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Google halves Play Store developer fees

China phones

Encrypted messaging app Signal blocked in China

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Instagram boosts safety features around teenage users

Google's Nest Hub with sleep tracking features

New Google Nest Hub can analyse sleep and offer tips for better rest

GP surgery

Half of over-55s feel quality of NHS care worse using technology, poll suggests

Facebook

News Corp strikes Facebook pay deal for Australian news

Microsoft offices in Dublin

Microsoft Teams suffers worldwide outage

The Facebook Covid-19 Information Centre on Instagram

Facebook extends Covid-19 Information Centre to Instagram

Boris Johnson

PM to announce plans to bolster cyber capability in Integrated Review

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NCSC warns businesses to update mail exchange server ‘as a matter of urgency’

Structural engineer Lou Ottens holding an audio cassette poses for a photo in 1988 (Philips/AP)

Inventor who pioneered the cassette tape dies aged 94

Caroline Flack documentary

Caroline Flack’s mother hits out at social media companies over online abuse

Netflix

Netflix testing feature which could lead to crackdown on password sharing

Tech

Majority of adults back sanctions on tech firms to combat child abuse – survey

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Young people can help rebuild from Covid crisis, web inventor says

A woman whose husband was killed on a smart motorway has issued a furious response to a 'silly' safety campaign (Steve Parsons/PA)

Widow’s anger over ‘silly’ smart motorway safety advert

A still from a drone video of Bryant Lake Bowl & Theater in Minneapolis, USA

Bowling alley attracts worldwide viewers with astounding drone video

Imam takes part in campaign against vaccine misinformation

Imam and pastor urge people to ‘check before you share’ posts about vaccine