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Under-18s now unable to get messages from strangers on Instagram and Facebook

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What is a digital pound and how would I use it?

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Parents fear gadgets ‘eating into family time and damaging children’s health’

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Children contacting Childline about AI-generated online harms, NSPCC says

Science educator Bill Nye, looks at the 'Doomsday Clock,' shortly before the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces the latest decision on the 'Doomsday Clock' minute hand.

Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight for second year in a row - with experts citing war and climate crisis

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Amazon fined in France for ‘excessive’ surveillance of workers

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Over half a million Yorkshire Building Society members used passbooks in 2023

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MrBeast reveals he made 250,000 dollars from first X video

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Business leaders urged to toughen up cyber security protection

Billions of records have been leaked

'Biggest-ever data breach': 26 billion records leaked including from X and LinkedIn - how to check if you're affected

Sir James Dyson libel case

Ministers approve Sir James Dyson’s £6m donation to state primary school

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Mobile phone gamers can explore Scots poet’s farm in Minecraft game

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Surgeons develop 3D-printed liver models to plan complex cancer surgery

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Openreach to stop analogue service in 46 further phone exchange locations

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Google invests £790m in first UK data centre

Sam Altman

‘Very deep flaws’ in generative AI tech, says boss of ChatGPT firm OpenAI

River of Light – Liverpool

Visual artists need better protection from AI, group warns

Autumn statement

Governments need ‘light touch’ regulation on AI, cautions Jeremy Hunt