Officials at the US Department of Defence have moved to stop the sales of phones made by Chinese telecommunications equipment companies Huawei and ZTE in retail outlets on US military bases, claiming the devices may be a security risk.

Cambridge Analytica, the British data analytics firm that was recently embroiled in a scandal over obtaining data from Facebook, has shut down its operations.

Social media giant Facebook says it will classify news sources by their "trustworthiness", telling a select group of well-known media outlets that data from users would be used to grade various new brands.

Facebook is also getting set to release an privacy control "clear history" update that will delete data on what you've clicked on, sites you've visited and more, but it only appears to be for Facebook users.

Pitney Bowes and eBay will team to help US and UK sellers to sell internationally, including to Australia, with eBay's reach and Pitney Bowes tech managing complex cross-border transactions and shipments.

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