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#Rightmove shares plummet over #AI investment plans
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Property listing website to step up investment in #artificialIntelligence.
#TechNews #PropertyTech #UKPropTech #PropTech
Rightmove shares plummet over AI investment plans
Shares in the property website sink after it cuts profit forecasts to step up investment in AI.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Why #tech giants are offering premium #AI tools to millions of Indians for free
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#ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews #BigTech #TechGiant
ChatGPT, Gemini: Why OpenAI, Google and Perplexity are offering free AI in India?
Experts say India’s vast, diverse and young user base makes it a key market for global AI expansion.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Animal drone light show an alternative to fireworks
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Animal welfare charities call for alternative shows like WILD to be used instead of loud firework displays.
#TechNews #DroneTech #Technology #Tech
Animal drone light show in Edgbaston an alternative to fireworks
Animal welfare charities have called for alternative shows to loud firework displays.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot
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Successful test of remote robotic thrombectomy.
#Robotics #TechNews #HealthTech #Technology #Tech
Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot
A Dundee professor carried out the first remote thrombectomy on a human cadaver.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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A jailed hacking kingpin reveals all about the gang that left a trail of destruction
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#CyberCrime
Tank interview: A hacking kingpin reveals all to the BBC
One of the world's most prominent cyber-criminals speaks to the BBC in an exclusive interview.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Reddit added to Australia's social media ban on under-16s
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Live-streaming platform Kick also included, joining Facebook, X, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Threads.
#OnlineSafety #TechNews
Reddit added to Australia's teen social media ban due to start next month
The ban takes effect on 10 December and also includes Facebook, X, TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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M&S pegs cyberattack cleanup costs at £136M as profits slump
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Retailer discloses figure in its half-year results.
#MandS #MarksAndSpencer #CyberCrime #Outage
M&S pegs cyber cleanup costs at £136M, profits tumble
: Retailer's tech systems aren’t down anymore, but the same can’t be said for its rocky financials
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November 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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UK agri dept spent hundreds of millions upgrading to #Windows10 – just in time for end of support
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After £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
#CyberSecurity #InfoSec #Win10 #Win11 #Windows11 #Windows
UK dept spent £312M moving to Win 10 as support D-day hits
: After a £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
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November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Cybercrooks team up with organised crime to steal pricey cargo
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Modern-day resurgence of attacks on freight companies.
#CyberCrime
Cybercriminals, OCGs team up on lucrative cargo thefts
: Old-school cargo heists reborn in the cyber age
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November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Russian spies pack custom malware into hidden VMs on Windows machines
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Curly COMrades abusing Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor.
#CyberCrime
Russian spies pack custom malware into hidden VMs on Windows
: Curly COMrades strike again
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November 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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China's president Xi Jinping jokes about backdoors in Xiaomi smartphones
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Gives offshore buyers something to think about when buying a new handset.
#DataProtection #DataPrivacy #Surveillance #GreatFirewall
Xi Jinping jokes about backdoors in Xiaomi smartphones
: South Korea's president laughed, so perhaps it was funny? Unlike China's censorship and snooping
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November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not
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Department of Homeland Security wants to greatly expand biometric data collection
#DHS #Biometrics #FacialRecognition #TechNews #DataProtection
DHS wants more biometric data - even from citizens
: DHS rule would expand biometric collection to immigrants and some citizens linked to them
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November 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Cybercrooks getting violent more often to secure big payouts in Europe
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Hike in what experts refer to as "violence as a service".
#CyberCrime
Violent cybercrime surges in Europe amid big payouts
: France-based victims hit especially hard, while UK named most-targeted country generally
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November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Invasion of the message body snatchers! Teams flaw allowed crims to impersonate the boss
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4 now-patched #MicrosoftTeams flaws let attackers impersonate executives, rewrite chat history & fake notifications or calls.
#CyberSecurity #Vulnerability #Patch #Microsoft
Microsoft Teams flaw could allow message tampering, spoofing
: Check Point lifts lid on a quartet of Teams vulns that made it possible to fake the boss, forge messages, and quietly rewrite history
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November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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#AI used to spot weeds growing in farmers' fields
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Research centre trial uses #artificialIntelligence with cameras fitted to crop sprayers.
#TechNews #Technology #tech #AgriTech #SmartFarming #FarmingTech
Harpenden group uses AI to spot weeds growing in farmers' fields
Rothamsted Research is using cameras on crop sprayers and artificial intelligence to detect black-grass.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Hundreds of residents' details shared in #databreach
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Sensitive data from respondants to #SouthGloucestershireCouncil's recent consultation shared online.
#DataProtection #DataPrivacy #DataLeak #ICO
Council accidentally publishes hundreds of residents' personal details
Council leaders have apologised for accidentally publishing sensitive data from a consultation.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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#OpenAI signs $38bn cloud computing deal with #Amazon
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#ChatGPT maker also has deals worth >$1tn with #Oracle, #Broadcom, #AMD and #Nvidia.
#TechNews #Technology #Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
ChatGPT owner OpenAI signs $38bn cloud computing deal with Amazon
The seven-year agreement will see OpenAI gain access to Nvidia graphics processors to train its artificial intelligence models.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Mimicking the brain can improve #AI performance
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Study finds mimicking brain's neural wiring can significantly improve performance of artificial neural networks.
Or, brain makes a good brain.
#TechNews #Technology #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence
University of Surrey researchers mimic brain wiring to improve AI
Researchers say this new method rethinks how AI systems are wired at their most fundamental level.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Meet the 'silver influencers' taking #TikTok and #Instagram by storm
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"With #socialmedia, it doesn't matter how old you are, where you live, the opportunity's there if you want to go for it."
#TechNews
The 'silver influencers' taking TikTok and Instagram by storm
Older women are carving out a niche online for people who want authentic content.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Hospital performs 10,000th robotic surgery
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Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust first introduced #DaVinci #technology in 2009.
#TechNews #Tech #HealthTech #Robotics
The Royal Surrey Hospital performs 10,000th robotic surgery
One recipient said receiving robotic-assisted surgery
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November 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Will #AI mean the end of call centres?
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#ChatGPT says they will work side by side. Humans are not so optimistic.
#TechNews #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech
Will AI mean the end of call centres?
Some commentators predict artificial intelligence is about to replace most customer support jobs.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Security concerns over system at heart of #digitalID
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Can #OneLogin be trusted to keep people's personal data secure?
#DataProtection #DataPrivacy #DataSecurity #GovernmentDigitalService #CyberSecurity #DSIT
Security concerns over system at heart of digital ID
The government is facing questions over whether One Login can be trusted to keep people's personal data secure.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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#Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division
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#TechGiant says it needs to be "organised more leanly" to benefit from #AI.
#eCommerce #OnlineShopping #ArtificialIntelligence
Amazon confirms massive job losses in corporate division
The company says the opportunities provided by AI means it needs to be
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November 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Hospital UK's first to use #VR goggles in spine op
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Doctors in Stoke-on-Trent use #virtualreality to see what's going on inside a patient during surgery.
#TechNews #Technology #Tech #MedicalTech
Stoke-on-Trent hospital first in England to use VR system in spine op
Patient Dylan, 14, says the technology used during his spinal surgery is
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October 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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#Amazon apologises to customers impacted by huge #AWS #outage
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Highlighting global business reliance on #cloudcomputing sector.
#AmazonWebServices #MicrosoftAzure #GoogleCloudPlatform #GCP
Amazon apologises to customers impacted by huge AWS outage
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October 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM