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Flights halted at some Florida airports over SpaceX debris

It impacted flights in Orlando, Miami and Palm Beach after debris concerns from Starship’s failed launch

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Month of bank IT failures in the last two years, MPs say

The MPs have also discovered millions of pounds of compensation will be paid out because of the spate of outages.

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US charges Chinese hackers who targeted dissidents

The Justice Department said Chinese agencies paid as much as $75,000 (£58,200) for each hacked email inbox.

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UK competition watchdog drops Microsoft-OpenAI probe

Digital rights campaigners say it shows the regulator has given into Big Tech and been “defanged.”

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Apple takes legal action in UK data privacy row

The tech giant is appealing a government order for access to customers’ private data, the BBC understands.

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Hellblade 2 leads the way at Bafta Games Awards

Astro Bot, Still Wakes the Deep and Thank Goodness You’re Here! complete a varied field this year.

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Man threatens to kill Twitch streamers during livestream from LA

Cinna, Valkyrae and Emiru were streaming in LA when a man chased and threatened to kill them.

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Hegseth orders pause in US cyber-offensive against Russia

The reported directive from the defence secretary comes during an American push to end the war in Ukraine.

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TikTok investigated over use of children’s data

It will look into how the social media platform uses the data of 13 to 17-year-olds to recommend content.

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Crypto prices rally after Trump backs five coins for ‘crypto reserve’

Trump named five cryptocurrencies he wanted in a potential national reserve so the US could become “the Crypto Capital of the World”.

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