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Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico over misleading users

A jury found Facebook's owner misled people about their data after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, with the money going to the state's schools.

24 October 2026 Source: The Guardian

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Tech leaders say AI will find and exploit security flaws faster than defenders can fix them, with millions of attacks already on the PHP bug.

24 October 2026 Source: The Guardian

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Governments took sites down as a precaution after a critical weakness was found in the language behind nearly 70 per cent of websites.

22 October 2026 Source: The Guardian

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The Molly Rose Foundation wants the regulator to investigate TikTok's algorithm after a 14-year-old's inquest in Norfolk.

21 October 2026 Source: The Guardian

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A power problem at a London datacentre disrupted banking apps, court video hearings and the NHS app for several hours.

21 October 2026 Source: The Guardian

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The entertainment giant will offer jobs to at least 60 employees of the chatbot company, which filed for bankruptcy last week.

19 October 2026 Source: TechCrunch

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Nscale's Loughton project loses its anchor tenant after the grid operator said it could not supply enough power until the 2030s.

19 October 2026 Source: The Guardian

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Freedom of information responses show trusts including University Hospitals Birmingham see little benefit over their own systems.

17 October 2026 Source: The Guardian

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The Roadster 2 used SpaceX thrusters to leap, flip and land at a Texas demonstration, and goes into production in 2028.

16 October 2026 Source: The Guardian

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Citizen Lab says an Israeli ad firm's platform let clients profile millions of people and secretly hack chosen targets.

15 October 2026 Source: The Guardian