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10 things in tech you need to know today (FB, AAPL)

Apple warned employees not to leak, Facebook spent $7m on Zuck's security, and Russia banned Telegram.

Good morning! Here is the tech news you need to know this Monday.

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1. Apple warned its staff not to leak to the media. The firm said it had caught 29 leakers in 2017, with 12 being arrested.

3. Russia has banned messaging app Telegram because it uses encryption. The country's media regulator said it needed access to people's messages to monitor terror threats.

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4. Facebook spent more than $7 million protecting CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2017 during his tour of the US. The company also spent more than $1.5 million on his private jets.

6. Apple made a gold version of the iPhone X but never released that model. Regulatory filings contain photos showing what the phone looked like.

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9. Two Facebook pages associated with neo-Nazi Richard Spencer have been removed from the site. Pages for the National Policy Institute, run by Spencer, was removed, as was a page for his online magazine "Altright.com."

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