We would like to hear from people who have had their phone stolen in the last six months

According to data compiled by an insurance firm, nearly two in every five mobile phones stolen in Europe are taken in the UK . Claims made to the American insurance company SquareTrade showed 39% of all phone thefts across the company’s 12 European markets were in Britain.

The data revealed that phone theft claims in the UK had increased by 425% since June 2021 and 42% of phone thefts in the UK occurred in London .

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We would like to hear from people who are watching YouTube more on TV than other broadcast channels

YouTube has become popular to watch on TV with children and older people choosing the video platform when they first switch on their televisions.

Viewers aged 55 and over watched almost twice as much YouTube than they did in 2023, with 42% of them watching on a TV. The platform is also the most popular first TV destination for generation Alpha viewers, aged four to 15.

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Demonstrators say diner ‘great for anti-Tesla protesters’ – but Musk fans and curious tourists have also stopped by

Elon Musk’s “retro-futuristic” Tesla Diner in Hollywood has become a new flashpoint for the “Tesla Takedown” movement, with dozens of protesters picketing the diner last weekend alongside inflatable tube figures of Musk performing a Nazi salute.

The viral popularity of the new diner, which is surrounded by 80 Tesla charging stations and two giant movie screens, has sparked out-the-door lines, massive traffic jams, and two angry protests, all within its first week of operation.

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An app designed to protect its users from dodgy men has been hacked by dodgy men. I wish I could say I’m surprised

Help me out with a question I’ve been pondering, will you? I’m trying to figure out if there is a single adult on Earth whose personal information isn’t for sale somewhere on the darker corners of the internet. Data breaches are a regular occurrence now . We give companies our information; they promise to keep it safe and then they sell it to dodgy third parties or lose it in hacking attacks. There is a website called haveibeenpwned.com where you can check if your email addresses have been part of a data breach. My personal email is in 15 of them.

The latest data breach to hit the headlines is particularly nasty. A popular women-only dating-safety app called Tea lets users compare notes about men to see if they are dating the same person or if anyone has red flags to share. It’s a bit like an app version of the popular “ Are we dating the same guy? ” Facebook groups. Last Friday, the company behind Tea confirmed it had been breached . Women have to submit a selfie (to “prove” their gender) in order to use the app; an estimated 72,000 images, including 13,000 verification photos and photos of government IDs, have been leaked online . More than 1m private messages have also been leaked .

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Flagship flip folder fits even bigger screen pocketable clamshell, with a larger cover display, slightly slimmer design and faster chip

Samsung’s seventh-generation Flip phone trims the fat, gains a bigger cover screen on the outside and a larger folding display on the inside, but fundamentally doesn’t reinvent the wheel.

The Galaxy Z Flip 7 joins the book-style Z Fold 7 as Samsung’s two flagship folding phones for 2025. Like its predecessors, the Flip’s biggest selling point is that it takes one of the largest screens on a Samsung and folds it in half for a more pocket-friendly size.

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One in five young viewers go to platform first when they turn on TV, as older people also watch more of its content

Children are now heading to YouTube from the moment they turn on the television, in the latest sign of the video platform’s migration from the laptop to the living room.

YouTube is the most popular first TV destination for generation Alpha , according to a comprehensive survey of the UK’s viewing habits by Ofcom, the communications regulator.

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Google, Amazon and Meta are pouring billions into AI infrastructure, but at what cost to the planet, creatives, and the grid?

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. Johana Bhuiyan and Dara Kerr here, filling in for Blake Montgomery, who’s enjoying the beach but likely getting sunburned.

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Tool gives guidance rather than serving up complete essays or answers, amid rising AI misuse at universities

ChatGPT is launching a “study mode” to encourage responsible academic use of the chatbot, amid rising cases of misuse of artificial intelligence tools at universities.

The feature, which can be accessed via the chatbot’s tools button, can walk users through complex subjects in a step-by-step format akin to an unfolding academic lesson.

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Every year since 2016, Will Braden has devoted himself to assembling a feature-length film from snippets of moggies doing the darndest things – and it has started to bring in serious money

Name: Cat videos.

Age: 131.

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