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Rishi Sunak announces Bletchley Park as site of autumn AI summit

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Which? calls for Ofcom investigation into Virgin Media over ‘egregious’ pricing

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Deepfakes to get ‘very real’ but ‘denying real content’ is worse, experts say

Louie Morgan-Kemp, seven, who was born without a right hand, demonstrates his new prosthetic arm

Boy born without a hand gets to grips with new ‘robot arm’

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Jury finds teenager responsible for computer hacking spree

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Information watchdog issues warning to ‘text pests’

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Microsoft submits new plan in £54bn takeover battle with UK competition watchdog

Broadcom hardware

UK competition regulator clears US chipmaker Broadcom’s £54bn deal for VMware

Social media

Social media firms should reimburse online purchase scam victims – Barclays

Elon Musk

Elon Musk says ability to block other X accounts may be removed in future

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Use of virtual wards for patients with acute respiratory infections recommended

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Snapchat experiences ‘temporary outage’ as My AI chatbot posts own Story

Hozier

Hozier would consider striking over AI threat to music industry

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Motorists want noise cameras rolled out to catch offenders – survey

Oxford Street disorder

PM blasts ‘unacceptable’ social media craze that led to Oxford Street looting

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Digital banks beat high street lenders in customer satisfaction survey

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34,000 online grooming crimes recorded during wait for safety law update – NSPCC

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Crime victims’ data revealed by two police forces in FoI responses