the previous year but under half of the...
Cyta blames ‘technical malfunction’ for islandwide internet cut
An island wide Internet cut which lasted more than three hours disrupted both mobile and fixed services on Monday morning, Cyta spokesman Lefteris Christou said....
Island shows digital development but still lags behind Europe
Cyprus ranks 21st among the 28 EU nations on the European Commission’s latest digital scoreboard, published on Tuesday. According to the Digital Economy and Society...
Cyprus progressing slowly in digitisation
By Andria Kades Cyprus is progressing slowly in its digitisation, ranking 21st out of 28 EU member states in the Digital Economy and Society Index...
Call to action for a safer internet
A conference titled ‘Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you’ was held on Tuesday as part of this year’s Safer Internet...
Damaged cables fixed, internet service back to normal levels, authorities say
The damage to the two underwater cables which had slowed internet connections last week has been repaired, the Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Communications...
Cut internet cables slow down service (Updated)
Some internet users in Cyprus were faced with slower internet on Friday after two underground cables were cut a day earlier. Providers were quick to...
Minister dismisses concerns over Macron’s fake news law plan
Judges, not the government, will be in charge of enforcing French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposed new legislation to fight fake news on the Internet, a...
Claim your space on the internet
The world seems smaller than ever before with customers being able to use Google from almost any place on earth to instantly learn about your...
Online, but can’t ditch paper? You may be future-proofing yourself
You’re on the web, you’re in the cloud. But don’t neglect good old-fashioned paper. That’s the advice from internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who is afraid...
More Cypriot households had internet access in 2017
Internet access in households continued to rise in 2017 reaching 79.4 per cent compared with 74.4 per cent in 2016, the Statistical Service said. It...
Google broadens takedown of extremist YouTube videos
Alphabet Inc’s Google in the last few months has begun removing from YouTube extremist videos that do not depict violence or preach hate, YouTube said...
European countries to push internet firms to remove extremist content quicker
The leaders of Britain, France and Italy will push social media companies on Wednesday to remove “terrorist content” from the internet within one to two...
Cypriot internet users moving beyond Facebook
By Angelos Anastasiou While the internet is now crucial to our daily lives, Cyprus lags markedly behind European averages both in use, skills and infrastructure,...
Macron offers Britain’s May support in fight against terrorism
French President Emmanuel Macron offered to help British Prime Minister Theresa May marshal support in the fight against terrorism on Friday, days after a suicide...
Man arrested for threatening to upload woman’s nude photos
A 19-year-old man from a Nicosia village was arrested on Monday after he was reported to police by a 25-year-old woman who said he blackmailing...
