Month: December 2025

Web infrastructure provider says it has implemented a fix after users had seen ‘a large number of empty pages’ A host of websites including LinkedIn, Zoom and Downdetector went offline on Friday morning after fresh problems at Cloudflare. Cloudflare said shortly after 9am UK time that it was “investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related …

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Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settings UK politics live – latest updates Ministers are facing calls for stronger safeguards on the use of facial recognition technology after the Home Office admitted it is more likely to incorrectly identify black and Asian people than …

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Ruling likely to put European Commission on collision course with billionaire, and possibly Donald Trump Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and …

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CEO Elon Musk says lower-cost electric car will reignite demand by appealing to broader range of buyers Tesla has launched the lower-priced version of its Model 3 car in Europe in a push to revive sales after a backlash against Elon Musk’s work with Donald Trump and weakening demand for electric vehicles. Musk, the electric …

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Cloudflare reports it is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs Technical problems at internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare today have taken a host of websites offline this morning. Cloudflare said shortly after 9am UK time that it is “is investigating issues with Cloudflare Dashboard and related APIs [application programming interfaces – used when apps …

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‘Information-dense’ AI responses are most persuasive but these tend to be less accurate, says security report Chatbots can sway people’s political opinions but the most persuasive artificial intelligence models deliver “substantial” amounts of inaccurate information in the process, according to the UK government’s AI security body. Researchers said the study was the largest and most …

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Research finds tool depicts white women surrounded by black children when prompted about humanitarian aid in Africa Nano Banana Pro, Google’s new AI-powered image generator, has been accused of creating racialised and “white saviour” visuals in response to prompts about humanitarian aid in Africa – and sometimes appends the logos of large charities. Asking the …

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Latest effort to control communications comes as regulator claims apps being used to ‘conduct terrorist activities’ Russian authorities blocked access to Snapchat and imposed restrictions on Apple’s video calling service, FaceTime, the latest step in an effort to tighten control over the internet and communications online, according to state-run news agencies and the country’s communications …

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As Meta begins deleting accounts and the deadline looms, children have already begun to flock to platforms not included in the banned list, like Coverstar, Lemon8, Yope and Rednote Australia social media ban explained: everything you need to know Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast As Australia prepares to block …

Teens hoping to get around Australia’s social media ban are rushing to smaller apps. Where are they going? Read More »

The hobbyists who helped build this site created technology that has been used to humiliate countless women. Why didn’t governments step in and stop them? For Patrizia Schlosser, it started with an apologetic call from a colleague. “I’m sorry but I found this. Are you aware of it?” He sent over a link, which took …

‘It was about degrading someone completely’: the story of Mr DeepFakes – the world’s most notorious AI porn site Read More »