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UK risks missing out on £200bn boost from slow take-up of AI, warns Google

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New online safety rules will force tech firms to change, Ofcom insists

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Apple and Meta have been fined a combined £600m for breaching EU competition rules

Apple and Meta fined a combined £600m for breaching EU competition rules

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Intel planning to cut more than 20% of staff – reports

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Apple and Meta fined a combined £600m for breaching EU competition rules

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Oversight Board overturns Facebook decision to leave up posts about summer riots

Marks & Spencer has apologised after its stores were impacted by a “cyber incident"

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‘Record levels of web pages hosting child sex abuse imagery discovered in 2024’

Scientists say they have discovered a 'new colour' never seen before by the human eye

Scientists say they have discovered a 'new colour' never seen before by the human eye - calling the results 'remarkable'

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Instagram launches new video creation app Edits to rival TikTok

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Ofcom cracks down on mobile network loophole used to intercept text messages

It is understood that contactless payments are working again in stores but that Click and Collect orders and returns are still facing disruption

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during an 'In Conversation' event with Debbie Weinstein, managing Director Goole UK&I during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool. Picture date: Monday September 23, 2024.

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Runners’ urine to be turned into fertiliser at the London Marathon

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Tech firms and bosses face fines up to £70,000 for failing to remove 'sickening' knife crime content
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US President Donald Trump will be sat in the third row at Pope Francis' funeral.

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