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The digital advertising industry is in crisis: ad fraud is rife, many online ads are never even seen and ad blocking software is threatening to undermine the internet's fundamental

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MPs summon ex-Cambridge Analytica boss Alexander NixMPs summon ex-Cambridge Analytica boss Alexander Nix
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Mr Nix gave evidence to MPs last month

MPs looking into fake news have issued a formal summons to both ex-Cambridge Analytica boss Alexander Nix and Dominic Cummings, former campaign director of Vote Leave.

They will appear before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee,

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Tidal accused of manipulating Beyonce and Kanye West dataTidal accused of manipulating Beyonce and Kanye West data
Image copyrightSony/UniversalImage caption Tidal denies having manipulated the audience logs of Beyonce and Kanye West albums released in 2016

Music streaming app Tidal has been accused of inflating audience figures for two albums - Lemonade by Beyonce, and The Life of Pablo by Kanye West.

A Norwegian-language

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UK access to Galileo sat-nav system after BrexitUK access to Galileo sat-nav system after Brexit
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Workers banned from using USB sticks at IBMWorkers banned from using USB sticks at IBM
Image copyrightScience Photo LibraryImage caption The ban could cause "disruption" to work habits, warned IBM

Staff at IBM have been banned from using removable memory devices such as USB sticks, SD cards and flash drives.

The possibility of "financial and reputational" damage if staff lost or misused the devices

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US tech giant Apple scraps plans for Galway data centreUS tech giant Apple scraps plans for Galway data centre
Image copyrightAppleImage caption The proposed data centre in Derrydonnell Woods near Athenry

Technology giant Apple has scrapped plans to build a data centre in Galway.

The US firm announced in February 2015 that they would invest £747m (€850m) in the new data centre near Athenry.

The project was expected to

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