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Liv McMahonTechnology reporterGetty ImagesThe UK government says it will ban so-called "nudification" apps as part of efforts to tackle misogyny online.New laws - announced on Thursday as part of a wider strategy to halve violence against women and girls...

Parents should lead by example this Christmas and turn their phones off during family time, the children's commissioner for England has said.Dame Rachel de Souza told the Press Association children were "crying out" for engagement with their relatives...

Liv McMahonTechnology reporterGetty ImagesOfcom is investigating BT and Three over mobile outages it said had caused "UK-wide disruption", including to emergency services.Thousands of Three customers reported they were unable to make calls in June, while BT and EE customers...

Katy WatsonAustralia correspondent , PerthGetty ImagesTama Leaver, professor of internet studies at Curtin University and chief investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, also says the ban on social media is too blunt a tool...

Amazon has pulled a video recap made with artificial intelligence (AI) from its hit TV show Fallout after users said it got several facts wrong about the series.The firm said in November it was testing the "first-of-its-kind" tool in...

Google has announced plans to team up with the UK to invite researchers to come up with uses for the tech giant's state-of-the-art quantum chip Willow.It is one of several firms competing to develop a powerful quantum computer -...

McDonald's has taken down a Christmas advert made with Artificial Intelligence (AI) following online backlash.The 45-second advert was produced with generative AI clips and released publicly on McDonald's Netherlands YouTube channel on 6 December.Viewers on social media denounced the...

Tech giants Amazon and Microsoft have announced a combined $52.5bn (£39.4bn) investment plan for India over the coming years.Amazon said on Wednesday it was pumping in $35bn into India by 2030 to advance AI-driven digitisation, export growth and job...

Laura CressTechnology reporterGetty ImagesUK adults spent over half an hour longer online every day in 2025 than they did during the pandemic, according to an annual survey of internet habits by the regulator Ofcom.The Online Nation report found on...

Liv McMahonTechnology reporterGetty ImagesThe EU has opened an investigation into Google over its artificial intelligence (AI) summaries which appear above search results.The European Commission said it would examine whether the firm used data from websites to provide this service...