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Stores open at midnight as fans rush to buy Nintendo Switch 2
Tom GerkenTechnology reporterPeter GillibrandNewsbeat reporterBloomberg via Getty ImagesThe Nintendo Switch 2 has been released worldwide, with stores opening at midnight so fans could get their hands on the long-awaited console the moment it became available.Some shops have the devices...
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Pornhub pulls out of France over age verification law
Aylo, the company which runs a number of pornographic websites, including Pornhub, is to stop operating in France from Wednesday.It is in reaction to a French law requiring porn sites to take extra steps to verify their users' ages.An...
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Apple and Google clash with police and MPs over phone thefts
Tom GerkenTechnology reporter"You could tomorrow stop phones that are on the IMEI blacklist connecting back to your services if you so wished, both of you, and you won't do it," Lib Dem MP Martin Wrigley said."I'm not saying that...
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Rose Njeri: Kenyan software developer’s detention sparks outrage
Kenyans have expressed outrage over the detention of a software developer who created a tool to help people oppose the government's annual finance bill because of fears that it will raise the cost of living.Rose Njeri was detained on...
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The AI copyright standoff continues – with no solution in sight
PA MediaMr Kyle also appears to have changed his views about UK copyright law.He once said copyright law was "very certain", now he says it is "not fit for purpose".Perhaps to an extent both those things are true.The Department...
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Nvidia weathers tariff uncertainty to see surge in revenues
Nvidia reported a huge boost to revenues in the first quarter of the year, with sales of its chips rising more than 69% from a year ago."Global demand for Nvidia's AI infrastructure is incredibly strong," chief executive, Jensen Huang...
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Telegram announces partnership with Musk’s xAI
AI tools developed by Elon Musk's xAI are to be incorporated into the encrypted messaging service, Telegram. Announcing the deal, Telegram boss Pavel Durov said it would see his firm distribute the AI assistant, Grok, to Telegram's "billion+ users...
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Apple designer Sir Jony Ive joins OpenAI
Legendary British designer Sir Jony Ive, who helped create the Apple iPhone, is joining forces with OpenAI, as the artificial intelligence (AI) firm sets its sights on developing hardware. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, will buy a start-up...
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M&S and Co-op hacks: Scattered Spider is focus of police investigation
Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World ServiceGetty ImagesDetectives investigating cyber attacks on UK retailers are focussing on a notorious cluster of cyber criminals known to be young English-speakers, some of them teenagers, police have revealed.For weeks speculation has mounted that...
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Bengaluru: Parts of India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ flooded after heavy rains
Parts of the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, often called India's Silicon Valley are under water after heavy rainfall. The city is on high alert for more pre-monsoon showers on Tuesday due to cyclonic formations over the Andaman Sea,...
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Australia mushroom trial: Lunch cook tells trial meal was ‘special’
An Australian woman accused of intentionally cooking a fatal mushroom lunch has told her trial she had wanted the...