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Barcelona distances itself from sponsor’s cryptocurrency after backlash

Experts say the deal may put fans at risk as the Catalan club tries to relieve its financial woes.

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OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis

Rachel Reeves’s statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.

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Nvidia plays down Google chip threat concerns

The world’s most valuable company said it was still “a generation ahead of the industry”.

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Ofcom vows to ‘name and shame’ over online sexism

But critics say the regulator’s new measures need to be the law rather than guidelines to make the internet safer for women and girls.

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Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands – so how did they get her details?

Sue Shore told the BBC how scammers targeted her – and we found her information had been leaked online.

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Vinted blocks ‘sickening’ sexually explicit ads

The online marketplace removed adverts which included a video a user said depicted a pornographic scene.

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Deepfake ‘nudify’ site fined £55,000 over lack of age checks

The regulator said it had also opened new investigations into 20 porn sites over suspected online safety breaches.

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Why an AI ‘godfather’ is quitting Meta after 12 years

One of the pioneers in the current AI boom has had disagreements with fellow engineers over the future of AI.

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Nvidia shares soar after revenue tops estimates

The chip maker says revenue for the three months to October jumped 62% to $57bn.

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Instagram owner Meta tells Australian teens accounts will close

Under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from 10 December.

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