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Gamers frustrated as Hollow Knight: Silksong crashes stores on launch
Social media users also struggle to grab the game on the Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox game stores.
Head of UK’s Turing AI Institute resigns after funding threat
Dr Jean Innes is stepping down after the government told the charity to focus on defence research.
Creator of Charli XCX Apple dance settles Roblox lawsuit
Kelley Heyer had accused the online platform of copying her choreography without permission.
World’s largest sports piracy site shut down by police
The take-down of the site has been championed as a major victory for live sports broadcasters.
M&S hackers claim to be behind Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack
The hack has caused severe disruption at manufacturing plants globally, with some staff told not to come into work.
Luigi Mangione’s likeness used to model shirt on Shein
An image with the likeness of Mr Mangione was used to advertise a white, short-sleeved shirt.
A let off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means
The search giant is not being broken up -so how much will it be affected by the remedies a judge has instead ordered?
ChatGPT to tell parents when their child is in ‘acute distress’
It’s one of a number of parental controls being introduced by OpenAI, which is being sued over the death of a teenager in the US.
Jaguar Land Rover production severely hit by cyber-attack
Staff were sent home and the company shut down its IT systems in an effort to minimise the damage done.
Meta to stop its AI chatbots from talking to teens about suicide
The firm says it will add more guardrails “as an extra precaution” and temporarily limit chatbots teens can use.
Children at risk of identity theft and fraud from ‘sharenting’
Researchers at the University of Southampton are warning of the dangers of posting your children’s photos online.
The first game to feel truly cinematic is back – years after its creator left
The first new game in the series in a decade – a remake – has been released, without involvement of the series creator.
Musk files to dismiss lawsuit over his purchase of Twitter shares
US regulators allege his late disclosure of Twitter share purchases allowed him to buy them at “artificially low prices”.
Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters
The fast food chain is reassessing its use of the tech after a number of errors were shared widely online.
Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer’s death
Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website.
Hackers used AI to ‘to commit large-scale theft’
A report from the makers of Claude said the AI tool had been used to commit cyber-attacks and fraud.
Japanese town proposes two-hour daily limit on smartphones
The limit would only apply outside of work and study time and no fines would be given if breached
News24 Business | Facing a broken economy, Ghana’s tech-savvy teens turn to fraud
In the dusty alleys of Nima, a shanty town in the heart of Ghana’s capital, a 17-year-old called Ghost reclines on a faded plastic chair inside a dimly lit internet cafe.
News24 Business | EU slaps big fines on Apple and Meta, risking Trump fury
The EU on Wednesday slapped Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines for breaking digital competition rules, risking the wrath of US President Donald Trump.
News24 Business | US judge finds Google holds illegal online ad tech monopolies
Alphabet’s Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a federal judge said on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech titan in an antitrust case brought by the US.