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Tories vow to boot under-16s off social media and ban phones in schools
The Tories have pledged to kick under-16s off social media, betting that banning teens from TikTok and Instagram will fix what they see as a growing crisis in kids' mental health and classroom behavior.…
2026 brings a bumper crop of Microsoft tech funerals
2026 has begun with the familiar sound of Microsoft's software Grim Reaper sharpening a blade as administrators peer glumly at the calendar of carnage ahead.…
Techie banned from client site for outage he didn’t cause
Who, Me? Welcome to Monday morning and another instalment of “Who, Me?” - the weekly reader-contributed column in which we share your stories of what not to do at work, and how to get away with it.…
Cloudflare CEO threatens to make the Winter Olympics a political football after Italy slugs it with a fine
Cloudflare’s CEO has threatened to pull the company out of Italy, and to withdraw free services it intends to provide to the Winter Olympic games, after the nation’s communications regulator slugged it with a fine equal to one percent of its annual revenue for violating anti-piracy regulations.…
India’s government denies it plans to demand smartphone source code
India’s government has denied that it is working on rules that would require smartphone manufacturers to provide access to their source code.…