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UK risks falling behind in AI race without faster telecoms upgrades, say executives

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Planning delays and slow 5G upgrades could leave the UK unable to cope with a surge in AI-related traffic The UK risks becoming a laggard in the global AI race as crucial telecoms upgrades to harness the technology fall behind rival nations, according to senior industry executives.The infrastructure AI race has centred on the need […]

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Fairphone 6+ review: the most repairable, ethical phone gets faster

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Dutch sustainable smartphone revamped with new chip and more RAM without sacrificing modular designFairphone’s top Android for 2026 is a little faster with more memory while maintaining full compatibility with its previous phone, including its repairable and ethical chops.The Fairphone 6+ continues the Dutch cooperative’s mission to make consumer electronics longer lasting and more sustainable,

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Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsThis week’s question: Is ‘ripen at home’ fruit the supermarkets’ idea of a joke?I’ve been struggling to get my head around the idea that a passkey, which can be a pin on

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Playing with payphones: how the ubiquitous orange boxes have been gamified by fans

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Quaint and often overlooked, phone booths continue to provide an essential public service with millions of free calls being placed each yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man I’ve never met stands at a payphone in Sydney’s CBD.“A serene small park directly to the right of the payphone,” he says

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BT warns of smartphone price rises due to chip shortages from AI boom

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Telecoms company CEO says tech firms are buying up memory chips to power datacentres relied on by AIBusiness live – latest updatesBT has said that the cost of smartphones could rise as technology companies buy up semiconductor chips due to the boom in artificial intelligence (AI), putting pressure on supply chains.The telecoms company’s chief executive,

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The Tin Can phone: is this the simple secret to a screen-free childhood?

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Created by three dads from Seattle, the resolutely un-mobile handset doesn’t have internet access, apps or even a screen. No wonder anxious parents are snapping it upName: Tin Can.Age: Launched last April. Continue reading…

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‘How do I end a call?’: the elderly Japanese people determined to master smartphones

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Elderly people take advantage of courses on how to navigate mobile devices and avoid ‘analogue isolation’It’s not only young people whose gaze is fixed on tiny screens. But for these users in Tokyo, clicking and scrolling is anything but second nature.“I can’t deal with all of the apps that jump out at me,” says one.

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Norway’s state telecoms firm accused of helping Myanmar regime seize activists

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Lawsuit in Norway alleges Telenor passed on data helping Myanmar military arrest 1,200 activists, some in safe housesWhen even two weeks of torture could not force Aung Thu to betray his fellow anti-coup activists, his military interrogators in Myanmar tried something different: they asked a Norwegian telecoms company, Telenor, then the largest one operating in

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Tell us: how will the UK’s landline switch-off affect you or your family?

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The UK will phase out traditional home phones by 2027, but the switchover has been stressful for some. How do you feel about the change?UK telecoms companies are retiring traditional landline services and replacing them with internet-based home phone connections.The industry has set a deadline of January 2027 to complete this switch with roughly 3.2

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Mumsnet campaign demands ban on social media for under-16s

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Resembling cigarette packet warnings, the ads highlight dangers and urge people to email MPs Mumsnet has launched a campaign to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s featuring health warnings in the style of those on cigarette packets.The deliberately provocative national advertising campaign calls for all social media to be banned for children under

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