Data of 10m customers may have been stolen in JD Sports hack
JD Sports has warned that around 10 million people might have had their addresses, phone numbers and email addresses among other things stolen in a hack that hit the retailer. The business said payment card details
Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
Microsoft has said it is making a “multi-year, multibillion-dollar investment” in the artificial intelligence (AI) start-up OpenAI – the maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can write readable text and generate new images. The tech
Asteroid to pass Earth in one of closest approaches ever recorded
An asteroid the size of a small truck will pass by Earth tonight, making one of the closest approaches to the planet ever recorded. Asteroid 2023 BU will zoom over the southern tip of South America
Google reaches £333m settlement with 40 US states over location tracking
Google has agreed to a 391.5 million US dollar (£333 million) settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general announced. They called it the largest
Study finds that stars and planets grow together
Astronomers have found that planet formation in the young Solar System started much earlier than previously thought. According to the research, the building blocks of planets started growing at the same time as their parent star.
Twitter turmoil could be exploited by terrorists, experts warn
The ongoing upheaval at Twitter could pose a threat to the national security of countries around the world as terrorists exploit staff cuts and content moderation changes, experts have warned. The platform’s new owner Elon Musk
Elon Musk ends home working for Twitter staff – report
Elon Musk’s first email to Twitter staff has reportedly ended all remote working, with the billionaire said to have told staff he expects them in the office at least 40 hours a week. According to Bloomberg,