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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

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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

Nearly four in 10 older people are not managing their money online and could therefore be at risk of financial exclusion, according to Age UK (Yui Mok/PA)

Two in five over-65s with bank account ‘do not manage their money online’

There is going to be a crackdown on phone scams

Government to crack down on 'text scam misery' under fresh anti-fraud plan

Geoffrey Hinton quit Google and warned of the dangers of the tech he helped to create

AI 'godfather' Geoffrey Hinton describes ‘nightmare scenario’ as he quits Google with warnings

A simple trick has allowed Twitter users to regain their blue ticks

Twitter bug allows users to reclaim blue tick without paying for monthly subscription fee

Jimmy Wales said he told Musk that Twitter was "making him stupid"

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says 'Twitter is making Elon Musk stupid' after billionaire's 'left-wing bias' claim

Chat GPT

ChatGPT responses to patients rated more empathetic than doctors – research

The NSPCC is backing a campaign on online safety (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Online abuse survivors ‘ignored and overlooked by tech companies’ write to PM

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Scientists reveal why people like to take selfies

Laptop stock

Bill to crack down on big tech, fake reviews and subscription traps

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Number of webpages containing most extreme child sex abuse doubles

Broadband survey

Consumers confused about broadband terminology, says watchdog

World Dyslexia Assembly

AI and dyslexia are a ‘powerful combination’, says Sir Richard Branson

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Apple and Google app stores ‘should have same legal duties as corner shops’

Robot fish

Robot fish could make underwater exploration more accessible – study