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Guinea pig home in cash crunch after Facebook funding row

Owners say rehoming the guinea pigs is “a real possibility” after the sudden loss of income.

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CrowdStrike sued by shareholders over global outage

A faulty update by the cyber-security firm last month caused chaos around the world.

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Video games strike rumbles on in row over AI

Video game performers are concerned that generative AI could be used to reproduce their voices.

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Can technology fix the ‘broken’ concert ticketing system?

The increased use of AI may prevent tickets being resold at excessively high prices.

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Instagram and Facebook ads drive profit surge

Sales of Instagram and Facebook adverts have soared, delivering a surge in profits for parent company Meta.

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Tinder parent company cuts jobs as subscriber numbers slump

The number of people paying for the world’s most popular dating app has continued to slide.

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Microsoft apologises after thousands report new outage

Microsoft said it was looking at a ‘network infrastructure’ issue impacting its services.

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Poor security let hackers access 40 million voters’ details

The UK data watchdog says weak passwords and unpatched software were responsible for the hack.

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Nine-year-old Deadpool game sells for £300 after film hype

The game is no longer available for digital download, so fans must seek out physical copies to play it.

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CrowdStrike boss says 97% of crashed systems fixed

It’s estimated 8.5 million devices were disabled by a faulty update from the cyber-security firm.

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