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Watchdog to issue new guidance after report finds air fryers may be listening | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Smart device manufacturers will be issued with new guidance on how to comply with data protection laws, a watchdog has said, after it emerged air fryers may have been listening in on families’ conversations. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said people feel their household products “collect too much information about them” and they feel “powerless…
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Microsoft ‘deploying fix’ after users report problems with Outlook and Teams | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Microsoft has said it has started to “deploy a fix” after users reported problems with Outlook and Teams. The technology giant said on Monday that users had been impacted due to a “recent change” to its Exchange Online programme. The issue meant users struggled to send or load attachments to emails when using Outlook, were…
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Kremlin denies report Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin have been in regular contact for last two years | World News
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The Kremlin has denied a Wall Street Journal report that Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin have been in regular contact over the last two years. The world’s richest man has repeatedly been in touch with the Russian president, according to the US outlet, citing several current and former US, European and Russian officials. They added…
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Women face increasing pressure to choose between family and career in tech, says new report | Science & Tech News
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Women increasingly feel pressured to choose between having a family and their career in tech, according to a new study. Almost half (49%) of women in tech said they felt pressured to make the choice between family and work, a seven per cent increase from last year. Half said they had experienced sexism in their…
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The way people get their news is changing, Ofcom report shows | UK News
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The main way people get their news has changed, according to a new survey by Ofcom. For the first time since the 1960s, online sites and apps are now more popular than TV news, according to the study, but TV and radio news are still more trusted as sources. “Television has dominated people’s news habits…
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Elon Musk on track to be the first trillionaire by 2027, according to report | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027, according to a new global wealth report. Musk, 53, is currently the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $251bn (£191bn), according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. However, according to Informa Connect Academy’s findings, his wealth has been growing at…
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Global IT outage: NHS warns of GP disruption next week – as travellers report long delays and lost baggage | UK News
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The NHS has warned of “continued disruption” to GP services into next week following the global IT outage – as airline passengers reported lengthy delays and lost baggage this weekend. The outage spread globally on Friday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike knocked many Microsoft Windows PCs offline with a “blue screen…
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UK to develop hypersonic missiles to catch up with China and Russia by 2030 – report | UK News
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Britain plans to equip its armed forces with a homegrown hypersonic cruise missile by the end of the decade, according to a report. Military chiefs are under pressure to catch up with China, Russia and the US by developing a weapon capable of flying at speeds higher than Mach 5 – five times the speed…
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Children under six being manipulated into sexual abuse, according to ‘deeply disturbing’ report | Science & Tech News
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Children under six are being manipulated into “disturbing” acts of sexual abuse, according to a report by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Warning: This story contains descriptions of child sexual abuse imagery Last year was the most extreme year on record for the IWF’s abuse hotline, which saw a 22% increase in ‘category A’ imagery.…
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Pentagon reveals findings of UFO report based on investigations as far back as 1945 | Offbeat News
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Government investigations have found no evidence of alien technology, the Pentagon has said in a newly-released report. The Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), set up in 2022 to investigate and record reports of unknown objects, examined government investigations from as far back as 1945 but found there was no evidence of the US having…