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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Technology
Rachelle Abbott

Tech & Science Daily: Apple Pay hacking warning for iPhone users

If you’ve been using a visa card linked to your iPhone to pay for things like getting on the Tube in London,  you might want to remove it for the time being.

Cyber scientists from Birmingham and Surrey Universities claim to have found a flaw that could allow hackers to make unlimited contactless payments - all paid for by you.

But both Visa and Apple say the payment system is secure.

As lava still engulfs the Spanish island of La Palma, we spoke to UCL volcanologist Professor Christopher Kilburn who’s back in the UK from the scene.

Despite fears of toxic gases, authorities claim the air inland is safe to breathe, but scientists are monitoring developments to see if there will be further eruptions.

Pro cyclist Joss Lowden is attempting to beat the women’s world record of just over 48 kilometres in an hour at Switzerland’s Velodrome Suisse.

We spoke to Le Col’s founder, pro cyclist Yanto Barker, who’s deployed the speedsuit using McLaren F1 technology to help her go faster.

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