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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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AOL ends dial-up service after more than 30 years

The internet service which soared in popularity in the 1990s will come to an end from 30 September

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Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules

The Wikimedia Foundation says the new rules could threaten user privacy and safety.

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Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91

She founded the software company Freelance Programmers in 1962, which almost exclusively hired women, and in later life donated almost £70m of her fortune.

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M&S click and collect returns 15 weeks after cyber attack

The retailer stopped taking orders on its website and app for clothing on 25 April.

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