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Graham Fraser

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Senior Journalist with BBC Scotland News ✍🏻 🎥 📻 | Interested in Tech/Innovation/Science/Arts/Culture | Musician 🎵 | Love a good book 📚 | [email protected] 📧

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Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy.bsky.social · 1d

Two teens arrested over Kido nursery chain hack. Police say the 17-year-olds were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail. A rapid police response to a hack that's shocked the cyber world. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Two arrested over cyber-attack on nursery chain

Hackers were said to have stolen the photographs, names and addresses of about 8,000 children.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful pictures 🌕

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Dazzling supermoon illuminates skylines around the world

From Paris to Taipei, this week's supermoon, also known as the Harvest and Hunter's moons, was captured in photos.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 2d

One iPhone led police to gang suspected of sending up to 40,000 stolen UK phones to China. Fascinating piece today from Sima Kotecha www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wrote about the issue last September, when one man tracked his stolen phone from London to China www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One iPhone led police to gang who sent 40,000 snatched phones to China

BBC News is given access to what the Met Police says is the UK's largest operation against mobile phone thefts.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 2d

"Half of my life is on this app and now they expect us to pay for it."

Snapchat users share fury at upcoming fees for storing old photos and videos.

Article by Liv McMahon

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Snapchat users share fury at upcoming fees for Memories storage

Snap said only a small number of users would be affected by the changes, but many online disagree.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 2d

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Piece by Justin Rowlatt

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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 6d

'Why we struggle to protect the young from conspiracy theorist parents'

A powerful piece by Marianna Spring.

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The struggle to protect children from conspiracy theorist parents

The inquest following the death of Paloma Shemirani raises the question of how to prevent young people from health misinformation

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 7d

Hackers who attempted to extort the Kido nursery chain by posting stolen images and data about children on the darknet have removed the posts and claim to have deleted the information.

All the latest from Joe Tidy

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Hackers delete data stolen in nursery cyber-attack after backlash

The hackers tell the BBC they are sorry for their actions - but experts say it's a practical rather than moral move.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 7d

Tesla boss Elon Musk has become the first person ever to achieve a net worth of more than $500bn, as the value of the electric car company and his other businesses have risen this year.

Story by Peter Hoskins.

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Musk becomes first person ever to see wealth top $500bn

The rise has been driven by a sharp increase in the value of his electric car company Tesla.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 7d

Two Scottish tech projects are among 14 from across the UK that will benefit from funding designed to help boost local and regional businesses

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Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 10d

'You'll never need to work again': Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC

A remarkable story from Joe Tidy. Give it a read.

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'You'll never need to work again': Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC

Reporter Joe Tidy was offered money if he would help cyber criminals access BBC systems.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 14d

Some personal news - I am rejoining the brilliant team at BBC Scotland News.

Since last summer, I have been a Senior Reporter with the fab Tech team at BBC News on maternity cover, and I have had an amazing time!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Send me your story ideas for all things tech/science/arts/culture in Scotland!

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 15d

A man has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack which has caused days of disruption at several European airports including Heathrow.

I reported on the story for the BBC News at One.

Read more from Imran Rahman-Jones and Joe Tidy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 16d

President Donald Trump says a deal to find a new owner for TikTok in the United States is done.

So who will own it, and how will it work?

My piece with Lily Jamali and Liv McMahon.

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Trump TikTok deal: Who will own the app and how will it work?

White House officials insists the deal - which China hasn't commented on - will be a

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 16d

TikTok's algorithm - the tech that determines what users see in their feed - will be copied and retrained using US user data as part of a deal to secure the app's future in the country.

Firm involved in Man City will also be an investor in US TikTok deal.

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TikTok algorithm to be retrained on US user data under Trump deal

White House officials claim the deal will be a win for the app's US users and American citizens.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 20d

Two teenagers charged over Transport for London cyber attack

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Teenagers charged over Transport for London cyber attack

The police say the hack caused

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 21d

Major US tech firms have pledged tens of billions of pounds worth of investment, with Nvidia's Jensen Huang predicting the UK will become an "AI superpower".

I appeared on last night's Scotcast to chat with Laura Miller about it

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Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 21d

Major US tech firms pledge tens of billions of pounds of investment in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have been reporting on the story on Radio 4 and Radio Scotland, and I really enjoyed making my Scotcast debut with the brilliant Laura Miller

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Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 28d

More than half of school and college cyber attacks and data breaches are being carried out by their own pupils, the Information Commissioner's Office has revealed.

Read @joetidy.bsky.social's report.

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Most school hacks carried out by their own pupils, watchdog says

The Information Commissioner's Office says schools face an

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · Sep 4

The chief executive of the Alan Turing Institute - the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence - has resigned following staff unrest and a warning the charity was at risk of collapse

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Head of UK's Turing AI Institute resigns after funding threat

Dr Jean Innes is stepping down after the government told the charity to focus on defence research.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · Sep 3

BREAKING: Fast-fashion giant Shein has launched an investigation after an image of Luigi Mangione - the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last year - was used to model a shirt

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Luigi Mangione's likeness used to model shirt on Shein

An image with the likeness of Mr Mangione was used to advertise a white, short-sleeved shirt.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · Sep 3

A lawyer representing a California couple who are suing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI over the death of their 16-year-old son Adam Raine has criticised the popular chatbot's new parental controls

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Family of dead teen say ChatGPT's new parental controls not enough

OpenAI has introduced new rules in the wake of the family's allegations that ChatGPT encouraged their child to take his own life.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · Sep 2

Parents of teenage ChatGPT users will soon be able to receive a notification if the platform thinks their child is in "acute distress"

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ChatGPT to tell parents when their child is in 'acute distress'

It's one of a number of parental controls being introduced by OpenAI, which is being sued over the death of a teenager in the US.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · Aug 29

UK government may have wanted to force Apple to provide it with access to more customer data than previously thought, a court document indicates.

Gov may also still be seeking to access data of non-UK users

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Court documents shed new light on UK-Apple row over user data

The document suggests the government may still want access despite US officials saying it had dropped the demand.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · Aug 29

The streaming platform Kick has accused French authorities of politicising the death of content creator Raphaël Graven, who was also known as Jean Pormanove.

He passed away during a livestream.

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Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death

Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website.

Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · Aug 27

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