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Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say
Cash provides essential fallback when digital payments break down, Payment Choice Alliance points out Campaigners…
We unleashed Facebook and Instagram’s algorithms on blank accounts. They served up sexism and misogyny
Result of Guardian Australia experiment aligns with research showing social media automatically delivers troubling content…
Microsoft IT outage: criminals seeking to take advantage of global outage, CrowdStrike warns – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here There is…
‘Google says I’m a dead physicist’: is the world’s biggest search engine broken?
For decades now, anyone who’s wanted to know everything about anything has asked Google. But…
Summer holiday childcare in UK now costs £1,000 a child, research finds
Parents or carers in full-time work said to be ‘dreading’ expense, and sum may be…
Ofcom to ban inflation-linked mid-contract price rises on phones, pay-TV and broadband
From January 2025 providers will have to tell customers upfront in ‘pounds and pence’ about…
‘Bedlam’ in UK as planes and trains disrupted by global IT outage
Passengers face long check-in queues at airports and rail cancellations after problem affects Microsoft Windows…
IT outage: banks, airlines and media hit by issues linked to Windows PCs
Widespread outage linked to Windows workstations has affected major companies, including Sky News UK, Gatwick…
Microsoft IT outage linked to cyber security firm Crowdstrike hits airlines, railways and media outlets globally – live news
Banks, airlines, railways, telecoms companies, TV and radio broadcasters, and supermarkets have been taken offline…
Eco homes near the sea for sale in Great Britain – in pictures
From a Grand Designs-style property nestled underground to a remote timber-framed home on a hillside…