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When Andy Burnham sat in his office in Manchester as the regional mayor, building an unrivaled power base on Britain’s left that ultimately catapulted him into the prime minister’s office, he did so in the only region of England that refused Palantir access to its data.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook hands over the reins to his successor John Ternus on Tuesday, capping 15 years at the top of one of the world’s biggest companies.

Ireland has limits on outside funding for court challenges, stopping Europeans from seeking compensation from Big Tech for harms.

A jury will decide whether or not Meta designed its apps to “hook the users, hold them for as long as they can, harvest their data and hide the truth from the public"

There’s hardly a ruler in the world who would identify as fascist, but if you trust the mainstream media, you will assume fascism is on the march.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has argued that the company’s Android system has created "more choice, not less".

Apple and Google ‘fleeced’ love-seekers by up to nearly £100million last year thanks to their ‘app tax’ being levied on dating platforms, analysis shows.

Age verification means that the sector’s biggest players will now have access to information that will only make them richer and more powerful

The social media ban for under-16s is not a “silver bullet”, the Technology Secretary acknowledged as she faced a backlash from firms which will be hit by the restriction.

Britain’s plans to ban social media for under-16s will push teenagers towards more harmful platforms, the world’s biggest technology companies have said as ministers push to enact the new restrictions by next spring.

A US lawyer who sued tech giants Meta and Google for $6 million in a historic case after they were found liable for social media addiction has told LBC the UK ban is a "landmark moment" and said tech firms must be hit in the pocket.

Keir Starmer will ban under-16s from major social media apps such as TikTok, Instagram and X in sweeping restrictions described as “Australia plus”, the Guardian understands.

Sir Keir Starmer has directed tech companies to implement measures that will prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images on their devices.

Sir Keir Starmer is poised to announce a ban on social media for under-16s within the next ten days.

Energy demand by datacentres in Ireland has added hundreds of euros to household electricity bills in a pattern that could be replicated across Europe, according to a report.

Microsoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta.

Environmental footprint of Europe’s data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.

Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to conceal the environmental impact of their datacentres, an investigation has revealed, with language almost verbatim from their demands to block a database of green metrics incorporated into EU regulations.