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HSBC online and mobile banking services return after Black Friday outage | Business News
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HSBC’s online and mobile banking services have been restored after customers faced major disruption on Black Friday. The bank said the issues began just after 8am on the busy shopping day due to an issue with its “internal systems”. Services were back and up and running on Saturday morning, having started to return late on…
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI agrees deal for ousted Sam Altman to return as chief executive | Science & Tech News
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ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it has agreed a deal for Sam Altman to return as chief executive after he was ousted by its board. The agreement “in principle” involves a new board being installed, the company said. In a post on X, OpenAI said: “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to…
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No immediate return to OpenAI for Sam Altman as new interim CEO appointed | Business News
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A new interim chief executive has been appointed to the company behind major AI chatbot ChatGPT, as the OpenAI board said it stood by its decision to fire Sam Altman. Mr Altman, the founder of OpenAI and former CEO, was fired in a shock announcement on Friday, as the not-for-profit company board said Mr Altman…
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Sam Altman tipped to return as OpenAI boss just days after sacking | Science & Tech News
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Sam Altman, the deposed chief of tech firm OpenAI, is reportedly in talks to return less than three days after the board sacked him. Altman, one of the co-founders of OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, was dismissed on Friday. OpenAI said the move followed a “deliberative review process by the board”, which concluded Mr Altman “was…
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Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson return to X – years after their Twitter accounts were banned | Science & Tech News
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Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson have had their accounts reinstated on X, formerly known as Twitter. Hopkins, a controversial commentator and former The Apprentice contestant, had been permanently banned from the social network in 2020 for breaching its rules on “abuse and harmful contact”. And Robinson, former leader of the far-right English Defence League, had…
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The rise and fall of BlackBerry – and why director thinks world may be ready for its return | Science & Tech News
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With the latest iPhone now in people’s hands and Google’s annual Android flagship not far behind, it’s a pertinent time to release a film about the once iconic device that paved the way for both. BlackBerry hasn’t appeared alongside them on shop shelves for years, and any remaining devices were effectively killed off last January…
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Arm Holdings IPO: UK-based chip designer valued at £43.6bn ahead of eagerly awaited return to the stock market | Business News
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UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings has secured a $54.5bn (£43.6bn) value ahead of its eagerly anticipated return to the stock market later on Thursday. Shares in the firm, majority-owned by Japan’s SoftBank Group, are scheduled to start trading today on the Nasdaq in New York. High demand from investors meant it was able to sell…
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Scientists are relieved by the UK-EU agreement to return to Horizon but the deal has one notable exception | Science & Tech News
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This is a genuine day of celebration among scientists – not just in the UK but also in the EU. Because although Horizon is the largest single pot of cash in the world available to scientists to fund their work, it was never just about the money. The seven-year cycles of the EU-funded programme was…
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Zoom asks staff to return to office | Business News
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Zoom, the online meetings platform that became synonymous with home working during the pandemic, has told staff to come into the office more often. Workers who live within a “commutable distance” of the company’s offices, including in the UK, will be expected to make the journey on designated team days. The California-based firm had been…
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Scientists on high alert for bird flu as seabirds return to UK coast | Science & Tech News
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Scientists are on high alert for a new influx of bird flu as seabirds return to the UK coast in large numbers for the nesting season. A second summer of mass mortality would have a devastating effect on the population of gannets and some other species. And it would also raise the risk of the…