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UK’s Turing AI Institute bosses respond to staff anger in letter

It comes after staff warned the charity – which receives £100m from the government – is at risk of collapse.

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Intel shares jump after report of possible US stake in chipmaker

Experts suggest the reported deal could give the US an edge in the chipmaking sector.

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Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount

The number of data centres is set to jump by a fifth in the coming years, figures seen by the BBC suggest.

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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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