Month: October 2025

Met police disrupt suspected international smuggling ring in UK’s ‘largest’ phone theft crackdown

The criminal organisation is believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months Police have disrupted an international network suspected of smuggling tens of thousands of stolen phones from the UK in its largest operation to tackle phone theft in London, the Metropolitan police said. …

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AirPods Pro 3 review: better battery, better noise cancelling, better earbuds

Top Apple buds get upgraded sound, improved fit, live translation and built-in heart rate sensors, but are still unrepairable Apple’s extremely popular AirPods Pro Bluetooth earbuds are back for their third generation with a better fit, longer battery life, built-in heart rate sensors and more effective noise cancelling, and look set to be just as …

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Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach

Video game chat platform tells users that driver’s licences and passports were among the forms of data accessed via a third-party customer service provider Video game chat platform Discord has suffered a data breach, informing users that their personal information – including identity documents of those required to prove their age – were compromised. The …

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‘We want justice’: workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia still waiting on financial redress

Asian migrant laborers who paid predatory recruiting fees say global mega-corporation has not kept its promise to pay them restitution Warehouse laborers from Asia say the world’s second largest employer, Amazon, has failed to live up to its promises to compensate them for financial abuses tied to their work for the online retailer in Saudi …

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From non-toxic pans to letterbox cheese: 12 things you loved (and bought) in September

Your September favourites are all about getting cosy – with a little side of glam • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here When the weather turns colder, we all crave a little comfort. For some, that’s a cosier bed, complete with a new memory foam mattress topper, or a more …

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OpenAI promises more ‘granular control’ to copyright owners after Sora 2 generates videos of popular characters

Company behind the AI video app says it will work with rights holders to ‘block characters from Sora at their request’ OpenAI is promising to give copyright holders “more granular control” over character generation after its new app Sora 2 produced a flood of videos that depicted copyrighted characters. Sora 2, a video generator powered …

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‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends

AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypes Eleanor, 24, is a Polish historian and lecturer at a university in Warsaw; Isabelle, 25, is a detective serving with the NYPD; Brooke, 39, is an American housewife who enjoys an opulent Miami lifestyle financed by her frequently …

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Apple Watch Series 11 review: wrist-flickingly good with longer battery life

Bigger batteries, more scratch-resistant glass and new hands-free gestures are small but meaningful upgrades The Apple Watch Series 11 adds the one thing most people actually want from a smartwatch: longer battery life. Otherwise the new model is a direct replacement for the Series 10, matching it in design, dimensions and features, with most of …

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