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Bluesky

Bluesky vows to crackdown on impersonator accounts

Bluesky has issued a statement regarding the rise in fake profiles on the micro-blogging site.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Meta rolling out advertiser verification in Australia to combat money scams

Meta is introducing new rules for financial adverts on its social media platforms due to a rise in money scams.

BT Group agrees £1.29bn to extend 4G Emergency Services Network for next seven years

BT Group has vowed to continue providing "critical" network coverage for the emergency services in the UK after agreeing a ...

Cities: Skylines II

Cities: Skylines II console release delayed due to ‘hardware limitations’ on Xbox and PS5

One year on from launch, 'Cities: Skylines II' developer Colossal Order has admitted it can't give a release date for when ...

PlayStation 5 controller

Sony rumoured to be working on handheld console to rival Nintendo Switch

Sony is rumoured to be considering putting out a handheld console to rival the Nintendo Switch.

TikTok

Beauty filters will be blocked for teenagers on TikTok

TikTok is set to block beauty filters for teenagers on the platform.

Smartphone user

Reddit becomes UK's fifth most-popular social media platform

A survey has found that Reddit has become the fifth most-popular social media platform in the UK, overtaking X.

Gaming

Expert bemoans 'gambling-like activities' in video games

Zoe Osmond has voiced her fears of "gambling-like activities" in video games.

Samsung

Samsung could introduce folding battery to go with rumoured tri-fold phone

Samsung is looking into the possibility of a folding battery.

Ofcom

A fifth of children lie about their age on social media, warns Ofcom

Ofcom has warned social media companies that action must be taken with a fifth of children lying about their age on social ...

Great Deal

New study finds Brits are wasting a collective £11.8bn annually on mobile phone contracts

People of Britain are wasting millions of pounds a month on expensive mobile phone contracts.

Meta

Australia's proposed social media plan for under-16s inches closer

Australia's proposed legislation to ban those aged under 16 from social media is looking more and more likely to be passed.

Bluesky

Bluesky won't use non-consenting users' data to train AI

Bluesky is, however, investigating the legal parameters of "outside companies" using their users' data for AI training.

Huawei HQ Germany

Huawei launches new Android-free smartphones

Huawei has launched its Mate 70 smartphone range, which is powered by its own software HarmonyOS.

Microsoft

Microsoft Ignite 2025 conference to be held in San Francisco

Microsoft is holding its annual flagship conference in San Francisco for the first time next year.

Elon Musk

Elon Musk hints X users could be limited to sharing outside news

Elon Musk says issued some X advice - urging people to write a description in the main post and then add a hyperlink in the ...

Amazon

Amazon workers to stage fourth strike on Black Friday

Amazon's staff around the globe are going on strike on Black Friday to demand better pay, more rights and more measures to ...

Red squirrel

Conservationists using AI to save red squirrels

Genysys Engine has developed a tool called Squirrel Agent that can tell grey and red squirrels apart.

Donald Trump

Microsoft's president Brad Smith implores Donald Trump to 'push harder' to prevent cyber attacks

Donald Trump has been warned that his government will need to go further to prevent cyber attacks from Russia, China and Iran

Toshiba laptop

Internet use is good for over-50s

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong found those who meet the age threshold and use the internet to surf the web, ...