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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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Bluesky gets surge in users switching from X after US election | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Social media platform Bluesky says it has gained 700,000 new users in the week following the US election. Bluesky, which was originally conceived as part of Twitter by its former chief executive Jack Dorsey, says the new sign-ups are largely from the US and UK. The company has increased its membership from 9 million people…
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Bluesky: Social media site reports surge in new UK users after Elon Musk’s riot comments | Science & Tech News
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Social media platform Bluesky says it has seen a surge in signups in the United Kingdom in recent days. Since X owner Elon Musk made controversial comments about the riots in the UK, a number of influential figures said they would leave the platform or scale back their use, including home office minister Jess Philips.…
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ChatGPT tells users Labour has already won the election | Science & Tech News
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ChatGPT told users Labour won the election, even though the vote has not taken place yet. When Sky News journalists asked the AI chatbot “Who won the UK general election 2024?”, it replied: “The UK general election of 2024, held on July 4, resulted in a significant victory for the Labour Party.” The chatbot, developed…
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Gay dating app Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users’ HIV status with third parties | UK News
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Hundreds of users of the gay dating app Grindr have alleged the company shared their private information, including their HIV status, with third parties, a law firm said on Monday. Austen Hays said it was filing the mass data protection lawsuit at London’s High Court and claimed thousands of Grindr users in the UK may…
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Sky Mobile down – with users experiencing internet problems | UK News
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Sky Mobile is down for some customers, with people experiencing issues with 3G, 4G and 5G services. Users reported not being able to use the internet on their phones at around 9am on Thursday morning. One user on X wrote: “I have a phone that won’t work for anything if I turn off my WiFi and…
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TikTok chief executive appeals directly to users to ‘protect their constitutional rights’ and oppose potential US ban | Science & Tech News
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TikTok’s chief executive has appealed to US users directly to stop a bill that could see the social media app banned in America. Shou zi Chew appealed to the public via – what else – a video posted on the app. “Keep sharing your stories, share them with your friends, share them with your family,…
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Are Facebook and Instagram still down? Meta boss apologises for ‘technical issue’ which hit thousands of users | Science & Tech News
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Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads suffered widespread problems on Tuesday afternoon, with users locked out of their accounts and pages failing to load properly. Facebook outages reported on Down Detector shot up just before 3pm, with more than 300,000 problems logged. More than 25,000 Instagram outages were also reported via the website, which collates status…
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Instagram and Facebook down for tens of thousands of users | Science & Tech News
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Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads are experiencing widespread problems, locking users out of their accounts and failing to load properly. Facebook outages reported on Down Detector shot up just before 3pm, with more than 300,000 problems logged. More than 25,000 Instagram outages were also reported via the website, which collates status reports from several sources,…
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Apple fined £1.5bn for not notifying users of cheaper music streaming options | Business News
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Apple has been fined €1.8bn (£1.54bn) by the EU for favouring its own music streaming service rather than rivals. Apple did not fully inform their device users there were alternative and cheaper subscription services for more than a decade, said the EU executive, the European Commission. Money blog: Holidays get cheaper as pound strengthens –…