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The chancellor will unveil AI spending aimed at shoring up the UK's defences in Wednesday's Budget.

IT and cyber experts have told the BBC about their struggles in the last 48 hours to update their systems.

Indian workers are being paid to film themselves at work and the footage is used to train AI.

The Meta boss had said he would exit the state over a wealth tax that has not yet come into force.

Websites were taken offline after the developers of programming language PHP said "critical vulnerabilities" had been discovered.

It has been a dramatic, public and global response, but the cyber event hasn't happened yet.

'500 new vulnerabilities' found in government, says AI minister

AI uncovered long-hidden programming flaws, triggering a rare global cyber- security response.

Governments and companies are scrambling to protect their websites, as Amazon says it experienced attacks before the warning was made public.

With immigration curbs and tech firms cutting foreign hiring, US residency is becoming a distant dream for many Indians.

The vulnerabilities with PHP, a programming language widely used across the internet, have been described as the most significant ever found by AI.

A spokesperson said it was removing inaccurate AI images and pausing the rollout of the tool.

Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history.

Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger.

Investigative genetic genealogy can help hunt down criminals but raises worries over privacy.

The next generation of chip is thinner and flexible when compared to traditional silicon.

A US district judge dismissed the case after Ann Altman had refused to attend an independent medical examination.

Revolut was one of the hardest hit, with banking services going down for many customers.

Proposed changes could lead to new digital wallets and keys as well as ticketing apps, the regulator says.

The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.

DeepSeek is a powerful, popular and relatively inexpensive artificial intelligence model out of China.

Claims that Uber misled TfL over its licence were thrown out because they were brought too late.

Exports have helped offset weak spending at home, but trade tensions and AI doubts cloud its outlook.

The announcement comes as Anthropic lays the ground for a blockbuster stock market listing.

Trading standards officers say AI is "super-charging" existing scams through clones and fake websites.

Sarah Helm, who is married to Jonathan Powell, was responding to a discussion about the author Sally Rooney.

Australia has proposed a switch to force social media platforms to let users turn off recommended content.

The 28-year-old detained by German police is accused of being part of the cyber-crime gang that hacked blood-test firm Synnovis in 2024.

Online grooming is rising, with children as young as five targeted, prompting calls for reform.

The move follows a review into pornography regulation in 2025 by Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin

Smells from rubbish dumps and industrial facilities are being more carefully monitored.

A new launch trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI reveals more details about what's set to be the biggest game of the year.

It comes as some investors have become concerned about the amount of money being spent on AI infrastructure.

Abdulrahman Alfozan had worked for the AI giant for more than a year before he was arrested by the FBI.

AI dominates the translation business, but for high-stakes work, humans are still needed.

Graduates are increasingly using AI to misrepresent themselves in job applications, research suggests. But some say their peer group has no choice.

TFG London has apologised to customers for disruption after it identified a "cybersecurity incident" on Sunday.

The jump pushed Bumble's stock market valuation to more than $580m but that is still far below their peak of more than $14bn.

Kanishka Narayan said the government will use advanced AI to strengthen the UK against cyber attacks.