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An Xbox producer has faced a backlash after suggesting laid-off employees should use artificial intelligence to deal with emotions in a now deleted LinkedIn post.Matt Turnbull, an executive producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, wrote the post after Microsoft...

Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has written to the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) to tell its bosses to refocus on defence and security.In a letter, Kyle said boosting the UK's AI capabilities was "critical" to...

A band called The Velvet Sundown has had its tracks played hundreds of thousands of times on Spotify since appearing several weeks ago - without anyone knowing for sure what it is.The band has a verified page on the...

Liv McMahonTechnology reporterGetty ImagesElon Musk has appointed a product developer responsible for several successful youth-focused social media apps to a senior role at X.Nikita Bier has been made X's head of product three years after publicly suggesting on the...

Days after the Trump Organization announced plans to launch a US-made smartphone, a reference to its American production has vanished from its website.A "Made in the USA" tagline featured in promotional material for the Trump T1 phone when it...

Graham Fraser and Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reportersGetty ImagesMeta says it is "fixing" a problem which has led to Facebook Groups being wrongly suspended - but denied there is a wider issue on its platforms.In online forums, Group administrators say they...

Natalie Sherman and Lucy HookerBBC NewsGetty ImagesA US judge has ruled that using books to train artificial intelligence (AI) software is not a violation of US copyright law.The decision came out of a lawsuit brought last year against AI...

Chris VallanceSenior Technology ReporterGetty ImagesDemand for so-called "fast tech" - cheap electronic items often quickly binned or abandoned in drawers - is growing, a not-for-profit that works to reduce electronic waste has warned.Material Focus singled out heatwave-fuelled demand for...

Zoe Kleinman & Liv McMahonTechnology editor & technology reporterGetty ImagesGoogle may have to make changes in the UK to give consumers more choice over who they use for online search services, the competition watchdog has said. The Competition...

Ben MorrisTechnology of Business EditorSupercellLike many businesses, Mr Paananen is hopeful that AI will help spur innovation. At Supercell it's being used to create new types of games."I've seen some internal prototypes, but it's super early. I think it's...