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Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp went down in a major outage

WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram back online after suffering six-hour outage

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‘Smart’ baton using cutting-edge technology unveiled for Queen’s Baton Relay

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YouTube to remove misinformation videos about all vaccines

Amazon's Astro robot

Amazon introduces home robot alongside new Echo devices

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Pandemic sparks demand for greater use of tech in public safety – report

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Instagram for children plans ‘paused’, company says

Brexit

Labour proposes ‘legal duty of care’ on social media firms to stop scams

Stuart and Amanda Stephens

Family of tragic 13-year-old Olly urge parents to take phones off teenagers

Customers enter Apple shop

Queues return to Apple Stores as the iPhone 13 goes on sale

Online fraud

New laws needed to protect people from online scams, Which? warns

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Ofcom ‘needs powers to audit tech firms to prevent online harms’

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Government told to confront tech giants about videos that trigger epileptic fits

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Scientists use AI to help discover new treatment for deadly childhood cancer

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Online Safety Bill not suitable for fraud, Google and Facebook suggest

Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio

All the key announcements from Microsoft’s Surface event

The new range of Microsoft Surface devices

Microsoft’s new range of Surface devices ‘lead in innovation’

Microsoft's Surface Adaptive kit being used to help open a laptop

Microsoft unveils Surface Adaptive Kit to improve gadget accessibility

Marcus Rashford

GCSE media studies pupils to learn about Marcus Rashford’s social media usage