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Apple becomes the latest tech giant under siege

With a loyal fanbase, Apple is in a unique position which is now under fire, writes Zoe Kleinman.

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‘Mass surveillance’ fears over law change plans

Trade body techUK outlines “substantial concerns” over plans to amend the Investigatory Powers Act.

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Watchdog assessing McDonald’s and Greggs IT failures

Payments Systems Regulator is examining spate of outages, which also affected Sainsbury’s and Tesco.

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US accuses Apple of monopolising smartphone market

In a landmark lawsuit, the justice department alleges the company used its power to limit competition.

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Plans to boost resilience of 999 system announced

Proposals follow chaotic scenes in June 2023 when people could not connect to emergency services.

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NHS AI test spots tiny cancers missed by doctors

An AI tool called Mia found missed breast cancer symptoms in the scans of 11 women during an NHS test.

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Reddit share sale values the platform at $6.4bn

The company priced its shares at the top of a marketed range before the start of trading on Thursday.

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UK start-up to beam 4K video from space station

London company SEN’s ultra high-definition cameras intend to stream spectacular views of Earth.

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Fraud risk for Vans customers after data breach

The footwear firm’s parent company was hacked and customers’ personal information stolen.

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British AI pioneer joins Microsoft

Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder of DeepMind – which was bought by Google – is to lead Microsoft AI.

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