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UK’s worst catfish jailed after driving father and daughter to take own lives | UK News
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An online predator who led an American girl and her father to take their own lives has been jailed for at least 20 years after the UK’s largest “catfishing” case. Warning: This article contains references to suicide and child sex abuse which readers may find distressing. Alexander McCartney, 26, previously admitted 185 charges, including the…
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From Wall Street darling to firm behind the world’s worst IT outage – who are CrowdStrike? | Business News
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CrowdStrike, the company at the heart of the IT outage being described as the worst the world has seen, has been a darling of Wall Street over the last year. So far in 2024, its share price has risen by 96%, making it one of the best-performing stocks on both the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the…
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Who will pay for the worst IT outage the world has seen? | Business News
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After the chaos of Friday’s global IT outage – without doubt the worst the world has seen – questions are starting to be asked about who, if anyone, will pick up the bill. Somewhat surprisingly, particularly given its share price has doubled during the year and was trading on a stratospheric rating, shares of CrowdStrike,…
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DPD customer service chatbot swears and calls company ‘worst delivery firm’ | Science & Tech News
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DPD has disabled its artificial intelligence (AI) online chatbot after a customer was able to make the bot swear and write a poem criticising the parcel delivery company. Ashley Beauchamp, 30, was trying to track down a missing parcel when he said he was going “round and round in circles” trying to get any sort…
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UK’s worst areas for broadband outages revealed – and what to do if yours goes down | Science & Tech News
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More than 21 million people have suffered broadband outages of three hours or more over the last year, according to new research. The number has almost doubled compared to what was reported in Uswitch’s previous annual study into Britain’s internet services, with people said to be becoming increasingly aggrieved by disconnections. With more employees relying…
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Boss of AI firm’s ‘worst fears’ are more worrying than creepy Senate party trick | US News
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Normally when representatives of tech companies appear before the US Senate, they tend to rail against the prospect of regulation, and resist the suggestion that their technology is doing harm. And that’s what made this committee hearing on AI a rare thing. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI – the company that created ChatGPT and GPT4,…
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UK’s ‘worst’ broadband provider uncovered in Which? survey – is yours on the list? | UK News
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The biggest broadband firms are providing a service that is “mediocre at best” according to a new survey. The study by consumer watchdog Which? found that most of the biggest firms offer little more than unreliable connections, poor customer service and issues with technical support – despite announcing large monthly bill increases from next month.…
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Deliveroo to cut hundreds of jobs globally – and UK to be worst hit | Business News
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Takeaway delivery platform Deliveroo has announced it is to cut roughly 350 jobs, equivalent to about 9% of the company workforce. Roles across the global Deliveroo business will be impacted, founder and chief executive Will Shu told staff, but it is understood that UK employees will be worst hit by the losses. The majority of…
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NASA Columbia disaster: The investigation into one of history’s worst space tragedies – and its lasting legacy | Science & Tech News
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Scott Hubbard remembers exactly where he was on the day of one of the deadliest tragedies in the history of space travel. Before he stepped out of bed on the morning of 1 February 2003, a radio broadcast brought news that NASA’s Columbia space shuttle was “overdue” on its return to Earth. “I had a…
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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet set Nintendo sales record – despite worst fan reception | Science & Tech News
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The latest Pokemon games have had the most significant worldwide launch sales in Nintendo’s history, despite players complaining of bugs and poor graphics performance. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, released last week on the Switch, have the lowest user scores in series history on the Metacritic reviews aggregator website. Previously the lowest-scoring game was Pokemon Unite…