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Featured Article : Lords Back Under-16 Social Media Ban
The House of Lords has voted to add a legal requirement to block under-16s from social media platforms, intensifying pressure on the government as it runs a parallel consultation on children’s online safety. Amendment Backed By 261 votes to 150, peers backed a cross-party amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and […]
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Tech Insight : OpenAI Brings Age Prediction To ChatGPT Consumer Accounts
OpenAI has started rolling out an age prediction system on ChatGPT consumer plans as it tries to better identify under-18 users and automatically apply stronger safety protections amid rising regulatory pressure and concern about AI’s impact on young people. Why OpenAI Is Introducing Age Prediction Now On 20 January 2026, […]
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Tech News : Blue Origin Unveils 6 Tbps Enterprise Satellite Network
Blue Origin has announced TeraWave, a space-based communications network designed to deliver symmetrical data speeds of up to 6 terabits per second worldwide, positioning the company as a serious new contender in high-capacity global connectivity for businesses and governments. Who Blue Origin Is and What It Does Blue Origin is […]
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Tech News : UK Government Begins Testing of Digital Driving Licence
The UK government has begun testing a digital version of the driving licence as part of wider plans to modernise how people prove their identity and access public services through their smartphones. Starts With Veteran Card The testing marks a significant step in the rollout of a new GOV.UK Wallet, […]
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Company Check : TikTok Finalises Deal Creating New American-Controlled Entity
TikTok has formally completed a deal to split its US operations from its global business, establishing a new majority-American joint venture designed to address long-running national security concerns and prevent the platform from being banned in the United States. A Long-Running Political And Legal Battle The agreement, announced on 23 […]
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Security Stop-Press : LastPass Warns Customers Over Vault Backup Phishing Scam
Popular password management service, LastPass, has issued an alert after customers were targeted in a phishing campaign designed to steal account credentials using fake maintenance warnings. The campaign began around 19 January and involves emails falsely claiming that LastPass is about to carry out system maintenance. Recipients are urged to […]
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Sustainability-in-Tech : Wind Turbine Wall Promises Three Times More Offshore Power
Japan has lifted a prototype offshore wind turbine wall above the ocean, demonstrating how a new clustered turbine design could dramatically increase renewable energy output while reshaping the economics of offshore wind. A Different Way Of Thinking About Offshore Wind For more than two decades, offshore wind has largely followed […]
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Video Update : Learn A New Subject With ChatGPT Quizzes
You can now make flash-cards and quizzes and then test yourself (and other people) easier than ever. Discover how to create these quizzes quickly within the ChatGPT interface, this video shows just how easy it is … [Note – To Watch This Video without glitches/interruptions, It may be best to […]
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Tech Tip: Flag Emails for Follow-Up and Stay on Top of Your Inbox
Most email platforms let you mark important messages so they do not get forgotten. Whether it is called a flag, a star, or a reminder, the idea is simple. Turn emails into prompts for action rather than things you hope you remember later. Outlook In Microsoft Outlook, follow-up flags work […]
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Featured Article: PM Warns X It Could Lose The Right To Self Regulate
UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has warned that Elon Musk’s X could lose the “right to self regulate” after its Grok AI tool was linked to the creation and circulation of illegal sexualised imagery, prompting a formal Ofcom investigation and an accelerated UK government response. Background The controversy centred on X, […]
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Tech Insight : Why Teaching AI Bad Behaviour Can Spread Beyond Its Original Task
New research has found that AI large language models (LLMs) trained to behave badly in a single narrow task can begin producing harmful, deceptive, or extreme outputs across completely unrelated areas, raising serious new questions about how safe AI systems are evaluated and deployed. A Surprising Safety Failure in Modern […]
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Tech News : OpenAI Invests in Sam Altman’s Brain Computer Interface Startup Merge Labs
OpenAI has invested in Merge Labs, a new brain computer interface research company cofounded by its chief executive Sam Altman, marking an escalation in efforts to link human cognition directly with artificial intelligence. BCIs, The Next Frontier? The investment, confirmed by OpenAI, sees the AI company participate as the largest […]
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