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Global tech experts race to fix ‘fully weaponised’ software flaw

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BTS lose out to Boris Johnson as UK’s second most tweeted about people of 2021

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Captain Sir Tom Moore memorial post leads Twitter’s end-of-year report

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Charles awards pioneers of LED lighting with prestigious engineering prize

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Euro 2020 dominates Google’s Year in Search trends

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UK to switch off 2G and 3G by 2033 to boost UK telecoms networks

Fewer “fit notes” issued during pandemic

Patients ‘more likely to discuss some health conditions with AI than a GP’

Instagram Take A Break feature

Instagram will now tell users when to take a break from the app

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Molly Russell coroner challenges social media firms to help make internet safer

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WhatsApp expands disappearing messages tool

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Euro 2020 and sea shanties among TikTok’s highlights of the year

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William records audio walking tour for Apple

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Virgin Media TV services restored after power outage

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Social media a ‘conveyor belt’ for child abuse images, says NSPCC

Astronaut Tom Marshburn replaces a broken antenna (Nasa/AP)

Spacewalking astronauts avoid debris as they repair antenna

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Virgin Media customers unable to access some channels 10 hours after outage

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Virgin Media hit by TV service outage

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Christmas shoppers warned over fake online reviews