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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) could be fined £750,000 for a major data breach last year. Source: BBC

The telecoms giant did not provide clear details of contract lengths and exit fees to customers. Source: BBC

The ICO wants to know the safeguards around Recall, which can take screengrabs of your screen every few seconds. Source: BBC

The Olympics turn to AI to try crack down on online abuse aimed at athletes Source: BBC

In 1994, the boom in mobile phones spawned a crime wave of phone thefts in the capital. Source: BBC

The star says she is “shocked” after OpenAI launched a chatbot with a voice “eerily similar” to her own. Source: BBC

Officials in the southern state of Tamil Nadu are using AI to monitor animal movement on tracks. Source: BBC

Data centre electricity demand is forecast to double in four years, putting energy grids under pressure. Source: BBC

An acclaimed video game series returns to shine a light on a misunderstood mental health condition. Source: BBC

The flirty, conversational upgrade to OpenAI’s chatbot has been compared by some to 2013 film Her. Source: BBC

BT has ditched its timetable to move landline customers from copper wire to digital. Source: BBC

The latest instalment of the hugely popular series will be released in autumn 2025, its publisher says. Source: BBC

How a small British developer hopes to put boxing back in contention in the video game sports genre. Source: BBC

OpenAI and Reddit reach deal that will give ChatGPT access to content on the social media platform. Source: BBC

Business leaders feel pressure to invest in AI but the costs are formidable. Source: BBC

They want porn sites to adopt new voluntary standards on fighting online child abuse. Source: BBC

Sony Music suspects Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have used music from the likes of Adele and Beyonce. Source: BBC

The EU says its concerned the platforms algorithms “stimulate behavioural addictions in children.” Source: BBC

The “grief tech” firms helping users create talking avatars of their dead relatives. Source: BBC

Research finds poor data management practices such as not being able to delete data about abortions. Source: BBC