Deep-sea mining tech advances but doubts remain
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Plan to ban smart phones in schools scrapped by MP
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US aviation authorities have halted all flights at several Florida airports over concerns about debris from SpaceX’s Starship, which spun
Read moreBanks to pay customers millions after month’s worth of IT outages
5 days ago Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images Nine major banks and building societies operating in the UK accumulated
Read moreMonth of bank IT failures in the last two years, MPs say
Nine major banks and building societies operating in the UK accumulated at least 803 hours – the equivalent of 33
Read moreI wish my job didn’t exist – the team that has to find child abuse images
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Read moreUS charges Chinese hackers who targeted dissidents
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Read moreUK competition watchdog drops Microsoft-OpenAI probe
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Read moreApple takes legal action in UK data privacy row
Apple is taking legal action to try to overturn a demand made by the UK government to view its customers’
Read moreHellblade 2 leads the way at Bafta Games Awards
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US President Donald Trump’s administration is pausing its offensive cyber operations against Russia, officials say, as a diplomatic push continues
Read moreTikTok investigated over use of childrens’ data
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Read moreWhatsApp says it has resolved technical problem
Messaging service WhatsApp went down briefly on Friday afternoon, thousands of users reported. Downdetector, a site which monitors platform outages,
Read moreMicrosoft announces Skype will close in May
Skype, the video-calling service that had hundreds of millions of users, is closing in May, its owner Microsoft has said.
Read moreSkype announces it will close in May
14 minutes ago Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Skype has announced it is closing from May. The internet chat and
Read moreLloyds Bank says app issues fixed after payday IT issue
Banking apps have once again been hit by IT issues on payday in the UK. Lloyds Bank and Halifax apps
Read moreDeepSeek’s breakthrough casts shadow on US tech supremacy
The rapid rise of cost-effective AI models produced by DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through Silicon Valley as the China-based startup
Read moreLloyds, Halifax and TSB banking apps down, thousands report
Thousands of banking app users in the UK have reported issues affecting their ability to use them. Platform outage monitor
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