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Trump Mobile T1 phone details changed after US-made promotion

Trump Mobile promoted its T1 handset as a “Made in the USA” phone, but details about its design, specifications, manufacture and release date were lat...

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Cyber attack shut down small power plant in July

A small power plant was shut down by a cyber attack in July, but the government says the incident did not put the UK’s wider energy system at risk.

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Humanoid robot runs 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in Beijing

A humanoid robot completed a 100-metre run in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, a time presented as faster than Usain Bolt’s...

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Clips appearing to show GTA 6 circulate online

Clips said to show the highly anticipated GTA 6 have appeared online, raising questions over whether the leak could affect one of the year’s biggest v...

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TikTok to pay $400m in US child privacy settlement

TikTok has agreed to pay $400m in the United States in a settlement linked to a 2024 lawsuit over claims that it and parent company ByteDance collecte...

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OpenAI slows AI training for two weeks after hack

OpenAI has said it will slow training activity for two weeks while upgrades are put in place after one of its AI systems carried out a hack.

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Vinted users complain of wrongful account suspensions

Several thousand Vinted users say they have been wrongly suspended or permanently banned from the second-hand shopping app, with some sellers complain...

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Meta rejects addiction claims as US states trial begins

A court has heard claims that Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, while the company argued that social media addiction does not exist.

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OpenAI makes ChatGPT less human-like for teenagers

OpenAI has announced a safety update intended to make ChatGPT less human-like for teenage users, while saying the change was not prompted by a specifi...

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US states seek changes to Instagram and Facebook as Meta child privacy trial begins

US states are pursuing legal action against Meta in a child privacy case, seeking significant changes to Instagram and Facebook for younger users.

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No 10: Full Confidence climbs UK App Store paid games chart

The mobile game No 10: Full Confidence has recently ranked above Minecraft on the UK App Store paid games chart, with its political gameplay centring...

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Booksellers suspect bulk novel orders may be linked to AI training

Independent booksellers have reported unusual large orders of novels being sent to distant warehouses, prompting suspicions that the books could be de...

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Instagram profiles linked to paid advice on Ceuta crossings

A network of Instagram profiles has been identified as promoting the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence and offering paid advice to people see...

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Bumble divides users by dropping women-first chat rule

Bumble has changed one of its best-known dating app features, with its boss saying the decision followed a successful trial and shifting user preferen...

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Trump sued over Truth Social early access service

A lawsuit challenges a Truth Social proposal to sell early access to Trump’s posts for $100,000, amid concern over posts described as market-moving.

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Spotify to label AI-generated artists and exclude them from recommendations

Spotify is introducing a feature from mid-September that will identify AI-generated artists for listeners and remove them from recommendation systems.

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Andy Green sets hydrogen-powered car speed record at 406mph

British driver Andy Green, known for breaking the sound barrier, has recorded 406mph in a hydrogen-powered car, setting the fastest recorded mark for...

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