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Luke Littler applies to trademark his face to combat AI fakes
The darts star’s image has been used legally on darts merchandise, snacks and fashion brands. Source link
UK finance firm Hargreaves Lansdown hit by IT failure
Another client of the firm, Gerardo Vece, from Buckinghamshire, told the BBC: “I have oil and gas investments which are leveraged and designed to be held for less than one day, so they are very volatile right now, and I can’t trade them online or over the phone or even access my account.” Source link
Meningitis outbreak: Total cases in Kent falls | UK News
The number of confirmed and suspected meningitis cases in the outbreak in Kent has fallen to 29, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said. It marks a decrease from 34 cases reported on Saturday, and includes two – a 21-year-old student at the University of Kent and a sixth form pupil at Queen Elizabeth’s…
AI videos of sexualised black women removed from TikTok after BBC investigation
The BBC, working in collaboration with analysts Jeremy Carrasco and Angel Nulani from Riddance, has identified 60 such accounts, mainly on Instagram, that have carried links, or chains of links, to paid-for sexually explicit content on third-party sites. The sites labelled the imagery as AI-generated, but the Instagram accounts did not. Source link
This is how many times toddlers get sick at nursery – and what can be done | UK News
Researchers have revealed how many illnesses children get in their first year of nursery – and why it makes them more resilient to bugs when they start school. It comes after experts decided to put together the first major study of the impact of illness among youngsters after noticing how frequently their own children were…
Apple issues iPhone spyware alert and tells users to update iOS operating system | Science, Climate & Tech News
Apple is urging users to update their iPhones after the discovery of new spyware that can take over phones running older versions of the iOS operating system. The powerful software exploit can steal information from potentially hundreds of millions of users, said cybersecurity researchers at Lookout, iVerify, and Alphabet’s Google. It is unclear how many…
4chan website fined by Ofcom for failing to protect children from seeing pornography | UK News
Online forum 4Chan has been fined £450,000 by regulator Ofcom for failing to have age checks in place to stop children from seeing pornography on its site. The controversial US website must now add an effective age check by 2 April or face a penalty of £500 a day, the online safety watchdog said. Ofcom…
Government to fund clear-up of illegal tips in north of England | UK News
The government has said it will directly fund the clear-up of 48,000 tonnes of waste at illegal tips in the north of England, following criticism of a north-south divide on tackling waste crime. Sky News had highlighted how local people in Bickershaw, near Wigan – whose homes have been infested with rats because of the…
