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Firm apologises for saying it would not process LGBTQ+ payments

Stripe said the information given by its support staff to some customers was “totally wrong.”

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Porn site traffic plummets as UK age verification rules enforced

Data suggests leading adult site Pornhub lost more than one million visitors in two weeks.

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Apple rejects Musk’s App Store bias claims

The X owner had accused Apple of making it impossible to fairly compete with ChatGPT.

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Bezos-backed Perplexity AI makes surprise bid for Google Chrome

One technology investor called the $34.5bn offer a “stunt” that is much lower than Chrome’s true value.

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Government expands police use of facial recognition vans

The Home Office says the technology helps locate suspects but civil liberties groups warn of heightened surveillance.

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‘Cryptocrash king’ Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud

The South Korean former tech executive co-founded Singapore-based cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs.

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AI can make us UK’s biggest firm, Rolls-Royce says

Tufan Erginbilgic says business deals to supply nuclear power for artificial intelligence could boost its fortunes

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Musk threatens Apple and calls OpenAI boss a liar as feud deepens

Relations between the two tech bosses have soured amid a slew of lawsuits and social media digs.

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HMRC using AI to scour suspected tax cheats’ social media

It said the tech would not replace “human decision-making” and was subject to legal oversight.

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Staff fear UK’s Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

A complaint raises concerns about the funding risks and a “toxic” culture at the Alan Turing Institute.

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