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20+ digital rights groups and tech companies urge UK not to restrict VPNs Age-restricted VPNs would undermine the online privacy of millions, they warn Signatories believe that VPN restrictions are ineffective, technically impossible The UK government’s ongoing debate on tightening online safety rules to protect children has drawn fierce backlash from the global cyber security […]

The W&O X1 headphones come with a camera attached They raise new concerns about illegal recordings There is a recording light that turns on when the camera is active The debate surrounding smart glasses with attached cameras continues to rumble on – and Meta apparently still has plans for glasses that constantly record the world

Call of Duty: Black Ops Season 5 has been revealed The update drops on July 23, 2026 Major additions include new weapons, maps and modes With Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 coming up, Activision has revealed the next batch of content coming to the 2025s Black Ops 7 and it’s free to play War

Ahead of the tournament, Singapore’s broadcaster Mediacorp announced it would stream 28 World Cup 2026 matches absolutely FREE on both TV and online via its MeWatch streaming platform. While nowhere near the UK’s BBC/ITV or Australia’s SBS On Demand, which stream all 104 matches for free, it’s still a significant jump from the nine matches

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has warned AI companies that train their models on their customers’ trade secrets These secrets are then used to train new, more powerful models, which are sold to their customers’ competitors But Nadella says there’s a way to stay competitive without being locked into one AI vendor Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Japan’s largest taxi operator confirms July 11 malware attack that forced shutdown of its IT systems and disrupted dispatch and reservation services Nihon Kotsu isolated networks, notified authorities and brought in third-party experts; customers were advised to use alternative taxi apps during the outage No data breach has been confirmed, but Nihon Kotsu warned that

The three-match 2026 England vs India ODI series, from July 14 to 19, will see Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah return to the Indian team after long absences. Kohli will play his first match for the national team since January. Bumrah has not played an ODI since the 2023 ODI World Cup final. India have

MTD affects UK SMBs and sole proprietorships that have made more than £50,000 in turnover 55%, or 475,000, are still unprepared for the upcoming August 7 submission Lloyds warns that many business owners still see it as a major source of confusion More than half (55%) of UK small businesses affected by the new Making

Agentic Atlas browser pulled as OpenAI focuses on a single app New ChatGPT desktop app includes built-in browser and agent capabilities Could this finally be the ‘super app’ we were promised back in April 2026? Not even a full year after OpenAI launched its own dedicated agent browser, ChatGPT Atlas has been scrapped amid a

Hisense has announced a phone with a removable back screen The front display is e-ink and the rear is LCD Currently, the phone has only been announced for China, so it may not be widely available We don’t see much experimentation in smartphone design anymore, so I always applaud when companies try something new. That’s