Google announces that it is shutting down its
Google+ network for consumers after seven years due to "very low usage" and a software error, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, that potentially exposed the data of 500,000 users. Google+ will fully shut down in August 2019.
(Sky News)
The
Justice First politician Fernando Albán, who was arrested on Friday related to an alleged assassination attempt in August, dies whilst in custody of the Venezuelan intelligence service. The state reports his death as suicide, which is disputed by all other reports.
(The Guardian)
New research suggests
Europa, a moon of
Jupiter, may be covered in tall, jagged ice spikes, presenting a problem for any potential landing on its surface.
(The Verge)(The Washington Post)