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Meta pulls Facebook ads for social media addiction clients
17+ hour, 20+ min ago (434+ words) The Facebook owner has recently lost two large-scale lawsuits, including a landmark trial in California in which a young woman successfully sued Meta and You Tube over her childhood addiction to social media. In a statement, Meta said: "We will…...
'I didn't realise how much I needed my landline"
1+ day, 16+ min ago (500+ words) Residents in a rural road have their landline phones back in use, after a month offline due to a fault. Over 20 homes were thought to have been affected on the outskirts of Ipswich, Suffolk. Linda, who did not want the…...
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Ipswich woman, 78, left without landline for a month
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (476+ words) A 79-year-old woman said she felt "stranded" after being left without a landline telephone for a month due to a fault. Linda, who did not want the BBC to use her surname, lives in north Ipswich and has not been…...
Emma Pritchard: ''Nes i golli bob ffrind"
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1061+ words) "Mae o jest yn neis i fod yn ran o gr'p." Fel un sy' wedi profi unigrwydd yn ei bywyd, mae Emma Pritchard o Ynys M'n yn falch iawn i fod yn un o'r pedair sy'n trafod y gr'p Facebook…...
1995: The day when nearly every UK phone number changed
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (123+ words) With the UK running out of telephone numbers, an ambitious project from British Telecom saw almost every landline number change overnight. Some area codes were completely different, and a helpline was set up to take calls from confused customers. Clip…...
Plans for large AI data centre in North Lincolnshire approved
4+ week, 2+ day ago (215+ words) Plans for one of the UK's largest data centres to be built in North Lincolnshire have been approved. The AI data centre campus, called Elsham Tech Park, will be developed next to Elsham Wolds Industrial Estate. North Lincolnshire Council said…...
Ex-Meta worker investigated for downloading private Facebook photos
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (422+ words) A former Meta employee suspected of downloading around 30, 000 private images of Facebook users is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. The engineer, who lives in London, is believed to have designed a program to be able to access personal pictures…...
Price of first class stamp rises to "1. 80
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (394+ words) The price of stamps has risen again, as the postal service faces criticism for failing to hit delivery targets. A first class stamp now costs "1. 80 - an increase of 10p - while a second class letter has risen by 4p to 91p. Royal Mail has…...
Businesses scramble to get noticed by AI search
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1351+ words) For many businesses their website is a vital shopfront, so losing 140 million visits in a single year would be a big problem. That's what happened to Hub Spot, and the cause was AI. Like many firms, Hub Spot, has been…...