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Bitcoin

Australian computer scientist is not Bitcoin founder Satoshi, High Court rules

Google website

Google starts rollout of restrictions on AI as key global election year looms

The gov.uk website

NHS and Government websites should be made free of data charges, ministers told

Schools minister Damian Hinds

Getting a mobile phone ‘a rite of passage’ for children, says schools minister

A pile of old cell phones to be recycled

Government failing to grasp scale of ‘e-waste tsunami’ – MPs

Global Fraud Summit

World leaders vow united front against fraudsters at London summit

Phone lines

Telecoms operators agree to protect Telecare users during digital switchover

Global Fraud Summit

Tech giants, banks and governments aim to tackle international fraudsters

Google page

Online search data ‘may help spot ovarian cancer cases earlier’

Online Safety Act 2023

Deepfake abuse ‘new frontier’ of violence against women, peers warned

AI climate crisis warning

Generative AI could ‘supercharge’ climate disinformation, report warns

Police use of drones

Budget backs cutting edge plans to send police drones to emergency scenes

Facebook and Instagram outage

Social media platforms Facebook and Instagram back online after outage

Internet Watch Foundation

Thousands of social media users report outages on Facebook and Instagram

British Airways planes

British Airways to offer free in-flight access to messaging apps

IPhones

EU regulators slap £1.5bn fine on Apple after years-long spat with Spotify

Dr Jihong Zhu testing out a robot dresser (University of York/PA)

Two arms are better than one for robot dressers, says researcher

Lord Alan Sugar

Lord Alan Sugar revives Amstrad brand with new marketing agency led by grandson