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Code First Girls reaches 200,000 coding milestone

Code First Girls, the UK’s largest provider of free coding education for women, announced today that it has reached the major milestone of having taught over 200,000 women to code. Last year alone, Code First Girls provided over 80,000 opportunities for women to learn how to code, compared to just 18,000 who embarked on a…

Apple roasts Microsoft for Windows Recall AI failure, Zuckerberg invests in British start-up

Apple has the proverbial knives out for Microsoft when it comes to AI, landing a blow over the recent backtracking with Windows 11’s Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs. You’ll likely have seen that Microsoft has had a turbulent time with Recall since announcing the feature, which takes regular screenshots of the activity on your PC to concoct a timeline searchable via…

Steam accused of ripping off 14m UK gamers, Elon Musk drops ChatGPT lawsuit

Baldur's Gate 3 was the bestselling game on Steam in 2023. Image: Larian Studios The owner of Steam - the largest digital distribution platform for PC games in the world - is being sued for £656m. Valve Corporation is being accused of using its market dominance to overcharge 14 million people…

Google to delete users’ location history, Rabbit AI gadget tested

Google will delete everything it knows about users’ previously visited locations, the company has said, a year after it committed to reducing the amount of personal data it stores about users. The company’s “timeline” feature – previously known as Location History – will still work for those who choose to use it, letting them scroll…
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TikTok hack targets Paris Hilton, X now officially allows X-rated content

TikTok says it is addressing a cyber-attack that targeted brands and celebrities, including Paris Hilton and CNN. However, the video-sharing app told the BBC that a "very limited" number of accounts had been compromised. It added that it was working with users to restore access to their accounts. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company…

MrBeast overtakes T-Series as biggest YouTube channel, iPhone 5S becomes obsolete

MrBeast has overtaken T-Series as the biggest YouTube channel in a long-running battle for the most subscribers. Indian music label T-Series, which uploads trailers and music videos, held the record for the largest YouTube channel for five years, before it was toppled on Sunday. MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, was already the individual with the…

AI tools ‘much hyped but not much used’, YouTube rolls out Playables

Very few people are regularly using "much hyped" artificial intelligence (AI) products like ChatGPT, a survey suggests. Researchers surveyed 12,000 people in six countries, including the UK, with only 2% of British respondents saying they use such tools on a daily basis. But the study, from the Reuters Institute and Oxford University, says young people…