have you received the rebate, or are you still waiting on it? let me know on twitter @annitabbc and us ethe #bbcyourquestions. a hosepipe ban has come into force for 10 million thames water customers in london and several other areas of southern england. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. good morning and welcome to bbc news. police are continuing their hunt for the gunman, who shot and killed a nine year old girl in liverpool on monday night. olivia pratt korbel was shot as she stood behind her mother who was trying to stop the gunman from forcing his way into their house, in pursuit of another man. police and councillors in the city are urging anyone with information to come forward and have made a direct appeal to criminals to help officers. tomos morgan reports. nine year old olivia pratt korbel, described as a little ray of sunshine, shot and killed her home by a masked shot a
has accused the platform of hiding negligent practices, misleading federal regulators about its safety, and failing to properly estimate the number of spam accounts in operation. peiter zatko s whistle blowing testimony, which has been given to the us authorities, could have serious consequences as our silicon valley correspondent, james clayton, reports. well, peiter zatko is a legend here in san francisco. he has the nickname mudge. he was the former head of security at twitter. the chief executive of twitter, parag agarwal, used to call him mudge. but things soured between the two. and now you have this kind of extraordinary situation where the former head of security is alleging all sorts of things about twitter. now he s saying things about security that, for example, many twitter employees hold personal information about users that they shouldn t have. but the really damaging accusations here are about bots, because what he alleges is that twitter has far more fake accounts and s
the consumer electronics show is back in physicalform this year, after taking the decision to go online only in 2021. but with covid cases hitting a million a day in the us, was it the right call? the bbc s silicon valley correspondent, james clayton, has more. ces in glitzy las vegas has for decades been the place with the latest gizmos, robots and gadgets get their first outing. a trade show a bit of a tech institution. last year, the conference was remote, co ntroversially, conference was remote, controversially, this year, the organisers pushed ahead. despite record numbers of covid cases in the us, many people simply haven t shown up. we ve been here at ces for about two hours, it s the opening day and you are expected to be absolutely rammed. and to be fair, some people have turned up fair, some people have turned up but the numbers are way down. right here, you would expect there to be exhibitors but many simply haven t turned up. google, amazon, microsoft and many more have wit
last year. they re designed to be placed on personal items that you might lose like your wallet or your keys and you can find them using your iphone. they work very well. however, the bbc has spoken to six women in the us who all say the devices have been used to track them without their consent. our silicon valley correspondent, james clayton, has been investigating. my my telephone made a ding that i had never had before. it did not register what it said. it told me that an unknown accessory or device had been following my movement for a while. , , , , following my movement for a while. , ~ .,, while. this is apple airtags. they were while. this is apple airtags. they were launched - while. this is apple airtags. they were launched in - while. this is apple airtags. they were launched in aprill they were launched in april last year and are designed to track and locate personal belongings, like your wallet, back back or luggage but in some cases they are also being used to track p