Marks and Spencer (M&S) has suspended all sales via its website and mobile application as it continues to work to contain an unspecified cyber security incident. “As part of our proactive management of a cyber incident, we have now made the decision to pause taking orders via our M&S.com websites and apps,” a spokesperson said…
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Meta has agreed for the first time to stop using the personal data of a specific individual for targeted advertising, as part of a negotiated settlement with human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll. Launched in November 2022, O’Carroll’s lawsuit alleged the technology conglomerate was ignoring her legal right to object to the processing and continued use…
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OpenAI has put a lot of work lately into improving the free tier of ChatGPT. Users who want to test the chatbot don’t need to pay $20/month, and they can still use more advanced AI features, though they still can’t access everything that’s available to paying subscribers.ChatGPT Free accounts can access a reasoning model, use…
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One of the cyber security world’s most significant assets, the common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) system operated by US-based non-profit Mitre appears to be heading for trouble, after it emerged that the contract pathway for Mitre to continue to run the project on behalf of the US authorities is set to lapse on Wednesday 16…
Sports fans can now take advantage of a great new feature in the Apple Sports app. The free iPhone software, which delivers real-time scores, stats, and other useful information for fans, now features Game Card Sharing.With this new feature, users can generate and share dynamic game cards across all supported leagues, whether the matchup is…
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I’ve made no secret of the fact that I want to buy the iPhone 17 Air as soon as it comes out, compromises be damned. I’m a longtime iPhone user, and I want two things from my next iPhone purchase: A large screen and a thin profile.Put an iPhone Plus or Pro Max screen on…
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OpenAI essentially broke the internet a few weeks ago by adding an advanced image-generation tool to ChatGPT’s growing list of abilities. The 4o image generation model has incredible results, including life-like images that looked just like photos you might take with your phone.ChatGPT’s new image generation feature quickly went viral but for the wrong reasons.…
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Formed in 1975, Microsoft is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary, having powered the personal computing revolution first with MS-DOS, and then with Windows. In the 1980s, it demonstrated – thanks to the IBM Project Chess, one of the first personal computers – that business computing could be accessed by anyone and wasn’t simply a task…
Banks and tech firms are coming together in an initiative to share information on fraud to give them visibility of the attacks targeted at customers. The collaboration is part of Stop Scams UK’s intelligence-sharing pilots, which have brought together banks such as HSBC, NatWest and Santander with tech firms Amazon, Google and Meta. Mobile telecommunications…
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Fintech trade body calls on the government to establish a national centre to help businesses across different sectors fight fraud through data sharing. Innovate Finance said that current data sharing initiatives designed to fight fraud operate in silos, which means the country lacks the “critical mass” or “scale” needed to stop fraudsters. The call for…
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