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Proposed amendment to Online Safety Bill to address misogynistic abuse online

Ofcom study

WhatsApp offers new password protected feature to hide messages

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75% of Irish data watchdog’s GDPR decisions since 2018 overruled – report

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Kate Winslet calls on Government to ‘criminalise harmful content’

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Humans could be controlled by robots, AI firm’s founder warns

One of the pioneers of artificial intelligence has warned the Government is not safeguarding against the dangers posed by future super-intelligent machines.

AI pioneer warns Government offering little defence against threat of technology

HP is forcing customers into buying their expensive ink by disabling printers if they use an alternative

Hewlett-Packard hit with complaints after disabling printers that use rival firms’ ink cartridges

Broadband

Most deprived areas being left in broadband slow lane, says LGA

People ask a chat bot function in mobile app

A-level students still learning about floppy disks but not AI, Parliament told

Coronavirus – Mon Oct 11, 2021

Phones should be banned in schools to tackle damage by pornography – MPs told

Kim Kardashian attends the Time100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in New York

Briton pleads guilty to Twitter hack that included Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk

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UK-based tech company claims quantum computing ‘breakthrough’

Education World Forum

AI could take ‘much of heavy lifting’ out of teaching, says Education Secretary

A drone display at the Coronation Concert

Concert drone show organiser describes ‘nerve-wracking but exciting’ evening

Facebook

Facebook misled parents and failed to protect children’s privacy – US regulator

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Critics hit out at police plan to use facial recognition on coronation crowds

Chat GPT

MPs raise concerns about AI ‘explosion’ and call for UK to form global standards

Sir Patrick Vallance

AI could affect jobs as much as the industrial revolution – Patrick Vallance